Kazemi unang Iranian player na nakuha sa NBA Rookie Draft

MANILA, Philippines - Isang karagdagang karangalan para sa Iranian na­tio­nal team na sasabaksa darating na 27th FIBA-Asia Men’s Cham­pionships.

Ipinagdiwang ng Iran ang pagkakahirang kay forward Arsalan Kazemi bilang unang Iranian player na na­kuha sa NBA draft.

Si Kazemi ay hinugot ng Washington Wizards bilang 54th pick sa 2013 NBA draft.

Ngunit matapos kunin ng Wizards, dinala naman ang 6-foot-8 Iranian sa Philadelphia 76ers kung saan co-team owner si Indonesian business mogul Erick Tho­hir, miyembro ng FIBA-Asia Executive Committee.

Ikinasiya ng FIBA-Asia officials ang inaasahang pag­lalaro ni  Kazemi sa darating na NBA season.

“It’s a matter of pride for all of us in FIBA-Asia that a player who grew amidst us in our events has made it to the NBA,” wika ni FIBA-Asia president Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al-Thani sa fibaasia.net report.