Iranian NBA player Hamed Haddadi said on Sunday that his dreams go beyond Asia.
MNA
The
seven-foot-three center who joined Memphis Grizzlies in August 2008, is
currently on holiday in Tehran. He will go back to the U.S. on June 20 and after
10 matches in the NBA Summer League he will join the Iranian national team and
accompany them in the FIBA Asian Championship.
“I’ve won most of the
Asian trophies and my dreams go beyond the continent. At the moment my target is
world honors and I have to concentrate to achieve more success,” Haddadi
said.
Paying tribute to Huston Rockets’ Chinese player Yao Ming, he said, “I respect
Yao Ming. He has played in NBA for nine years. I will keep working hard to be
the best Asian NBA player. I want to be an Asian symbol like
him.”
“I received many offers from other teams such as European
basketball champion Barcelona. But they (Memphis) requested to extend my
contracts until 2013 and I am thinking about that,” Haddadi stated.
Defending champions Iran will participate in the FIBA Asian
Championship which will be held in Tianjin, China in August. Haddadi said, “Iran
is the Asian champion but we have to accept that China is the most powerful
Asian team. We can beat them without Yao Ming in the tournament.”
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