Former NBA and Iranian veteran center Hamed Haddadi was named Asia-basket.com Player of the Week for his spectacular game performance for the Sichuan Blue Whales for round 19 of the CBA.

Haddadi, the first Iranian to play in the NBA, had a double-double performance of 32 points and 20 rebound in their game against the team of North Control B, which they won 116-107. With the win, Sichuan BW maintains the number four ranking in the Chinese league with 14 wins and five losses.

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According to an article of the Asia-Basket, the 30-year seven-footer center turned to be the Blue Whales' top player in his first season with the team with his impressive league stats. Haddadi is the CBA second-best in the rebound department ,grabbing 15.2 rebounds per game and producing a solid 1.7 blocks per outing, shooting 56.6 percent from the field.

Haddadi played for the Memphis Grizzlies for five seasons. According to the NBA's official website, he is averaging 2.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.3 assist per game. He was traded and had a short stint with the Phoenix Suns before being waived by the team in June 2013.

The former NBA player is also a veteran of international tournaments. He is a member of the Iranian national team that won the gold medal in the FIBA Asia Championship in the years 2007, 2009 and 2013. They failed to defend the crown in 2015, when they settled for a bronze medal only in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship held in Changsa, Hunan, China.

He led the Iranian national team in the 2014 Incheon Asian games, bowing to the host country South Korea to win the silver medal. They also won the gold medal in the 2015 William Jones Cup held in Taiwan.

 In the CBA, Haddadi signed with the Sichua BW as the team's bonus foreign Asian player in September 2013. In the following year, he played for the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagle for the 2014-15 season.

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