NBA bans talks with Iranian hoopster
August 16th, 2008
Another interesting piece from Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski: As interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed Ehadadi, the league office has sent a letter to its 30 teams instructing that they are forbidden to even discuss a contract with Ehadadi, Yahoo! Sports has learned. Politics abound in all forms of sports, and it isn’t limited to the field of play.

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