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| No. 14 – Shahrdari Gorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Iranian Basketball Super League Basketball Champions League Asia FIBA West Asia Super League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1990 Isfahan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | The Patterson School (Lenoir, North Carolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2013: 2nd round, 54th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Wizards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Chongqing Soaring Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Samen Mash'had | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Niroo Zamini Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Mahram Tehran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Chemidor Qom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Zob Ahan Isfahan BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Shahrdari Gorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arsalan Kazemi Naeini (Persian: ارسلان کاظمی نائینی; born 22 April 1990) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Shahrdari Gorgan of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks and the Rice Owls basketball teams. He was the 54th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards, becoming the first Iranian to be drafted into the league. His rights were later traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.
He was the captain of the Iranian under-18 national basketball team and has previously played for Zob Ahan Isfahan in the Iranian Basketball Super League at the age of 17 before travelling to the United States in February 2008.[1]
- ^ "پديده بسكتبال ايران به آمريكا رفت!". Shenidar.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2015.