The first “Iranian Heritage Night” was put together for Hamed Haddadi, the first Iranian-American basketball player in the NBA, (Center for the Memphis Grizzlies), playing against the Warriors at Oracle Arena. This event also featured Farshid Amin singing the national anthem as well as Niosha Dance Academy performing a pregame dance. In this video (Part 1), we interview the attendees and Farshid Amin, in Part 2, we interview Hamed Haddadi and Coach Johnny Davis from the Grizzlies. There are two more Iranian Heritage events scheduled: November 29th LA, December 16th Atlanta
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I don’t understand when this game occurred. Nov 18, 2009? According to the Grizzles website, they played the Clippers that night in Memphis. Can someone shed some light on this?
This game was on November 4th 2009, the report was published on the 18th.