Arsalan Kazemi

Arsalan Kazemi
No. 13 – Shahrdari Gorgan
Position	Power forward
League	Iranian Basketball Super League; Basketball Champions League Asia; FIBA West Asia Super League
Personal information
Born	22 April 1990 (age 34); 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	Rice (2009–2012); Oregon (2012–2013);
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
Career highlights and awards
	Iranian League champion (2014); Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2013); 2× Second-team All-C-USA (2011, 2012); World Cup Steals Leader (2010);
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Iran
FIBA Asia Cup
FIBA Asia Challenge
Asian Games

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]

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