Shahrdari Gorgan BC
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Shahrdari Gorgan Basketball Club is an Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Gorgan
Gorgan
Gorgan Some east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park. The city has a regional airport and several universities. Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.-Etymology:...

, Iran
Iran
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. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League
Iranian Basketball Super League
The Iranian Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league in Iran founded in 1998.-2011–12 teams:*Azad University Tehran*Bank Saman Tehran*Foolad Mahan Isfahan*Hamyari Shahrdari Zanjan*Jahesh Tarabar Qom*Louleh a.s Shiraz*Mahram Tehran...

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Roster

Number Player Position Height (m)
4   Ian Young SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

1.92
5   Amir Hossein Tatari PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

2.01
6   Hamed Hosseinzadeh SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

1.88
7   Hadi Dehghan PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

1.75
8   Mojtaba Ghanbarnejad SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

1.86
9   Moein Safaei PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

1.90
10   Armin Sadeghi SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...

1.94
11   Yashar Mohammadpour C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

2.09
12   Amir Teymour Ehsani PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

2.05
13   Nima Bakhshi PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

1.98
15   Sam Hoskin
Sam Hoskin
Samuel Lonzo Hoskin is an American professional basketball player who has played in Israel, Russia, Greece, Croatia China, and now in Iran. He is currently plays for Bnei HaSharon from Israel. In the 2003-04 season Hoskin was waived by the Seattle SuperSonics. In the 2006-2007 season Hoskin...

C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

2.06
16   Sasoon Abramian PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

2.06
  Reza Rezaei SF
Small forward
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1.92

Position Name
Head Coach   Asadollah Kabir
Assistant Coach   Hamid Kolasangiani
Manager   Ata Eidmohammadi

Notable former players

Anwar Ferguson
Anwar Ferguson
Anwar Ferguson is a Bahamian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA Development League. He has previously played in Iran, Georgia and Mexico prior to his latest stint in the D-League....

 Sasa Cuic Mehdi Askarnejad Hamid Kolasangiani Mousa Nabipour
Mousa Nabipour
Mousa Nabipour is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a center for Azad University Tehran in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is 6'11" in height...

 Hamed Sohrabnejad
Hamed Sohrabnejad
Hamed Sohrabnejad is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Mahram of the Iranian Super League and also the Iranian national basketball team...

 Saman Veisi
Saman Veisi
Saman Veisi is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a guard.-References:* *...

 Farid Zarghi Ruslan Gilyazutdinov Aaron Molnar
Walt Baxley Robert Brown Anwar Coleman Ed Elisma
Ed Elisma
Edner Elisma is an American basketball player that currently plays for Shahrdari Gorgan BC in the Iranian Basketball Super League.-College basketball:...

 Lorenzo Hall Billy McDaniel Mike Wells Vyacheslav Belokurov Sergei Kuchin

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