More Unlikely: World Peace Or A Memphis Winning Streak?

Now you can have both! The Memphis Grizzlies are on a 4-game winning streak, and just recently, Hamad Haddadi of the Grizzlies posed with Omari Cassipi of the Sacramento Kings. The former is from Iran, and the latter is from Israel, producing the photographic equivalent of a post-millennial U2 lyric. The photo:

Jokes aside, it’s pretty cool that basketball could bridge a conflict like this. Iran refuses to recognize Israel as a nation, and that policy that includes its basketball team. Iran has gone so far as to avoid tournaments where they might play Israel. That, and you know, the countries have been trading vicious bloodshed (through proxies) for decades. Fanhouse’s Chris Tomasson provides more backstory, and it’s worth a look.