A collection of quotes and comments from leading Mahram players after their triumph in the WABA League Finals on Monday.

Mostafa Hashemi completed a personal hat-trick of WABA titles with Iranian giants Mahram on Monday and attributed the triumph to the resourcefulness in his team.

The most striking aspect you’d come across when you talk to Mahram coach Mostafa Hashemi is his equanimity to handle any result. On Monday, the Iranian giants lost Game 1 of the WABA League Finals, but the 49-year-old was rather unperturbed. “We lost our concentration at the crucial moments,” he said almost without taking time off to introspect.

Asking Al Riyadi Beirut point guard Ali Mahmoud if he is fit for the WABA League Finals against Iran’s Mahram was akin to asking a hungry tiger if it was ready to hunt. “My injury is an ankle contusion, not really sure how it happened, but I plan to be ready to play against Mahram for sure. Hate watching from the sidelines,” he told this website as Riyadi prepared to defend their WABA League title.

Mahdi Kamrani has only played percentage basketball throughout this WABA League season. Averages of 12.4 points and 4.6 assists are a far cry from the numbers that we would have expected him to stack, but then he has made his contributions in the clutch games, without having to stretch in the easier games.