He is part of Iran U-16 team in the Asian Championship underway in Doha, Qatar.
For Amini, even though he's becoming more and more well-known as a high riser, he doesn't actively make it a focus to churn out these acrobatic maneuvers in each game. It just kind of happens, FIBA reported.
“I don't know, I just dunk in the game,” Amini said of his high-flying antics. “In the sequence, randomly, whatever comes to my mind in the situation. I never thought about a dunk contest and I won't rate myself, I just leave it to the people who watch the game.
“I had a bigger brother three years older than me and I was following in any sports he was playing. We started with gymnastics first and then taekwondo, and then football and wrestling. At the end, we ended up playing basketball,” Amini said.
Born in 2005, Amini might have been a bit too young to have fully witnessed Iran's rise to Asia basketball dominance in its early stages. However, that means that throughout the entire childhoods of Amini and his teammates, they've only known about Iran being among the best in Asia.
“That was really good for me as a kid to watch this golden generation's achievements. Going in the tournaments and getting all of the championships. Going to the Olympic games and World Cups and all the things they did. That was really exciting as a kid to watch and it really motivated me to have that kind of experience."
“Samad (Nikhkhah Bahrami) is the best example for me, the players in my age, because when we watched his games, it was more easy for us to understand,” said Amini. “The best thing about Samad was, for me as a role player, the competitiveness he had in the games.
“He never gave up and he was a fighter. I was so excited about this kind of mentality he had and I was really inspired by him.”