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Rajesh Patel: Using Basketball To Transform Lives
shashankDecember 23rd, 07:25 AM “I think girls should do more than be married at 18.” There are few better examples of basketball’s power to transform lives than the remarkable work Rajesh Patel and...
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The Legend Of S Robinson Lives On
NBA.COM StaffDecember 30th, 07:06 AM “What makes you a great player? Is it the vicious dunks? The haircut? The shoes? The long shorts? The short socks? It’s got to be the shoes!” So went a famous 1991...
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BS Gautham: A Bandana-Clad Basketball Legend
NBA.COM StaffJanuary 15th, 07:32 AM At the Sree Kanteerava outdoor basketball courts in Bengaluru, two young players were immersed in an intense one-on-one scrimmage. The bright afternoon light was...
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Prasanna Kumari And Jayasankar Menon: Indian Basketball’s First Couple
NBA.COM StaffJanuary 23rd, 11:59 AM You could call it destiny or a fortunate confluence of circumstances, but you shouldn’t. The idea that two of India’s finest basketball talents hail from Kerala,...
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Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi: The Special One
yashJanuary 30th, 10:30 AM Never has a name been more apt. Vishesh. That’s Hindi for ‘Special’. When it comes to basketball, the special ones are those who hustle after every loose ball, dominate each...
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Indian Youngsters Aashay Verma, Priyanka Prabhakara Selected For 2017...
Anthony OlivaFebruary 09th, 08:02 AM The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced the top 67 boys and girls from 32 countries and...
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Top 21 Players For NBA Academy India Announced
yashFebruary 13th, 11:30 AM The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the ACG Worldwide Group (ACG) on Saturday (Feb. 11, 2017) announced top 21 players from this year’s ACG-NBA Jump National...
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Shiba Maggon: Living Her Sister’s Dream
yashFebruary 27th, 12:00 PM Born into a huge joint family in Karnal, Haryana, Shiba Maggon didn’t have many friends. She spent most of her childhood with her cousins in a big house playing...
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RT Viswanath: India’s 100-Point Man
yashMarch 05th, 07:30 AM “He was unorthodox … the type of player we had never seen before.” – MA Parthasarathy, former India player “He was someone who lived for the team.” – MC Selvakumar, former...
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‘I Want To Play In The NBA And For India’: The Aashay Verma Interview
NBA.COM StaffMarch 08th, 10:40 AM 17-year-old Aashay Verma was recently selected to be a part of the third annual Basketball without Borders (BWB) Global Camp held in New Orleans during the 2017...
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CV Sunny: Indian Basketball’s ‘Little Master’
NBA.COM StaffMarch 13th, 06:59 AM In the 1970s and ’80s, cricket was one of the few outlets for Indians to seek cheer away from the daily routine of life. Back then, one diminutive cricketer in...
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Pratham Singh: A Second Coming
NBA.COM StaffMarch 19th, 07:28 AM It’s been nearly three years since Pratham Singh made his career’s — and arguably Indian basketball’s — biggest offensive plays down the stretch to beat China at the...
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‘One In A Billion’ Satnam Singh Continues To Amaze, Motivate And Inspire
NBA.COM StaffMarch 31st, 07:15 AM It’s been over a year-and-a-half since Satnam Singh became the first Indian-born player to be drafted into the NBA. It wasn’t easy to get there, but Satnam hasn’t...
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M S Venkataraman: A Lifelong Love For Basketball
NBA.COM StaffApril 04th, 10:28 AM His cream shirt is spotless and crisp, the veshti an impeccable white. A brown tilak is streaked across his forehead like a meteor hurtling through space. His lanky...
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Dr. Sankaran Subramanian: India’s Pre-Eminent Basketball Guru’s Flame Burns...
NBA.COM StaffApril 09th, 07:28 AM It all started with a ball and a ring. In the Mahabharata, Dronacharya became the guru of Pandavas and Kauravas after retrieving a ball and a ring from a well around...
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Gokul Natesan: Managing The Double Life With Success
NBA.COM StaffApril 14th, 10:59 AM In one sense, basketball and computer programming couldn’t be more different. One of them is a meticulous hunt for perfection, a dream for lovers of mathematics and...
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Barkha Sonkar: Heart Over Height
NBA.COM StaffMay 14th, 02:20 AM The sweltering heat inside the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi made even sitting uncomfortable, let alone competing in a high-intensity game of basketball. But one...
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Rajesh Srivastava: A Success On And Off The Basketball Court
NBA.COM StaffMay 19th, 07:28 AM Saturday mornings at the Andheri YMCA basketball courts in Mumbai are peculiar. While children practising on one end is a given, what makes this day of the week...
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Pradyut Voleti: India’s Game-Changing Basketball Skills Trainer
NBA.COM StaffJune 18th, 02:35 AM Basketball was a game that was invented back in 1891 to keep young students in a Massachusetts gym constructively occupied during the cold winter months. The sport has...
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Geethu Anna Rahul: India’s Legendary Basketball Star Isn’t Quite Done Yet
NBA.COM StaffJune 25th, 02:30 AM When Geethu Anna Rahul was contacted for this article, she had a two-month-old in her arms and a two-and-a-half-year-old in tow. Arguably the greatest female basketball...
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