India has been one of the countries with excellent sports
dominance in the world with more than 1 billion youth sporting more than 1000
variants of sports. Basketball is one game amongst these sports that have gained
a lot of seriousness and agility amidst the young generation aspiring to
dribble in International courts.
However, in a country where cricket and hockey have garnered the attention of most of the people with player’s names on the tongue tip,
basketball is another under-rated game which has gained quite good reverence amongst
the audiences. The immediate dunks, alleys and three-pointer shots have equally
left the audience gushing as in the fours and sixes of cricket game.
We have brought these gems into the limelight with the list of 5 best Indian Basketball players who have paved their paths through emerging success in the field of sports and athletics.
Satnam Singh
Those who follow this game avidly have surely come
across this name which is mostly heard amongst the audiences. Satnam Singh
became the first India-born player to be drafted in National Basketball
Association (NBA American league) in 2015. This large figure was drafted by the
Mavericks following the 52nd pick of the second round and also
rocked the show on the court by playing the G-league for 2 years. Currently Satnam
Singh has earned immense respect across the country for playing in St. John’s
Edge in NBL, Canada and huge expectations have been piled up out of this big
boy to make the country proud further.
Amyjot Singh
Amyjot became the second Indian to make it to the NBA-G league after Satnam Singh with Oklahoma City Blue with his sharpshooting skills. His consistent awe-striking 6 foot 8 forward shoot has been striving in the league for playing in the International Association of NBA. Amyjot was at the helm of the Indian Basketball team captaining it throughout the FIBA Asian cup. He played majorly for the country at the age of 27 and now plays for the Wisconsin Herd in the NBA-G league.
Amritpal Singh
This man became the first Indian to play in an Australian team of Australia’s National Basketball Association League (NBL).
Amritpal is regarded for signing up with Sydney Kings and influencing extreme
workouts, handling training camps and the pre-season tour. He also handled a seamless
backup centre for the NBL team and played in several tournaments like South
Asian Basketball Championship, FIBA World Cup Qualifiers and FIBA Asia Cup
because of which he earned the MVP in tournaments leading the Indian team
internationally.
Anitha Pauldurai
Anitha is considered to be one of the consistent
evolving players of the Indian Basketball Team who then retired in 2018. She
has been tagged to be the first Indian woman to play in consecutive eight Asian
Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships. Her agility and diligence ranked
her in the top 10 FIBA Asian Women’s Championship 2013. She also brought a gold
medal for the country in 2013 in the first most 3 on 3 FIBA Asian Basketball
Championship Doha and has been the most regarded player with prestigious
trophies in all India tournaments.
Geethu Anna Jose
Geethu Anna is the former captain of Indian Women’s
Basketball Team and she also excelled in being a part of the Junior Volleyball
Team of Kerala. She is the first professional Indian woman basketball player
who played for Australian club Ringwood Hawks and had been invited for tryouts
by big WNBA teams.
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