Career Opportunities 5

The list of Indian basketball players abroad, committing to high schools and colleges as student-athletes, is steadily growing. This is both a heartening as well as disconcerting sign. It shows that India’s upcoming basketball talent is on par with the rest of the world. More importantly, it brings these players under the radar of top […]

A few months ago, Telangana teenager Ambati Prudhvishwar Reddy made the news in Indian basketball circles, when his pathbreaking move to the Europe Basketball Academy (EBA) in Barcelona, Spain came to light. Reddy hopes to graduate from the Academy to become one of the first Indian players in the Euro League. With limited professional opportunities at […]

The International Basketball Federation – FIBA – is the governing body for international basketball competition. Outside of the NBA, international transfer of basketball players to professional leagues recognized by FIBA is governed by the FIBA guidelines that regulate certified player’s agents. In March 2015, Jonathan Rego became India’s first FIBA certified player’s agent. Team Ekalavyas’ Vishnu […]

The pioneering examples of Ravjot Kahlon and Ambati Reddy show how young Indian basketballers from middle class backgrounds are willing to go abroad to pursue their hoop dreams.  [This feature was originally published in Tadpoles magazine and can be accessed here.] The shelf life of a basketball player, indeed any professional sportsperson for that matter, […]

“Hello mum, Yes I had brekkie, please don’t worry, I am looking after myself,” I exclaimed. “Brekkie?“, questioned mum. It had only been a few months ago when I’d first heard the term Brekkie here in Melbourne, short form for breakfast and now without giving it a second thought it was on the tip of […]