LegenDiaries 6

Hundreds of flies swarmed over the circular food tables inside the makeshift dining area at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi. The once-upon-a-time white tablecloth was spotted with brown curry stains. The food itself was oily and not very hygienic— questionable nutrition for anybody, leave alone promising national and international level basketball players. Coach Scott Flemming was already eating […]

After a decade long international playing career, ex-India men’s basketball captain CV Sunny continues to dream big for the future of hoops in the country. His 5ft 9 inch frame doesn’t tell us the full story, or maybe it does. A lifetime of overcoming the odds, CV Sunny was a former Indian national men’s basketball […]

Media Release: Indian basketball legend and Arjuna Awardee Khushi Ram passed away earlier this week. He is the father of former Indian captain and Dhyan Chand award winner Ram Kumar and Shri Asok Kumar. He was awarded the country’s highest sporting honour, the Arjuna award in 1967. He is considered among one of the all time greats of basketball in Asia. He captained the Indian […]

[Originally published on NBA.COM, as part of its ‘Local Heroes’ series, around December 2016.] “What makes you a great player? Is it the vicious dunks? The haircut? The shoes? The long shorts? The short socks? It’s gotta be the shoes!” So went a famous 1991 commercial where filmmaker (and over enthusiastic Knicks superfan) Spike Lee tries […]

Ram Kumar is a former Indian basketball player and one of the most successful coaches in the country after retirement in 2003. The 2003 Dhyan Chand Awardee is the son of Khushi Ram, also a former Indian basketball player and an Arjuna Awardee. For those who haven’t heard about him, here’s a pretty descriptive Wikipedia article on him. Others in […]