Basketball Without Borders 6

Press Release, Mumbai, June 12, 2014: The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that three promising young talents from the Indian Men’s National Basketball Team, Vishal Gupta (Uttar Pradesh), Ashish Briggs (Madhya Pradesh) and Mahipal Singh (Rajasthan), will represent India at Basketball without Borders (BWB), to be held in Taipei for the first time ever from June […]

MUMBAI – The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named Carlos Barroca Senior Director, Basketball Operations in India.  Barroca will spearhead the league’s basketball development initiatives in the country, which include training local coaches and players, executing grassroots programs and working with key basketball stakeholders across India to grow the sport. Barroca has more than 35 years […]

The NBA Global Academy to Host First-Ever NBA Academy Games for Prospects from Academies in Africa, Australia, China and India Melbourne and New York, June 23, 2017 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Basketball Australia (BA) today announced the official opening of The NBA Global Academy, an elite basketball training center at BA’s Centre […]

Overall: ·        20 international players were selected in the 2014 NBA Draft, 10 in each round. ·        The record for international players selected in one draft is 21 (2003). ·        The record for international players selected in the first round is 12 (2013). ·        The record for international players selected in the second round is […]

The NBA has tipped off its 15th edition of Basketball Without Borders Asia camp, in Dandenong today. In conjunction with the NBL and FIBA, Australia’s brightest basketball stars, along with legends of the game from around the world, came together to host the top young players from Asia. This includes three from India: Tamil Nadu shooting […]