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  Former Indian player, Jagdeep Singh Bains also named as “Jaggi” by his teammates, hails from Ganganagar in Rajasthan. He started playing basketball in 2002. Initially for a year, he played one school nationals for Rajasthan. Thereafter, he was approached by late Coach S. Subramanian to join the Ludhiana Basketball Academy. Bains agreed, and was […]

This profile was originally published in Tadpoles Magazine and can be accessed here.  To play or not to play, that is the question in the mind of 18-year-old Dildar Singh Brar. The basketballer from Bhatinda recently represented the junior Indian team at the 2014 FIBA Asia Championships, and now finds himself at the crossroads. “I […]

  Earlier this morning Satnam Singh became the first ever Indian to be drafted in the NBA. He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 52nd pick in the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft. Satnam hails from the tiny village of Ballo Ke in Punjab. In 2010, he was one of the eight recipients […]

  In a historic move, two of India’s most talented basketball players, Amjyot Singh Gill and Amritpal Singh, have been selected to showcase their talents in the BJ Challenge Summer League in Japan. The two big men will be playing for Hyogo Impulse owned by Ashiya University in Hyogo, Japan. This will be a paid […]