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I’m waiting for the day that this news isn’t a big deal. That a brown-skinned guy with South Asian features gets signed to an NBA team’s Summer League roster, and the rest of the brown-skinned, South Asian world doesn’t freak out about it. I’m waiting for the day when such an announcement is a regular […]

Press, Release, SACRAMENTO, CA —- The Sacramento Kings signed center Sim Bhullar to a contract, according to Kings General Manager Pete D’ Alessandro. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bhullar becomes the first player of Indian descent to sign with an NBA team. The 7-foot-5, 360-pound center was […]

Babykutty, Greater Noida: The Jr NBA Elite National Camp that concluded last week glittered with expertise and results. 22 kids and 4 coaches from Kerala got the rare chance to be part of the 1st Reliance Foundation Jr NBA Elite National Camp held on the 3 indoor and outdoor basketball courts at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida, India’s […]

With 22-year-old Gursimran ‘Sim’ Bhullar making the leap to the NBA as the first player of Indian descent — thanks to a 10 day contract offered by the Vivek Ranadive owned Sacramento Kings — the time is ripe to begin our new column tracking key player movements. Apart from Sim Bhullar and Satnam Singh, there are dozens of […]

  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 […]