Wilt Chamberlain 2

[Originally published on NBA.COM, as part of its ‘Local Heroes’ series, around February 2017.] “He was unorthodox … the type of player we had never seen before.” – MA Parthasarathy, former India player “He was someone who lived for the team.” – MC Selvakumar, former India player   It was in 1978 when IT happened. An […]

  Whenever I play basketball at my favourite court – the ‘Benares Club’ in my hometown Varanasi – my friends feature among them the usual gang of universal pick-up hoops personalities: the slow, lumbering, but effective post-player; the mid-range wizard; the pesky little ball-hawker; the fast-break specialist; the veteran who gives sage advice about passing […]