Yannick Colaco made a name for himself in the sports industry in India as the Chief Operation Officer of Nimbus Sports. Now Colaco is the Managing Director of NBA‘s office in India. Colaco was a university level basketball player himself and…
“As much notoriety as Nic Batum and Damian Lillard have been getting, which they deserve, LaMarcus is the guy who holds it together for us. When things start going bad for us, we look to him to bail us out. And he…
Troy Justice, Director of Operations, NBA India, spoke to Sportskeeda about this program of Jr. NBA in India. Read on to find out about the program, how the schools and coaches got involved in it and more.
Troy Justice is a seasoned veteran of basketball operations in India on behalf of the NBA. With the NBA bringing in the NBA Jam in four cities in India this month, they are looking to cover new ground by taking the…
Selfish. Thug. Cancer. Team Killer. Ball hog. Washed up. Threw his wife out naked then hunted her down with a gun. Drunk. Gambler. Broke. Really? Here are quotes/stats on both sides of these issues; judge for yourself. I can’t think…
Approximately 7.5 million passengers jostle for space in Mumbai’s local trains every day. Between domestics cutting vegetables, ladies curling their hair, businesspeople creating PowerPoint presentations and hawkers hawking wares, no sight is too strange to see here. The Don Bosco,…
“Padhoge, likhoge, banoge Nawab. Kheloge, koodoge banoge kharab. (If you read and write, you’ll be a king. If you jump and play around, you’ll be a pauper).” If I had a time machine, before high-fiving James Naismith, I’d track down…
A number of oppressors and invaders charging into India have had to beat a hasty retreat, with their tails between their legs, by the ever-reliable defense of the brave Sikh warriors. Even when being outnumbered, these bravehearts made a mockery…
“I think girls should do more than be married at 18.” There are few better examples of basketball’s power to transform lives than the remarkable work Rajesh Patel and company have been doing at the Chhattisgarh Basketball Development Academy. The…
You could call it destiny or a fortunate confluence of circumstances, but you shouldn’t. The idea that two of India’s finest basketball talents hail from Kerala, have captained India, have an undying passion for the sport, and are both each…