Satnam Singh Bhamar of New Dheli, India is a 7-foot-2 15-year-old hoping to do for basketball in India what Yoa Ming did for basketball in China. Bhamar just finished a three month training program at the IMG basketball academy in Florida. He was among eight players, four boys and four girls, chosen to attend the academy after the Basketball Federation of India recently joined sports management company IMG-Reliance. “I have to work very hard on my speed, power and agility to do well at the top level,” Bhamar said. He say there is a huge gap in the standard of players in india and the United States. Bhamar’s father Balbir Singh Bhamar, who stands 7 feet tall, couldn’t pursue basketball due to a lack of opportunities. " I am really lucky to have gotten the chance and I want to make my family, coaches, and country proud by doing well," said Bhamar. “He is focused, hardworking and has tremendous potential. One star player like this in NBA could mean a big boost for the game in India,” said Harish Sharma, a secretary for the Basketball Federation of India.
I think that it is great that we are finding new talent around the world in places that we would not expect to find any for a certain sport. Bhamar would give the NBA some "new blood" since most of the players today are American, and to a lesser extent Spanish.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/article/915474--teenaged-giant-touted-as-india-s-yao
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