Indian Basketball All-Star showcase in Mumbai from May 3-5

For the third year, the Mastan YMCA basketball court in Nagpada, Mumbai, will host the best of the best in Indian hoops talent in India’s own version of the basketball All Star weekend, from May 3-5, 2012.

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FIBA Asia has a new Secretary-General: Hagop Khajirian

FIBA Asia Press Release Hagop Khajirian will take over the post of the FIBA Secretary General following his unanimous election to that post at the FIBA Asia Central Board meeting on Friday after Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock the current FIBA Asia Secretary General relinquished his post due to health reasons.

The FIBA Asia Central Board thanked Dato’ Yeoh for long and enduring years of service to FIBA Asia and noted that he will always be the inspiration for future basketball administrators.

“Dato Yeoh’s contribution to basketball came at a time when the sport was taking its initial steps. Therefore the amount of sacrifice he has made for the sport is unmatchable,” noted FIBA Asia President Sheikh Saud Ali Thani.

Khajirian, currently the FIBA Asia Deputy Secretary General, came into prominence as the founder Secretary General of the West Asian Basketball Association in 1998 and joined the FIBA Asia Central Board.

Khajirian went on to become a FIBA Asia Executive Committee member when he became the Deputy Secretary General in 2002 and has held the post till then.

Under Khajirian’s leadership, WABA as a FIBA Asia sub-zone took giant strides with at least one team from WABA figuring in the semifinals of all the last seven FIBA Asia Championships.

Further, as the Chairman of the Marketing and Media Permanent Committee and as the Chief of Operations for all events, Khajirian has created an efficient and effective blueprint for all FIBA Asia events.

“It is a great responsibility and privilege to be elected to this post,” said Khajirian post his election.

“It’s an honor at the same time a challenge. I will be following the footsteps of Dato Yeoh to carry out my responsibilities. Dato Yeoh’s methods are excellent guidelines for all of us to follow,” he said.

Foreign Basketball Coaches to host ‘Train the Trainers’ Clinic

The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has announced that its three foreign coaches – Kenny Natt, Pete Gaudet, and Zak Penwell – will be hosting a first-of-its-kind, formalised ‘Train the Trainers’ Clinic for Indian basketball coaches from April 13-15th at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.

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Roopam Sharma elected Honorary Secretary of the Delhi Basketball Association

Roopam Sharma, the newly appointed CEO of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), was also elected as the Honorary Secretary of the Delhi Basketball Association (DBA) via unanimous vote at a DBA Executive Committee Meeting. The widow of BFI's former CEO Harish Sharma, Roopam Sharma also follows her late husband as the DBA's Honorary Secretary.

According to the BFI, Sharma will be in charge of the day to day activities of the DBA as well as all basketball events that take place in Delhi. Roopam Sharma on behalf of the Basketball Federation of India would extend all the support needed to facilitate the DBA functioning.

Ms. Sharma added that "The additional responsibilities conferred on me by the DBA, it will be my duty to work with the utmost sincerity and dedication to bring in positive initiatives to promote basketball in Delhi. I will remain committed to cater to the challenges at all times but most importantly, I look forward to working in a cohesive manner to take the game forward."

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It's a good time to join the bandwagon of a bad NBA team. One of them is just a pick away from being popular again.

An NBA season has a number of seasons within the season. Of course, there is the pre-season, regular season, and post-season. Then there is the draft season, the free agency season, the trade deadline season, the pre-All-Star season and the post-All-Star season.

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Kentucky wins 2012 NCAA Championship

One of the greatest college teams assembled on paper would’ve remained just that – ‘on paper’ – if they didn’t truly live up to their potential and capture the biggest win in college basketball. The University of Kentucky Wildcats did just that on April 3rd, 2012 by defeating Kansas University Jayhawks 67-59 in the final to capture the NCAA Men’s Championship. In the process, Kentucky won their 8th-ever national championship but the first for revolutionary coach John Calipari. The final featured the top two most successful basketball programmes in NCAA history.

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Marbury’s Fall; Ma Bu Li’s Redemption

Earlier this week, Stephon Marbury, a talented player mostly remembered as a ‘failure’ in the NBA finally reached redemption in his topsy-turvy basketball career by finally winning his first championship at the age of 35… in China. Marbury fell, but finally, Ma Bu Li achieved redemption.

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