Mumbai: For Talwinder Singh ? who imitates National Basketball Association (NBA) players ? basketball is his destiny and a lifelong love affair.
With encouragement from his father and a continuous supply of CD?s featuring basketball players from his brother in America, there is no looking back for Talwinder.
Be it on-court antics or slam-dunks, he seems to have them just right. "My style of playing is similar to that of the NBA players," says Talwinder. He confesses that playing with the NRIs in Ludhiana did help him learn a couple of fancy moves.
"Allen Iverson from 76ers is my idol. He is of my height and weight and if he can do it why cant I?" says an enthusiastic Talwinder.
He soon wishes to join his elder brother, "I play the NBA style", says Talwinder who got a chance to interact with the best in the game at the week-long NBA camp in Beijing.
Talwinder scored 41 of the 83 points scored by the Indian juniors in an Asian level tournament in Bangalore earlier this year.
That helped him get a chance to be on a week-long NBA camp in Beijing and interact with some of the best in the game. And not surprisingly his inspiration comes from the NBA!
For the moment though, Talwinder is keen to make a mark in India. And with the national team having played as many as 10 international tournaments in the last 2 years, players with the attitude and skill of Talwinder Singh are sure to emerge more regularly.
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