Amritpal Singh (basketball)

Amritpal Singh (born January 5, 1991) is an Indian professional basketball player who last played for the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League.[1]

Amritpal Singh
Personal information
Born (1991-01-05) January 5, 1991
Ganna Pind, Punjab
NationalityIndian
Listed height212 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2010–present
PositionCenter
Career history
2010–2011Western Railway Mumbai
2015ONGC Uttarakhand Dehradoon
2015–2016Tokyo Excellence
2016ONGC Uttarakhand Dehradoon
2017Pune Peshwas
2017–2018Sydney Kings
Career highlights and awards
  • NBDL Champion (2016)
Medals
Representing  India
Lusofonia Games
2014 IndiaTeam

Early life

Amritpal Singh comes from a family of farmers. He began playing basketball in 2009, after playing kabaddi as a youth. In March 2010, he joined the Ludhiana Basketball Academy.[2]

Professional career

In August 2015, Amritpal Singh signed with Tokyo Excellence of Japan's National Basketball Development League (NBDL). After putting up impressive performances in the BJ Challenge Summer League from June to August playing for the Hyogo Impulse team, Singh secured a one-year contract with the Tokyo team.[3] In March 2016, he helped Tokyo Excellence win the 2015–16 NBDL Championship.[4]

In April 2017, Singh impressed a number of teams at the NBL Draft Combine in Melbourne. He participate in the combine alongside fellow Indian players Amjyot Singh, Yadwinder Singh and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi.[5] Two months later, Singh was invited to join the Sydney Kings for a tournament in China, known as the Atlas Challenge 2017.[5]

On 30 August 2017, Singh signed with the Sydney Kings for the 2017–18 NBL season, becoming the first Indian-born player to be signed by an Australian NBL team.[6] In 24 games, he averaged 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.

National team career

Singh made his debut for the Indian national team in 2011 at the FIBA Asia Championship. He has since competed at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[7] At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Iran, Singh averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game.[5]

References
  1. "Amritpal Singh: The Big Comeback". NBA.com India | The official site of the NBA. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. "AMRITPAL SINGH – INDIAN BASKETBALL'S 'CINDERELLA MAN'". ekalavyas.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. "Indian cagers Amjyot, Amritpal to play in Japans National Basketball Development League". Sportskeeda.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. Rao, Adarsh (27 March 2016). "AMJYOT-AMRITPAL DUO POWERS TOKYO EXCELLENCE TO 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP". ekalavyas.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. "Basketball: India's Amritpal Singh invited to play for Sydney Kings in Atlas Challenge 2017". IndiaTimes.com. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. "WELCOME AMRITPAL SINGH!". SydneyKings.com. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. "Amritpal Singh's profile". FIBA.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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