A North American pro sports league first: NBA to play preseason games in Mumbai, India

[Hamartia Antidote]

It's funny you mentioned the Indianapolis Colts, because I'm currently watching watching the playoff game between them and the Kansas City Chiefs.

My team the Philadelphia Eagles, plays tomorrow against the Saints. They are big underdogs (as they should be) but anything can happen on any given day.


I'm a huge NFL fan. I also root for individual players on other teams.

I guess there isn't going to be a rematch.

 

[Khan_21]

NBA might be the only american sport that is played worldwide. I don't think stars from other sports like baseball or American football would be recognized outside america.

 

[Cobra Arbok]

NBA might be the only american sport that is played worldwide. I don't think stars from other sports like baseball or American football would be recognized outside america.

Baseball is actually pretty big in Latin America and the Carribean, as well as Japan and Canada.

I've heard Pakistan also is not bad at baseball.

 

[Sam.]

Thee is a reason why most of the famous basketball players and most football players are African American. They tend to be taller and have more muscle mass than other races. However, keep in mind that there are communities in India that do have the required height to compete in basketball and other competitive sports, such as rajputs and Jatts. It is these people who currently dominate sports in India.
Anyway, here is the roster of the current Indian national basketball team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_basketball_team
There are a couple of giants there.
Amritpal Singh: 6 ft 11
Jagdeep SIngh: 6 ft 6
Rikin Pethani- 6 ft 8
Gurvinder Gil- 6 ft 7
Satnam Singh- 7ft 2
Akilan Puri- 5ft 10
Most of them are jatts and rajputs, mostly from Punjab. Anyway, the real challenge is not geight or physique, but appropriate training and facilities, which India lacked until recently. But tbh, the US is just in a different league when it comes to basketball, because it has over a century of experience with the sport. The likelihood of another country beating it is about the same as the US winning the World Cup.

My height is 6 ft 2 and in my area our Average height is 5 ft 8 and above. Girls height avg around 5 ft 4.

 

[KAL-EL]

I guess there isn't going to be a rematch.

And I was really hoping for that rematch.

It's ashame, the Eagles came so damn close. A bit ironic that our best receiver let an easy one go through his hands.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

And I was really hoping for that rematch.

It's ashame, the Eagles came so damn close. A bit ironic that our best receiver let an easy one go through his hands.

Patriots!!

 

[nahtanbob]

Patriots!!

I should confess Brady and Patriots have insane track record

 

[Hamza913]

My height is 6 ft 2

So many self-professed over 6 feet-ers on this forum.

 

[KAL-EL]

Patriots!!

Bad ref calls!!

lol you know what, that was one hell of a game to watch for someone that had no skin in the game.

That Mahone's kid is a flat-out stud.

It's early, but I'm picking the Patriots because I don't think the Rams are as good at at this moment in time. That's not to say they couldn't pull off a win tho.

Now if it was the Saints, I would have picked them.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Bad ref calls!!

lol you know what, that was one hell of a game to watch from for someone that had no skin in the game.

That Mahone's kid is a flat-out stud.

It's early, but I'm picking the Patriots because I don't think the Rams are as good at at this moment in time. That's not to say they couldn't pull off a win tho.

Now if it was the Saints, I would have picked them.

Certainly Mahomes is going to be the next star. With 50 touchdown passes that puts him right at the top with Brady and Manning.