Orlando: With basketball getting global, Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade hopes to see Indian cagers make it big at the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the near future.
“I mean, that’s what this is about, right? The thing that is is (to) understand is that our game is so global (and) is becoming bigger. And you want to make sure that you can give the players around the world an opportunity to showcase their talents and also be exposed to other basketball players and other athletes around the world (sic.),” Wade said on the sidelines of Junior NBA Global Championships.
A 13-time NBA All-Star, Dwyane Wade is serving as one of the Global Ambassadors at the youth basketball meet.
“So that’s why I am an ambassador of this game. I know India has big fans of NBA. And we want to see players come from India be stars in NBA,” said Wade who, in his 16-year career with the Heat, helped guide the team to four consecutive NBA Finals from 2011 to 2014 along with LeBron James and Chris Bosh.
In the junior NBA meet, US Central (girls) and US West (boys) won the competition where India also took part as one of the eight international teams. IANS
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