Amjyot enters NBA G-League draft
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 21
Indian basketball player Amjyot Singh has made it to the NBA’s G League draft, scheduled to be held in New York late on Saturday.
The NBA said 146 players were eligible to be selected in today’s draft.
No trades will be permitted during the four-round draft and only players signed to an NBA G League Standard Player Contract are eligible to be selected, the NBA added.
Teams are required to make at least three selections during the draft. Once a team declines to make a pick, it may not make another selection for the remainder of the event, it added.
Chandigarh-based Amjyot is an alumnus of the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, which has trained the likes of Satnam Singh Bhamara, Amritpal Singh and Jagdeep Singh.
The 25-year-old has been a part of India’s national basketball team since 2015 and has also represented Delhi Capitals of the UBA Pro Basketball League.
The 6 foot 8 inch forward also turned up for the Tokyo Excellence in Japan.
An Indian origin cager from Colorado Mines, Gokul Natesan, has also been inducted into the draft.
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