Amritpal Singh (born January 5, 1991) is an Indian professional

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player who represents

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of the National Basketball Championship. In the past, he played for the

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of the Australian National Basketball League.

Early life

Amritpal Singh comes from a family of farmers. He began playing basketball in 2009, after playing

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as a youth. In March 2010, he joined the Ludhiana Basketball Academy.

Professional career

In August 2015, Amritpal Singh signed with

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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. In March 2016, he helped Tokyo Excellence win the 2015–16 NBDL Championship. In April 2017, Singh impressed a number of teams at the NBL Draft Combine in

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. He participate in the combine alongside fellow Indian players

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, Yadwinder Singh and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi. Two months later, Singh was invited to join the

for a tournament in China, known as the Atlas Challenge 2017. 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. 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

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. He has since competed at the

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, 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Iran, Singh averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Amritpal 1991 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players from Punjab, India Centers (basketball) Indian expatriates in Australia Indian expatriates in Japan Indian men's basketball players Sydney Kings players Yokohama Excellence players Asian Games competitors for India

Early life

Professional career

National team career

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