India's NBA G-League player Amjyot Singh has joined the Wisconsin Herd


If you're an Indian basketball fan feeling particularly prepared to jump on a new G-League bandwagon, it's time to join the herd.

The Wisconsin Herd, to be exact. Amjyot Singh, the Chandigarh-born Indian basketball star who as been in the NBA G-League for the past 1.5 years with the OKC Blue, announced that he was officially signing with the Herd with an Instagram post on Thursday. The Herd are the G-League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, who currently hold the best record in the NBA. The team is based out of Oshkosh in Wisconsin.



Singh, 27, saw his role limited in just six appearances with the Blue this season, and hadn't suited up for them after November. He's only the second Indian to play in the G-League, following Satnam Singh, who played two years for the Texas Legends. Amjyot is averaging 2.5 points and 0.86 rebounds in 36 total G-League games played since last season.

Singh is a 6-foot-8 forward who rose in recent years to become one of the top players for India's national basketball team. He has been the team's leading scorer in most major international tournaments over the past six years, and also played professionally in Japan's Development League for a season.

While the Blue are riding high and stand 2nd in the Western Conference, the Herd's record is only 9-26, at the bottom of the East. Despite this, the new opportunity could open up more playing time for Singh, who will likely be backing up Herd's power forward Michael Qualls for the rest of the season.

Now that he'll be playing in the same franchise-umbrella as Giannis Antetokounmpo, would it be too wild to imagine a team featuring both the 'Greek Freak' and the 'Sikh Freak' in the same line-up? Singh, and his Indian basketball family, will be hoping that this dream to become a reality!

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