India may have slipped badly in FIBA’s world basketball rankings in the last 10 years but National chief coach Veselin Matic believes that the country has bright youngsters who are capable of helping the country climb up again. But the country needs to be patient.
From 53 in 2015, the Indian men are now at 82 while the women have also slipped more than 10 rungs to 79. While other countries have invested heavily in basketball and brought about major changes, India has not given the sport the big push.
“India is not even investing 0.1% of what Philippines is pumping into basketball,” said Matic, who will be completing his fifth year as the National coach this month, in a chat with The Hindu on the sidelines of the coaches’ clinic at the Alappuzha YMCA.
