FIBA West Asia Super League: Two Americans included in Tamil Nadu team!

Tamil Nadu's first game will be against Kuwait Club on May 25 at 5:30pm IST, followed by matches against Shahrdary Gorgan (Iran) and Kazma (Kuwait).

The Tamil Nadu roster for the upcoming West Asia Super League Final 8 is now confirmed. As per WASL rules, two foreign players are allowed, and the Tamil Nadu team will feature Americans Brian Re Karion Halums and James Anthony Farr.

While Halums is a 6’5” guard competing for NSA club in the Lebanese league, Farr is a seasoned 6’9” power forward/center, who appears to have last played for SL Benfica (M) in the Portuguese league.

Tamil Nadu Roster: Brian Re Karion Halums, James Anthony Farr, Muin Bek Hafeez, Lokeshwaran Mohan, Prashant Singh Rawat, Arvind Kumar Muthu Krishnan, Pranav Prince, Soorya Baskaran, Anantharaj Eswaran, Aravind Annadurai, Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi, R Karthik

Coach & Support Staff: Sunny CV - Head Coach; Asad Ullah Khan - Coach; Sai Venkatesh Gangadharan - Coach; Pradeep Kumar Auddy - Head of Delegation; Siva Shanmuga Singh Veerapandi - Physio; Solomon Rajkumar Ramalingam - Video Analyst & Stats

Brian Halums (left) and James Farr. Image credit - Eurobasket and Proballers.com respectively

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