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Why is the NBA so popular? | Shishir Jamadagni | TEDxYouth@Tokyo

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Shishir is a grade 11 student who lives in Japan. His love and passion is to play and watch basketball. Once he deeply began to watch the National Basketball Association in particular, he wondered why he loved it so dearly. In this talk, Shishir tells us the reason it drew him in. Shishir builds this reasoning with a unique relationship to the realm of fantasies and briefly covers the phycological aspects as well. 

Shishir is a 16 year old living in Japan, and has a mad passion for the NBA. He started wondering why so many people were so interested in basketball, and what made it such a popular sport. As an Indian having lived in Japan and the US, he has seen how basketball is a sport many people around the world are engrossed in. In his talk, he will provide his own analysis of what makes basketball popular.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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