Intro:

Former NBA All Stars Horace Grant and Peja Stojakovic, and former LA Lakers star Ron Harper, are touring India to nurture talent and seek out future stars for the sport, after arriving at a promotional clinic in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ron Harper, former LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls player (about the new season):
"I don't know what to expect, they are all the basketball teams that are kind of trying to play a fast paced kind of style, I don't know what to expect, they know how to play, I expect them to play hard, I expect them to be competitive, it will be great to see."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ron Harper, Former LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls player (about the LA Lakers' Kobe Bryant):
"Kobe (Bryant) can continue for the next three, four years I think. Great player, he is in great basketball shape, he continues to work extremely hard, so I expect him to be good."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Peja Stojakovic, former NBA player (on the various teams that could challenge the Miami Heat for the title):
"I think Chicago Bulls with Derrick Rose's return, I think they can be very competitive. Oklahoma City is right there, Brooklyn Nets..."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Peja Stojakovic former NBA player (talks about Jeremy Lin):
"He is a very exciting player to watch, I hear he had a tough season in Houston last year, kind of lot of up and downs, but he definitely has the potential to be a very good NBA player."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Horace Grant, former NBA Player (about the talent in Asia):
"We expect good talent. It doesn't matter how tall or how short you are, your economic background and it depends on your learning curve, your skill level. I was in Delhi and I saw some very good talent. Am expecting to see great talent here in Mumbai."