Senior Basketball Writer
Ashmit Kumar is a Senior Basketball Writer at EssentiallySports with over three years of experience covering the NBA. A journalism graduate, Ashmit has been a crucial part of EssentiallySports’ NBA live trends desk for the past two seasons. His work extends beyond game coverage to include analysis of player endorsements, brand deals, and Team USA's Olympics campaigns. At ES, he collaborated with beat writers across sports as part of the 24/7 Paris Olympics coverage.
As a participant in the EssentiallySports' Journalistic Excellence Program, a professional development initiative where writers are trained under industry experts to enhance reporting skills and editorial judgment, Ashmit comes with clarity and balanced perspectives in a fast-evolving basketball landscape. Outside of writing, he is passionate about gaming, video creation, and fiction writing.
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