Rishi Kalidas

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Rishi Kalidas (born September 8, 1994 in Dallas, Texas) is a basketball player in Plano for the Hawks of the Plano Sports Authority (PSA) playing primarily at the power forward/center position. Nicknamed "Big R", he is noted for his powerful post moves, scoring, rebounding, and the way he blocks shots. He is the leading scorer on the Hawks and led them to the 2007 PSA 7th Grade Championship where they won their first title.

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PSA Career

He started his career in 2002 with the PSA Lakers and had a rough start, averaging under 4 points in his first season. In about 2 seasons later he improved his game and averaged about 8 points a game. The next season he led his team to the championship game only to fall short on their amazing playoff run. After 8 seasons(4 seasons a year) the team went there seperate ways and would no longer reunite. He then ended up playing for the PSA Wolves where he played only 4 seasons because of useless teammates and their losing ways. He finally found his team in 2005 , the PSA Hawks. He's been averaging 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 block shots a game.

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Championship Experiences

Rishi has been to the finals 3 times. Once with the Lakers and twice with the Hawks. His first time he came up short with the Lakers losing to his future teammate Steve. The second time was with the Hawks and Rishi was ready to win his first title ,but the Tarheels spoiled it and his team lost a heartbreaker. Only down by 3 going into the 3rd quarter the Tarheels hit three 3-pointers in a row making the deficit 12. The Hawks were never able to come out of that hole and Rishi complained after the game he wasn't getting the ball enough. Third time's a charm and Rishi was right leading his team over the Kings to get his first title that he'd been wanting so bad. The Hawks won by four and "Big R" scored the shot that put the game away.

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Rishi's Top 5 Post Moves

  1. Jump Hook
  2. Turn Around Jumper(fadeaway)
  3. Drop Step
  4. Baseline Spinmove
  5. Up and Under
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2006-2007 Season

This season happened to be Rishi's best season putting up a season high 21 points and and a career high 6 blocks. He also had a spectacular first 2 games with 19 points in each one leading his team to a title which is his greatest accomplishment.

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Career Highs

  • Points:22
  • Rebounds:13
  • Assists:3
  • Blocks:6
  • Steals:4
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Weight, Height, Shoe Size

  • Weight: 145 lbs
  • Height: 5' 8"
  • Shoe Size: 12
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Favorites

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#22

He wears #22 because thats the first number he ever got and there aren't many great players that wear it except Michael Redd and Tayshaun Prince. He wants to be one of the great players that wore the number.

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Accomplishments

  • Hawks all time leader in points
  • Hawks all time leader in rebounds
  • Hawks all time leader in blocks
  • PSA Basketball Champion (2007)
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