re: Why arent there more Asian-American athletes?

The only sport emphasized in India is cricket, and maybe badminton. Those people can afford to play sports for a living. There's enough diversity among 1 billion people to field a good team but they really don't put enough resources into doing so.

Now that they realize that sports plays into national pride, they're playing catch up. The NBA has started camps in India to try to find talent. A lot of these people have never heard of basketball before.