Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, with a strong passion for the sport that started at the young age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. His expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, is evident in his writing. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. At 29, Bagavathi started the process of becoming a basketball coach after being inspired by years of watching teams make and break it in the league. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free. Beyond the hardwood, Bagavathi is a lifelong Arsenal fan and a dedicated scholar of Arsene Wenger, whose management style is of special interest to him. When not engaged in sports, he likes to spend time with his friends and family. Beyond the sport of basketball, he has been a lifelong Arsenal fan and a dedicated scholar of Arsene Wenger's management style. When not obsessing about sports in general, he likes to spend time with his friends and family.