Growing up in Angola, Bruno Fernando knew from a young age he wanted to be a basketball player.
... But he’d be lying if he told you he expected all this.
“I dreamed of one day taking a picture in front of an NBA arena, not playing in one,” Fernando said.
Yet now, as a rookie with the Hawks, playing in an NBA arena several times a week has become his reality. He’s making history as the first Angolan to play in the NBA, and the significance of that isn’t lost on him.
“It’s just something that I embrace,” Fernando said.