The NBA is full of intriguing back stories and the Mavericks are involved in a whopper with their second-round draft pick.
The plotline with Satnam Singh is more than just a nice little novelty story of the Mavericks taking the first Indian-born player ever to be drafted into the NBA.
Much more.
Here’s the background of how a virtually unknown giant of a basketball player from the Punjabi area of India might change the course of Mavericks’ history.
The Mavericks’ scouting department, which has strong roots overseas, has been keeping an eye on the 7-2, 290-pound Singh for several years as he learned how to play the game, first with coaches in India and then at the IMG Academy in Florida.
The real story behind the drafting of Satnam Singh
