Surrounded by friends, family and his representatives, Nate Hinton, dressed from head to toe in a custom fit made by Stitched By Mitch, was flooded with emotion.
His eyes were red from crying as he had just hung up his phone.
On the other end of that call had been Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, and team head coach Rick Carlisle. They had called the former UH guard to inform him they were signing him to a two-way contract as an undrafted free agent, and they were excited about the opportunity to work together.