The Houston Rockets were enabled to be the newest chapter of Sam Dekker‘s career when he was drafted as the franchise’s top pick — 18th overall — back in 2015.
The lanky, towering of a giant out of the crevices of Sheboygan, Wis. emerging into a dominant force at the University of Wisconsin had finally had his dream fulfilled.
Yep, he got the call to be a part of the cream of the crop, the best professional basketball league in the world.
All of the sweat, the strain, the tears, the highs and the lows, Dekker stayed off the beaten path to muscle his way into the NBA.