The later rounds of the NBA draft are full of names you’ve never heard before. If you’ve never heard of Tryggvi Hlinason, you’re certainly not alone. Yahoo Sports has the story of how this guy went from picking up basketball to stay in shape to being a possible NBA draft pick.
Hlinason comes a part of Iceland that’s remote even by Icelandic standards. On his parents’ sheep farm, the nearest house was more than five miles away. It takes an hour to get to the closest grocery store. Heavy snowfall would trap the family at the farm for weeks at a time.