And maybe Fotu should be its inaugural recipient. He would certainly take some beating after the events of late last week. In case you don't follow basketball in general it is this country's fastest growing major sport in our schools , or the national men's team we call the Tall Blacks specifically, let me bring you up to speed. Fotu is a year-old member of Paul Henare's Tall Blacks. He plies his professional trade in Germany, where he is halfway through a two-year deal playing for the Ratiopharm Ulm club, but returns at every feasible opportunity to represent his country.
He loves it. In the midst of that schedule he received a call from his agent to tell him the Boston Celtics of the NBA had invited him to play for them at the upcoming Summer League in Las Vegas from July 6. It was the type of call Fotu has been working the majority of his life to receive: A real opportunity for this outstanding young basketballer to showcase his talents on the first rung of the ladder leading to the ultimate arena, the NBA.
No guarantees. And in reality a bit of a long shot. But funnier things have happened in this business we call sport.
Just three Kiwis have ever even made it as far as the NBA. Four if you count New Zealand-born Aron Baynes but we don't, given as he has chosen to represent Australia at the international level. Sean Marks got there first, and had a pretty decent decade-long career before switching to the front office. He is now General Manager of the Brooklyn Nets. We are all so, so proud of him. The NBA is the place every basketballer on the planet aspires to play; and so few get the opportunity to grace.
But instead he took 'about one or two seconds' to decide he wouldn't be accepting their kind offer. Pesquisar por:. Adobe Media Encoder v Adobe Premiere Pro v Baixar Nitro Pro Baixar Toontrack EZdrummer 2 v2.
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