7-foot-2 Satnam Singh joins St. John's Edge at training camp
CBC News | Posted: November 8, 2018 12:05 AM | Last Updated: November 8, 2018
Basketball player was first player from India drafted to the NBA
Satnam Singh has landed in Newfoundland.
The seven-foot-two-inch basketball player arrived at St. John's International Airport on Wednesday, and will arrive at training camp in Grand Falls-Windsor this week.
Singh is the first India-born player to ever be drafted to the NBA, by the Dallas Mavericks in 2015, and is the subject of the documentary One in A Billion.
He signed a one-year contract with the Edge in early September, but last minute visa issues delayed his arrival until now.
Singh is excited to tackle a new province, and a new basketball league.
"A lot of people told me it's a really small city, really nice, quiet," he said.
He's got his strategy all set: "Have fun with your team and play hard."