After suffering through a 28-54 record last season, the Sacramento Kings need all the help they can get.
Including help that comes in the very largest of packages, like rookie Sim Bhullar.
As CBSSports.com's Matt Moore put it, "The Kings just got bigger. Way, way bigger."
NBCSports.com's Kurt Helin remarked that, "The 7’5”, 360-pound center who played his college ball for New Mexico State was part of the Kings’ Summer League team and even around other NBA players he looked huge. He dwarfed DeMarcus Cousins."
The 21-year-old signed a deal to join Sacramento's training camp, and his notoriety extends beyond his imposing body alone.
The Associated Press (via ESPN.com) reports that, "Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to sign a contract with an NBA team."
Sacramento's Vivek Ranadive also happens to be the league's first Indian-born majority owner.
According to the AP's report, Ranadive said, "I've long believed that India is the next great frontier for the NBA, and adding a talented player like Sim only underscores ...
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