There was a lot of buzz about the Dallas Mavericks' selection of 7-foot-2 center Satnam Singh with the 52nd pick in Thursday's NBA Draft, which made Singh the first Indian-born player in league history to be drafted.
While the jury is still out on whether Singh can be a functional NBA player - 37-year-old Dirk Nowitzki joked that the Mavs had done the seemingly impossible and drafted a guy slower than him - the team is happy, for the time being, reaping the publicity.
"There's a billion new Mavs fans out there right now," owner Mark Cuban said.
Before they go any further, though, they may want to give their players a geography lesson, particularly point guard Devin Harris.
"I think we've historically have done well with European players, so why not get another one." -- #Mavs G Devin Harris on Satnam Singh
— Dwain Price (@DwainPrice) June 27, 2015
Taking for granted that Harris didn't mean this as an intentional colonialist callback to the British Raj, he could stand to be a bit more diligent about doing his homework.