Alright, let’s talk about this Satnam Singh Bhamara fella. I ain’t no fancy writer or nothin’, just gonna tell it like it is, you know? Plain and simple, like how we talk back home.
Who is this Satnam Singh guy anyway? Well, from what I hear, he’s a big ol’ fella, real tall. They say he’s like seven foot two or somethin’. Can you imagine? He’d make our tallest corn stalks look like little weeds! This Satnam, he’s from India, and he made some noise playing basketball. Yep, basketball. That game where they bounce the ball and throw it in the hoop.
Now, they tell me he was the first fella from India to get picked in somethin’ called the NBA draft. That’s like a big deal, I guess. Happened back in 2015, they say. The Dallas Mavericks, that’s the team that picked him. Big city team, I reckon. He was the 52nd pick overall. Don’t know what that means exactly, but sounds like he was pretty good.
- Big guy, real tall
- From India
- Played basketball
- First Indian guy in the NBA draft
But hold on, there’s more to this story. Seems like Satnam’s basketball dream didn’t last forever. Something about a two-year ban, they say. Something about testin’ positive for somethin’. Dopin’, I think they called it. NADA, that’s who gave him the ban. Don’t know who they are, but they sound serious. Anyway, that kinda put a stop to his basketballin’, at least for a while.
So, what’s he doin’ now? Well, seems like this Satnam fella, he ain’t one to sit around twiddlin’ his thumbs. He went and got himself into somethin’ called professional wrestling. You know, that stuff you see on TV with all the big muscles and fake punches? Yeah, that’s the one. He joined somethin’ called All Elite Wrestling, AEW they call it, in 2022.
Now, I ain’t never watched none of that wrestlin’ myself, but I hear it’s a big thing. Folks like to watch it, I guess. Satnam, he teamed up with some other fellas, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, and Sonjay Dutt. Don’t know them from Adam, but they sound like wrestlin’ names, don’t they? And get this, they say he even “destroyed” some other wrestler named Samoa Joe. Sounds rough, but that’s wrestlin’ for ya, I suppose.
There’s even a movie about him! Yep, you heard that right. They made a whole movie about Satnam’s life. It’s called “One in a Billion” and you can watch it on that Netflix thing. I ain’t got no Netflix myself, but my grandkids, they watch it all the time. The movie, it tells the story of how Satnam got to the NBA, all the way from India. Must’ve been a long journey, I tell ya.
Satnam Singh Bhamara, also known as Satnam Singh Loyal, born in 1995. That’s what they say. He started playin’ basketball when he was just a young ‘un, like 10 years old. Some coaches saw him, saw how tall he was, and figured he had a talent for it. And I guess they were right. He went on to be the first Indian in the NBA, even if it didn’t last forever.
What’s the big deal? Well, think about it. This fella, he came from a place far away, where basketball probably ain’t the biggest thing. He worked hard, got real tall, and made it to the top. That’s somethin’ to admire, even if things didn’t go exactly as planned. He didn’t give up, did he? He went and found somethin’ else to do, somethin’ new. That’s what I call grit.
Satnam Singh Bhamara, remember that name. He’s the big fella from India who played basketball and then became a wrestler. He’s the one they made a movie about. He might not be a household name around here, but he’s done somethin’ special. He showed the world that even if you come from a small place, you can still dream big. And even if one dream ends, there’s always another one waitin’ around the corner.
So, that’s the story of Satnam Singh Bhamara, as best as I can tell it. He’s a basketball player, a wrestler, and a fella who didn’t give up. And that, my friends, is somethin’ worth talkin’ about.
