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In a letter to International Basketball Federation, lawmakers in the US have urged that turbans should not be seen as a violation of official rules of the world body.

Singh will play his first NBA Summer League game Sunday, when the Mavericks take on the Pelicans in Las Vegas, we will get the first real look at India’s first NBA prospect.

In the game of basketball, his height gives him an advantage. Like many young basketball players, he wants to make it to the National Basketball Association and is training in the United States. What sets Satnam apart, however, is that if he makes it to the NBA, he will become the first ever from his country to do so.

To his credit, he is not timid -- by any stretch. His ancestors came from the same village where he was born. It has been there for more than 600 years. Those that know India say that the countryside where he is from produces an aggressive mentality among the men.