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Growing up, we didn't have anybody to look at.

I wanted my community, the youth, to connect with the mainstream through the game of bat.

Nav became the person that we can identify with. He's been just as important as any player the Toronto Raptors has ever had.

He's a super, super diehard, loyal fan. One and only superfan, Nav Batia.

Nav Batia. Nav Batia. The superfan. Yeah!

He's always at the games. Never missed one home game.

If there is breath in his body... He's gonna be there for the Toronto Raptors.

And you keep kind of scratching your head wondering... Who is that guy? Who is this guy? Who is that guy? I was like, this... does he work here?

Hey, fellas!

**Standing up and that guy? I was like, this ***, does he work here? Hey, fellas! He's standing up and yelling, and I'm like, Already you're an immigrant, you look different, and now you're doing all of this.**

All the Canadian fans are taking pictures with him, and all this stuff, and you scratch your head even some more, thinking about what's this specialness that he has. And you know what I said? I want to know that guy. He's got that it factor that draws people to him. All the fans, media people, everything's turned to him. He almost became this myth.

And then you figure out that that guy is just like us. He has the same stories like us. The things he's done are so real. They're so tangible for so many people. It's almost been a parallel path of the team that went on to become NBA champions. And this great success story that is not bought yet.

There's fans and then there's a super fan.

We must keep God in our heart all the time to live honestly and work hard. Our morning prayer starts with, Nanak naam chaddi kala, teire paane sarbat ka Pala, meaning happiness and wellness for everyone, irrespective of colour, religion, gender.

One of our practices is not to cut the hair ever. That's why we have long hair, but we covered it neat and clean with the turban. It's a sign of holiness and submission to our Guru's will. This is why for the last 54 years I've been tying a turban. That few moments of calm before the storm takes on sets me up for the whole day. When I'm done, I'm all set, ready to go and to conquer the world.

That's the one. 645 diamonds, 28 rubies, 155 of solid yellow gold.

What does a player, when he starts playing basketball, what does he want to do? He wants to win a ring. This is the first time in the history a non-player got the players ring. I have no business of having this ring. No business. I'm really blessed.

11, 1200 games is a lot of games in a row to attend. 25 years ago, if you would have asked me, that now are you going to do all those games? I wouldn't have said yes.

You wear my favorite shirt? Yeah.

Knowing the ballers made me love this game more.

You're still going strong, man.

I'm still trying, man.

You got it, Bayalas. Bayal!

Hey, can you stop heckling my guys?

No, no, I'm motivating them. I'm motivating them. Keep going to the beard. It'll help you. I know. They say beard gives you energy. But how the hell you lose to Boston? You guys are going to be in the playoffs. I put my money on you. Don't make me lose my thousand dollars.

Things have worked out for me and my family in Canada, but it was not always like that. In the early 80s, my plans were to settle down in New Delhi, India.

My sister introduced me to love. When I first met my wife, it was a while back, it was in 1983, December the 9th, in the evening. We met in our Gurdwara in India. Which is our church, our temple. In our time, we used to have, most of the time, arranged marries.

With her family, sitting on one side further away, and my family sitting on one side. And then for 15-20 minutes, we were allowed to go around the stairs which leads to the temple, to sit on those stairs you know talk to each other like we were a couple of feet apart he's very positive person and very strong i explained her what about my ambitions for my life are and i heard her for me it was very important that we belong to a same religion she wanted to be basically a housewife. She wants to take care of the family. And we have seen family values. And that was very cool with me because that's what I was looking for. I wanted to be the breadwinner.

I found him a very caring person. So that's why I got married to him. It's strange to a lot of people that 15 minutes can bind you for the life. I said yes. And we decided for each other and that's how I got married and then I wanted to open a business in India but sometime life has other plans.

The Indian army has been called in to protect Delhi's terrified Sikh community, the largest outside the Punjab. Sikh houses and temples have been torn down and set on fire. There have been reports of Sikhs being burnt alive.

In 1984, when the Golden Temple of Hammurr Sab, primary place of Sikh worship, was attacked by the people's own government. Indra Gandhi is then assassinated by Sikh bodyguards. And her son made a comment to the press that when a big tree falls, the ground vibrates.

Over 48 hours in Delhi, there were thousands of Sikhs massacred. They were putting burning time alive on Sikhs, you know. They were being massacred because they were Sikhs. A mob had run down this street, bursting into Sikh houses, spraying them with blazing petrol, and often cutting the long hair from the heads of their Sikh victims. There was no safe place, even in our temple.

We as a family decided to get out of India. There was no safe place even in our temple. We as a family decided to get out of India. And Canada was the country which gave me the visa.

I moved to Malton here and my journey started by renting a basement apartment for $350. Finding a job was a battle for me. I was an engineer. I thought I was qualified enough. But nobody in 84 in Canada wanted to hire somebody with a turban and beard. All my buddies who came during at that time told me that now you have to shave it off. You have to take your turban off. You have to be a clean cut if you want to work.

I had promised my mother three things in my life. She asked me not to do drinking, smoking, and cutting my hair. I promised her when I was 16.

He revered his mom. We see a mother's love operating in Nav every day. It is the way he prioritizes young people. He prioritizes women. He prioritizes support for things that are important in life.

The best way to honor someone, right, is to become what they desire you to be. And he did that in spades.

Every day I went to three or four places on the buses for months. I couldn't get a job anywhere my next step was to look for a job maybe as a car salesman because you don't need a qualification for a car you need to just love the people and the cars it came from Korea just over a year and a half ago Hyundai which means modern in Korean has almost taken Canada by storm with its pony Finally, I got a job in Rexdale, Hyundai.

Hyundai was very new. The very first day when I went to Rexdale as a car salesman, there was a lot of people called me all kind of names, towel head, diaper head, turban head. That was the moment which was the lowest in my life in Canada. I was deeply hurt and I decided that day that I'm going to be better than good if I have to survive in that environment.

I worked hard and I sold 127 cars in three months, which is still a racket with Hyundai. The same people who called me all those names, I used to help them to close their car deals. I showed that I can do a better job than all you guys. I'm sure they felt bad later on, very bad, very low within their selves, and that's good enough for me.

I became the general manager at Mississauga in 87. Again, the same thing. Nine salesmen, eight people quit on me in 87. They don't want to work for the packing. You know, only one left here, and he's still with me for the longest time now, Steve Wilson.

I moved from Ireland when I was 13 to Canada. And he's still with me for the longest time now, Steve Wilson. I moved from Ireland when I was 13 to Canada. I'd seen one Indian person in my life before. I stayed with him. I liked him. I found a little connection there with him sort of thing. He was just a nice guy. But yeah, we had a number of salespeople leave purely because he was Indian. We had to rebuild the team again. People who were cool with the Sikh general manager.

And by 91, we became the number one in the country.

Hello, Shah Rukhji. Hyundai and Mr. Saga would like you to advertise for our dealership. Why me? Because I've settled for nothing but the debt.

I have three dealerships today now. Rexdale Hyundai, where I started, I bought it. And in 95, I was a partner in the business. I had a nice home in Mississauga. But since I arrived in Canada in 84 and in the early 90s, I was just doing three things. Work, work, and more work. I didn't find my thing and then something new came along.

They lived over 85 million years ago, but they're coming back to play a little hope. And here it is, the newest, freshest and hungriest look in the NBA. Traptors are born!

Basketball was not that popular in Canada during that time. It was a new sports to Canada. This is hockey mecca. Like, how can another sport come in and intrude and take over? Let's not pretend that hockey wasn't notoriously a white sport. I mean, it is. It was. It still is.

I remember watching the news, and the Toronto Raptors was behind curling. And I said to myself, man, we got a long way to go. When Raptors came here, people didn't give a chance that the basketball can survive in Canada. There was a lot of people who didn't think we'd be around for five years. They thought this was going to be another Buffalo Braves thing. They'd move to the States, some other city at some point in time, and that would be it for basketball in Canada.

In the early 90s, I'd start to watch basketball on television, and that's when I fell in love with Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Dr. J, Magic Johnson, all those players. So, you know, when the Raptors came, I bought two tickets to experiment myself. One of the things that I began to notice about the communities that were supporting the Raptors right from day one was the diversity, the ethnic diversity of the communities.

Being a first-gen Canadian, basketball was for us. That's what it always felt like. We didn't have to conform to love the game. A lot of the guys I grew up around loved basketball. But they were all like Lakers or the Knicks or whatever team they liked in the U.S., they were that. And we had to be that because we didn't have one of our own. And the minute we got our own, we were all in.

I think the Raptors really changed access to professional leagues. You've got this whole new generation that going up, the chances that they've been to a game were probably very high. We intentionally went out and recruited very diverse communities to bring the entire Raptor family together.

It felt like this underground community that has felt so unseen and so unvalued finally got their chance to all be together. And we were just like, well, let's go off then.

In 95, I was the only Sikh guy with the turban and beard who was coming to the games. They didn't expect me spending money on the game of basketball and coming, so they thought that I was getting a complimentary ticket, and I let them feel that way.

There is the first ever basket. Guys, their athleticism, their aggressiveness at times. You keep on watching. The first time I saw Nav actually was at Skydome. He was sitting far below. And I couldn't make out, is that a guy with a turban? Or is that a guy with an afro? Wait a minute, that was a guy with a turban, or is that a guy with an afro? Wait a minute, that was a guy with a turban. His enthusiasm, obviously, is noticeable.

They can hear you from here.

Oh, they can hear me. Baby! Yeah! My buddy's going to go deaf here. He don't care. Hey, don't try to shoot on this side, buddy.

People that immigrate to Canada are told to stay quiet, don't rock the boat. Don't make your white counterparts feel uncomfortable. When you see him stand up and let loose, it gives you permission to do so too.

Oh, come on! He brings joy to the court. I mean, we know how our parents get at cricket time. It's wild. Why wouldn't that be translated to basketball? Raptors.

Even if you're not into basketball, the energy in the room at the Raptors game can turn you into a fan. You can feel like you can stand in your seat and no one's gonna look at you crazy. I fell in love.

Doesn't matter. Even if we were losing by 40 points, 30 points, 20 points. At times there were only six, seven thousand people sitting in the arena but I was the last one to leave. I got addicted to this game and this game gave me a different kind of a high. You have some stresses but when you went to this game it took you away. It took you in a different kind of a high. You have some stresses, but when you went to this game, it took you away. It took you in a different zone.

But now I want to share how the South Asians in particular became the fan of the Raptors. At that particular time, I had another speed bump in my life. One day when I went to fix my phone, as I entered there, there was a Caucasian guy sitting in his 40s. He was on the phone, on the courtesy phone. And as he saw me, he said, Honey, I got to go, my cab is here.

A lot of Sikhs drive cabs in Toronto, and I'm proud of them. But no, I'm not the cabbie, I'm here also to fix the phone. When you come to Canada, hoping for a better future, but yet here you face similar situations, circumstances.

One of the biggest disservice we've done as Canadians is not to teach what I call an accurate historical perspective. The history of the Sikh community in Canada is in fact just the history of Canada. Sikhs in Canada are now into their fourth generation. I think less than a few thousand were here before the people of British Columbia started to get concerned. And national policies began to change. We were actually disenfranchised and it took the community 40 years for the right to vote again. You know, as Canadians, one of the things we like to say is we're not American, yet that doesn't allow us to really look at who are we. And when it comes to issues of racism and discrimination, we have a long history.

I made a commitment to myself. I want people to understand the Sikhs. The Bissakhi is the celebration of Sikh's new year. Nav took it upon himself to initiate the Bissakhi day. When I requested Raptors to sell me 3,000 tickets so that I can celebrate Baaki on the center court of the Raptors. They were confused, surprised. There was little risk that he was going to not be able to fill all the seats. And I still remember telling them, let that be my headache. Let me buy all the 3,000 tickets and let me take care of it.

And he came and he bought out the building. That Bisaki day, we filled up the stadium with these kids from all over. There's a religious school, the Dixie Gurdwara. The teacher came one day and said, everyone is going to the Raptors game and we're going to do school buses from here. And we were first amazed and then shocked. We brought white kids, black kids, Muslim kids, Hindu kids, Sikh kids. We brought the kids from all over.

It's the only time an elephant has been on an NBA court and then has also decided to crap on an NBA court. His ultimate goal was to just put people of all different backgrounds next to South Asians and Sikhs. We just loved it. I mean, the publicity that we got, because it was real, it was authentic. It was the biggest group we'd ever done. It's a day that everyone who's a Raptor fan since the opening day still talks about.

Tonight, we are celebrating by Saki Night. Take it away!

I wanted those kids to sit together, to gel with each other, so that they don't have to go through what I went through. Now it's the norm. Now you see a lot of heritage events happening around other arenas, but at the time NAV was doing it in 1999, nobody had thought about this. So if you can sit through 48 minutes next to somebody with a turban and a beard, you'll get to know them. You'll get to understand them. And you'll realize they're not much different from you.

He wants to put his culture on display. And it meant as much as not missing a game. That's just as important and part of his legacy was how he integrated his community into the mainstream it's about fitting in but yet being who you are and that's what nav represents just like you know when you see and you have a very special basketball player, we knew in Nav we had a very special fan.

Isaiah Thomas called me out one day and made me the super fan. That was a big high time for me. It was one of those things where it's time to recognize him. He's like, he's been at every game. We're all calling him super fan. I mean, he was the one. You couldn't miss him. He was there every single night, rain, sleet of snow. He was there. Recognizing the commitment that he had to us was very unique because at that time, our team really wasn't that good. But his support was really crucial in terms of our development in Toronto.

His impact was then seen across the league and other teams asking how do we do that. Now the reality is there's only one NAV and he's authentic to our market but he's set a whole snowball effect of other markets looking for their version of NAV.

My schedule is around basketball for the last 25 years. It's longer than my streak. I missed a game as coach a couple years ago. It involves a lot of sacrifice. It involves a lot of investment. And it also means that there are other people involved as well who are doing things that enable you to be there.

Sometimes people say, oh, I saw your husband on TV and And I joke, oh, OK, you see him on TV? I saw him on TV, too, because he's not home from the last two, three days. You know, when I first started going to this game, and my wife would say that, are you going to go to every game? I said, yeah, I enjoy every game. But the problem with my wife came when after the games, I'll come at night time, I'll start watching the game again, the rerun on the game. I said, you just came from the game. Again, you want to see the same. You see, yes, I want to see the same. And started finding out where did we go wrong. So nobody can flip the channel. Nobody can dare to flip the channel. And then I used to call the players, talk to the players and the coaches and telling them. We got to play this guy more and this guy less and this guy more and things like that. But he was probably right anyway, so it was easy enough to agree with him. So that's where my problems started and a little bit of an issue started with me and her. Oh, you're becoming an addict and all that.

If it's a basketball game, he cannot go to the wedding or birthday or anything. And he always jokes about, don't die the day I have a basketball game, I won't be able to attend your funeral. Thank you.

How about one?

Yeah, just a little.

Just a little? Yeah, that's good.

That's it? That's good. Okay.

I wanted to be in this final game.

Did you look happy with that game?

I was happy. Very happy.

You were happy. Did you look happy?

Oh, sure, I was happy. I wanted to win that game. Ask me, was I happy? No, you're never happy. You're never happy spending your money on the courtside seats. We would have paid off our house. Yeah. I'm pretty sure you're okay. Look, it's an association with the Raptors being a super fan. God is giving us this opportunity to serve the community. I agree.

Once I went to the game with Nav and game was about to finish in five minutes. My wife has rheumatoid arthritis, so she has a sort of artificial knees, artificial steel ankles. I started going out and it was minus 20 or minus 25 and the game went over time two times. And by the time I come out, she is frozen. He started talking about the game. She said, didn't you know I was outside this and that? He said, we won. I said, you know that when the game is going on, I don't remember anything but the game. And after that, I decided I'm not going to the game now. Whereas my daughter, Tia, she likes going to the basketball games. She's very close to me, but she has a different and very special relationship with Nav.

Arvinder and I adopted our daughter Tia in 1991 from India. And our lives changed forever. Sometime I joke with her, thank you for adopting us. Being a manager, my dad used to come home super late. But then on the weekends, he was mine. And then Raptors came, and on the weekends, he was kinda, okay, I'm busy. But he took me to those games. Going to the games, I realized he loves getting to know people. He loves people. I think it's his genuine authenticity that has made him create all these real-life connections.

Nav is always begging me to come to a Raptors game with him. Come on, Russell. I told me, come on, you must be my guest at the Raptors game. We'll sit courtside. The best seat in the house to sit him with, nah. Come on, man, just come and sit with me, man. I sit through your shit sometimes.

Guys in the NBA, on the teams, they love him. Now that I'm on the other team, he's like, Cory, they're up five. This is my time left, like, as if you don't know, you know? What he would do is the video camera's here, and you could see yourself shooting free throws, so they'd already mess you up, and then he would find the towel to go over at the same time. You would think that that would irritate the players, and I guess in a sense it did, but it also drew them to that. He loved to hate him.

So after he missed it, he'll call me and, hey, mother! And he likes it, and he's standing up like, I made him call me like, yeah! You don't need this practice, buddy. You ain't going to shoot the free throws there where I'm standing here. I think he strategically buys his courtside seats right by the away bench, so he can hackle the away players. You know, sometimes you gotta just tune them up. But you know, it's all love.

For me, they're just like my brothers, like Vince Carter. Vince is one of the very first players who got me more addicted into this game. When Vince used to do the dunk, I'll come at nighttime and watch the reruns at one o'clock in the morning. How did he spin 360 degrees? What did he do here? When you meet him and his energy, his love for the game, I was like, man, I've never met someone like you. If you ever need some encouragement and a jolt of positivity, that's your guy. You appreciate his support because when we played on the road, he was there. Front row cheering. Appreciation for him.

Vince really helped propel basketball to the forefront of Canadian consciousness. That was the most turning point in the history of Raptors. That was the survival of the Raptors. Otherwise, we could have the same fate. The franchise was thinking of trading him. At that time, the teacher board owned part of the Raptors. I remember going to the teacher board and requesting them not to trade Wins. Don't do that. Wins is Toronto Raptors and and Toronto Raptors is Vince. But, you know, I was just a little voice. I'm just a fan. And they did what they had to do. And we all know what happened after that. It was a disaster. And for him to be vilified the way he was was just wrong.

When Vince came back to Toronto for the first time with New Jersey, it was a very poisonous environment. You're coming back and you know, we knew the boos and you know, you see the news and people saying what they had to say and no player should be booed like that. You want to play well because of that. But a lot of my motivation was wanting to play well for that man. It actually rose to the level where I feared for my son's safety.

Nob invited me to come sit with him. I was asked to move her out of the seat. Those were the instructions. And he said, no, she's sitting in my seats as my guests, because they're his seats that he pays for. Nobody can tell me whom to sit next to me on my seats. And I remember the backlash after that. How could he be a diehard fan? And how could he support me? People wanting him to lose his seats.

What he was doing, standing tall, courtside, courtside, for me and my family, is unbelievable. And I've been there ever since, in the same seat. They are not a friend. they are a family to me. Nav wants the city to love their players from start to finish, meaning their entire career. Vince Carter has received a standing ovation that has brought tears to his eyes. And maybe there is some closure.

After Vince Carter was traded, Raptors had some sufferings, some terrible seasons. 2014, when Masai Ujri arrived. Kyle Lowry brought him. I think that was the new rebuilding of the Raptors. We started coming back to the playoffs. But some or the other, we couldn't go over the hump. It's blocked by Pierce, and the Nets win the series. But then things changed.

I want to officially welcome Kawhi Leonard. I'm excited knowing I'm coming to a great city that loves basketball. I used to be a kid in the Sky Dome watching the Raptors way back in the day and seeing that we actually have a chance to bring home the ring. Out of here. But I mean, 24 years, you've seen it all through the lean times to the amazing, nothing better than this, of course.

What does it mean for you to see this team and really to watch it on the sidelines like that? You know, we have never been in this territory, you know. NBA Finals, as crazy it sounds, we are in the NBA Finals. Let's go Raptors! The sixth game in Oakland. 3,000 Canadians there. We flew thousands of kilometers from Newfoundland, from Vancouver, from Calgary to Oakland to enjoy and be a part of that sixth game and win the championship.

Can you believe that this is a road game? We've got our own Jurassic Park game. I mean, they make so much noise. Look at the Jurassic Park. Where have you heard this? Jurassic Park, created in 40 cities during the championship run. It only happens in Canada, man. It only happens in Canada. When the final buzzer went off. Canada, the NBA title is yours.

We just won the championship. First time NBA final champions. What a game, what a game. I was on the ninth half. I mean, I was cheering, and it was unbelievable that we were the world champions. And when they won, the first person I called or texted was Nav. I said, congratulations. I know how much this means to you. When Raptors won the championship, he was so happy. I was joking that I never saw you so happy. Even on your wedding day, you were not that happy. Nav is right there losing his mind, and he he sees us and he just goes to another level. We hugged and embraced and he goes through this championship and why I had so much to do with it. It was his moment just like it was the players moment and it was just great to see. I was blessed to be in Oakland Arena with our team and with a lot of fans. But my heart was also with all the other fans in Toronto who were celebrating in the Jurassic Park and in the restaurants and everywhere else.

You saw a lot of black and brown kids come out, immigrant communities come out. We made it. Now we're dancing on the streets of Toronto. There were so many people that look like me, sound like me, talk like me. First-gen Canadians who never have gotten their due for their stories, but also the story of a team that they love. We're here despite what anybody said, despite who gave us coverage, who did not give us coverage, we built that. That's ours. We are looking at things always from the top down. This was a win for the ones who never thought they would make it.

I believe we are a different city after the championship. We have a little attitude now. We are the champions. And look at the city now. You might see more Raptors jerseys than you would see Maple Leaf jerseys now. You see basketball courts. Just like any other immigrant, Raptors, they struggled in the beginning. They were not given any chance to succeed. They worked very hard, very hard. And that's my story. I've been always an underdog in my life.

I got a call from the Raptors. And they said that they've decided to make me as the Grand Marshal of the parade. I couldn't believe that. Nobody could have known how many people would have showed up for this parade. It was insane. I'm from India, and I'm not seeing that many people standing together in a hot, hot summer day. You are the guys, we are the champ! You are the guys, we are the champ! We had just left the CNE grounds and Nav jumps out of the golf cart. And all of a sudden, the crowd just sucks in onto Nav. And Nav is taking pictures with everybody and everybody's screaming, yelling, and they're all happy. Police officers said, Superfan, we don't want you to go in the crowd. I said, I have to hug my fans. I have to say hello to them. I'm representing all the fans being the grand marshal of the parade. So many people called us from USA, India, Australia, that we saw the parade and now he's there and we are very proud of him.

Now the kids come to him and say, you know, I'm going to keep my turban because I watch you every time. We don't feel any insecure or anything. That makes me really happy that he is inspiring the kids. The fans are such a huge part of what we do. Nav is part of who we are and he represents our fans. Thank you for everything you do. Thank you very much.

He was extremely happy. I don't think he slept that night. Oh my God, I had to control my tears so much because his work was not unnoticed. His love was not unnoticed. And they love him back. I mean, Raptors did surprise me on that. I said, I accept this on behalf of all the fans. That tells you God is there, man. God is there.

Since I got this ring, maybe 10,000 people have worn it and taken pictures with it. I want to give every fan an opportunity to feel proud about the championship ring because it belongs to all of them as much as it belongs to me.

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God. Let's go.

Fans have a lot of power. I think more power than they even notice. And to have Nav at the forefront of that goes back to what he represents for this fan base. Everything Nav did was the hard road. He didn't take the easy way out. And sure, he got shit on and he dealt with things you'd never want to deal with in your life, but with his perseverance and his ability to not change his spots, he proved to endear himself to the entire country.

There's an old saying that quitters never win, and winners never quit. Nav is a winner. When Nav talks, things move, things happen. His generosity, his loyalty, and his just pure heart. He just wants the best for everyone. If you take away the Raptors, if you take away the Superfan title, no matter what, he would always be that person to break barriers. And there's no doubt about it. He would have figured out any way to do something to unite everyone together. And that's who he is.

Getting to know Nav over the years and understanding what he was trying to do with Vasaki, I thought there was so much more we could do with the Superfan. How do we make an impact for South Asians, particularly even Sikhs, outside of the arena? How do we take the superfan and give them more of a global purpose?

India is a beautiful country and you know, it's my motherland. Very exciting to see basketball growing in my own school. After 50 years, basketball is now here, and it's the most popular sport of this particular school. I love it. I want to claim this land as a raptor's land. It's not just about, you know, an Indian guy that goes to every game. It's all about reducing discrimination and bringing people together. The principles which I have learned from basketball is a team sport. It gives us the discipline in life which helps us. and in team sports when one of your fellow goes down pick them up encourage them and move on if you cheat everybody like you want to be treated yourself

We are going to have one beautiful word.

I'm speechless right now. I have gone from a championship to leading and being the grand marshal of the biggest sports parade, receiving a championship ring, and now being honored in basketball greatest building. I would not be standing here today if it weren't for one man, Isaiah Thomas. I want to thank my beloved Raptors for believing in my vision 25 years ago. I want to thank my manager Rinku, taking me to the next level. I especially want to thank my daughter Tia Bhatia and my wife Arvinder, who have made the ultimate sacrifice over the years, so I could live as a super fan.

**Somewhere his mom is looking down on this thinking, you did exactly what I was hoping you would do with your life. It was kind of one of those moments where you look at nap, and you realize everything was worth it. I'm very blessed to build this life. God has given us this very precious life. Let's make the best of it and love each other. Be fair to each other because deep inside we are all the same. We have to make the world a better place and we should use this beautiful game of basketball to bring the world together. At least that's what I'm going to continue doing.



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