The NBA's International Takeover: How Sarunas Marciulionis Opened Pandora's Box

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How did the NBA's international boom truly begin? It wasn't with the Dream Team. It started with a Christian basketball team, a scout making $25,000 a year and a rising star named Sarunas Marciulionis. 

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