Tryggvi Hlinason used to spend his days herding sheep, gathering hay, driving snowmobiles and doing whatever it took to keep the Svartarkot, Iceland homestead running smoothly. "Man, it never stops," Hlinason said. "It's a forever job. You're always working." The 7-footer was raised on an 11-person farm atop an Icelandic town of about 900 people called Þingeyjarsveit, 400 meters above sea level with no grocery stores inside a one-hour radius. Basketball is a religion in places such as Serbia and Lithuania, but jump hooks, rim runs and lobs were foreign to the Hlinason family. While athletic and active from manual labor and motor sports, Hlinason wasn't mimicking Michael Jordan buzzer-beaters or LeBron James tomahawk slams growing up. read more http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-went-7-foot-farmer-iceland-rare-nba-prospect
