"Eight Mile Rock solid." That’s what I said of the Bahamian-born Buddy Hield. Selected with the sixth overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, Hield immediately became the torchbearer for an entire generation of Caribbean-born basketball players who long dreamed of translating their dominance on the track to the hardwood. Although scores of first-generation Caribbean players had found stardom in the United States and in Canada, Caribbean nationals have seldom found success in the NBA, much less as lottery picks. That is, until Hield. Hailing from a town called Eight Mile Rock in the Bahamas, Hield’s hope was that scores of others would take the baton from him and sprint toward the winning post.