I was the NBA's heaviest ever player - I was left unemployed after just 3 games but my career recently received a boost

FORMER Sacramento Kings player Sim Bhullar has now joined the Tainan TSG GhostHawks - he was once the NBA's heaviest player.

Bhullar, 30, made history as the first player of Indian descent to make the NBA and recently drew attention for mixing it up with former NBA superstar Dwight Howard.

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Bhullar has bounced from the NBA Development League to the Taiwanese Super Basketball League and China since only playing in three games for the Kings during the 2014-15 season.

In some ways, Bhullar's basketball career peaked in college during two productive seasons with New Mexico State in the Western Athletic Conference.

He averaged 10.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and a whopping 2.9 blocks while helping lead the Aggies to the National Collegiate Athletics Association Tournament in 2013.

The center also won two WAC tournament MVP awards.

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Bhullar's huge frame - the native of Toronto has been recorded at 7-foot-5 and 360 pounds - worked to his advantage as he climbed toward the next stage of his basketball career.

But the Canadian wasn't drafted in the NBA and his official run in The Association only lasted three minutes.

It's better to have made the NBA than fallen short, yet Bhullar's time in the world's biggest basketball league was incredibly brief.

He recorded 16 seconds in his debut on April 7 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2015, then played 82 seconds and 63 seconds while only attempting three total field goals and collecting a single rebound.

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His final NBA stat line: Zero shots and no points with one assist during a Sacramento loss at Oklahoma City.

Bhullar also made history. At the time, he was the sixth-tallest player to earn court time in the league.

He also helped shine a light on basketball in India.

"It was a great feeling and I'm happy to be kind of an ambassador," Bhullar said in 2015.

The big man added: "Hopefully more kids growing up will see there's a player of Indian descent on the court and we can get a couple more Indian NBA players."

Many would have chosen another professional path after only playing three games in the NBA. Bhullar - who went to high school in Huntington, West Virginia, about 53 miles northwest of Charleston - has done the exact opposite and found a way to extend his career year after year.

His latest stop has been with the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, proving Bhullar's basketball resilience and the hardwood benefits of his huge frame.