He came to America and questioned every assumption. When he coached his daughter's youth team, he threw out the conventional wisdom and ran a relentless full-court press — and coached a team of beginners to a national championship.
Then he did it at the highest level: he bought an NBA franchise and became the first South Asian owner in league history.
The pattern is the whole point — he refused to accept that the game had to be played the way everyone insisted, on the court or in the boardroom.