<p class="content-excerpt">'For all the young men and women of his faith, seeing Ryan perform on the court is inspiring'</p> <div class="components"> <p>Ryan Turell, a 23-year-old Orthodox Jew from California, made his professional debut on Tuesday with the Detroit Motor City Cruise NBA minor league basketball team.</p> <p>The six-foot-seven player who wore a blue yarmulke bearing his team's logo received a standing ovation during the last three minutes of the game.</p> <p>"For all the young men and women of his faith, seeing Ryan perform on the court is inspiring. ‘If he can do it, why can't I?’ they must say to themselves", commented the announcer of the game during a timeout.</p> </div>