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Murphy: Former high school teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist sees great fit with Kyrie Irving, Celtics

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had a chance to watch his old high school teammate interact with the Garden crowd on Feb. 26, when the Memphis forward and the Grizzlies made their annual visit.

What he witnessed was something along the lines of best-case scenario, from what Kidd-Gilchrist could tell about the early connection between Irving and his new bloc of fans.

“Man, it’s amazing here. Me as a friend, I’m happy for him here,” Kidd-Gilchrist said.

Irving and Kidd-Gilchrist played together on the high school powerhouse St. Patrick in Elizabeth, N.J.

“He was always a guy that stood out.