One of the guys happened to be a 7-foot-3 megastar named Kristaps Porzingis, and his height and black eye alone left the kids buzzing with excitement.
“Whoa! How is that possible?” one of the children asked as he slowly gazed up at Porzingis with wide eyes and words of astonishment.
KP understood the pulse of the moment and suddenly reached up and touched the ceiling as dozens of children clapped and squealed with delight. For a moment, Porzingis was just like one of them.
“I’m still a big kid at heart,” he said, with a big smile across his face.