In a video published back in 2017 and brought back to life by the New York Post, the future No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft said in an interview that as a kid, it used to hurt his feelings when his older basketball role models would turn him down when he asked for autographs.
Now that he’s on the path to superstardom, he plans on signing every single autograph asked of him, hoping to give little kids what he wasn’t given growing up.
“When I was little, I looked up to high school players and wanted their autographs and sometimes I couldn’t get it, I’d be hurt,” Williamson said.