The sweltering summer sun lingered between clouds overhead of Lee Elementary School, not yet relenting to fall’s steady advances. In the grass 100 yards away from the school building, the Rolling Thunder Book Bus stood as 85 second graders marched towards it, unaware that two Thunder players awaited them inside.
Thunder third-year men Steven Adams and Andre Roberson were anxiously flipping through books and joking around as the bubbling young students stepped onto the bus to select a book, receive a book mark and put on a Thunder wristband.
Despite still feeling like summer time outside, the school year is already back in full force, and the Thunder’s season is just around the corner.