The sun’s rays burst through the back windows of Millwood High School’s common area, splashing across the tables where anxious high schoolers sat awaiting their surprise. When Victor Oladipo, Enes Kanter, Alex Abrines and Joffrey Lauvergne crashed through the school doors, the kids couldn’t believe a Thunder surprise is what they’d been waiting for all along.
The quartet of Thunder players were on hand as a part of the organization’s first-ever High School Book Club event, where students each received a free book, and that book was donated to the school’s library. On Wednesday afternoon the students also had a chance to hear from Thunder players about the importance of reading, education and devoting themselves to their studies, then were able to get autographs and photos with their basketball heroes.