Portland Trail Blazers 7-foot center Deandre Ayton grabbed the Sonic the Hedgehog toy and beelined it over to a shopping cart — all the way over in the clothes section — at a Tualatin Fred Meyers Thursday evening.
The Blazers starting center was retrieving the toy for a young boy who was back at the cart with his family. They were one of eight families from local nonprofits the Blazers players and coaching staff hosted at the store for a holiday shopping spree for food and gifts.
Each family got paired with a player or two to help them shop.