JJ Redick and his family have gone through incredible heartache, but two San Antonio Spurs players were able to put a smile on the Los Angeles Lakers coach’s two sons.
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Knox and Kai Redick are two kids who live, breathe, and sleep basketball. They had amassed a vast collection of NBA jerseys and trading cards, amongst other things, due to JJ’s career in the sport.
The Lakers coach then witnessed his sons lose their entire collection of memorabilia in the wildfires that burned down their family home and much of the neighborhood in Pacific Palisades last week.
And following their win over Redick’s Lakers on Monday night, San Antonio Spurs’ Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama were keen to not only find the Redick boys but give them a gift.
Paul and Wembanyama then presented them with their worn game jerseys.
Redick, who is close friends with Paul from their seasons as teammates on the LA Clippers, said that CP3 was aware that his sons lost their basketball memorabilia collection in the fire and wanted to do something about it. Maybe to take their mind off the bigger picture, give them some happiness, however it may be.
“When you’ve been in the league long enough, you have this big circle, and it’s people you like, people you love and then it’s your brothers — and Chris is in that inner-inner circle of brothers,” Redick said after the Lakers’ 126-102 loss.
“He called me this afternoon and said, ‘Whether you win or we win, Vic and I are going to go over and give the boys our jerseys.’ … I appreciate all the love, and I’m not surprised Chris did something like that.”
The gesture put huge smiles on the faces of the two boys, which couldn’t be wiped off.
“I didn’t know they were huge fans like this, but JJ is a person that I like and who was directly impacted by this,” Wembanyama said. “So if I can make those kids’ day, I’ll do it.”
“You play a lot of years in this league and some guys are just teammates, but JJ is part of my family,” Paul said. “So, him and his wife, those kids — Knox and Kai … I know a lot of people lost family members, homes, stuff like that. It hits different when the people are close to you.
“So me and JJ are ultimate competitors. As close as we are, we hate to lose, win, or whatnot. But I actually told him today that I wanted to do that for his boys. I know how big of basketball fans they are. It’s a tough situation.”
