Imagine you and your friends decide to hit the local park basketball court for a pickup game or two. You're going your thing on the court, scoring, having fun when suddenly two NBA players want to join you and your crew.
Well that is exactly what happened to some lucky kids when San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker and Oklahoma City Thunder's James Harden made a surprise visit.
Check out TP and Harden going one-on-one and then giving a bunch of kids a once in a lifetime experience -- letting them go one-on-one with an NBA player. Of course, one player score on Parker and the kids go wild.
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