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NBA players from the USA and World teams put on red T-shirts and assisted young students from local schools in filling 500 backpacks with colored pencils, markers, notebooks and other school supplies for under-resourced students and teachers. Roughly 15 minutes into the event, Obama showed up. Most of the players and children had no idea he would be attending. He weaved his way around the room and introduced himself to every player, student, volunteer and coach.<\/p>\n<p>Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson has said his meeting with Obama was one of his top life experiences: \u201cThis could be No. 1, I don&#8217;t want to say it is No. 1 right now because the draft might be 1, but this is definitely top two.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Obama chatted for roughly 20 minutes with Williamson and Atlanta Hawks All Star Trae Young: &#8220;It was crazy being able to stand next to him, talk to him,&#8221; Young said. &#8220;He basically knew everything about my season, my game. 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