The illustrious basketball career of Kevin Grow added another chapter on Tuesday, as the Harlem Globetrotters announced that next month in Philadelphia as a 鈥渢hree-point specialist.鈥�
Grow, an 18-year-old with Down syndrome, has been the team manager of Bensalem (Pa.) High School鈥檚 basketball team for the past four seasons. Earlier this month, Grow checked into the team鈥檚 Senior Day game with two minutes left and quickly proceeded to knock down four three-point shots.
Last week, the National Basketball Association鈥檚 Philadelphia 76ers signed Grow . He attended practice, shot around with his fellow Sixers teammates, received a custom jersey, and stood with the team during the national anthem before they took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Feb. 18.
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Now, Grow is set to become the first person to suit up for the 76ers and the Globetrotters since NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, . In the second game of the team鈥檚 doubleheader in Philadelphia on Sunday, March 9, Grow will enter the game in the fourth quarter to do what he does best: drain three-pointers with reckless abandon.
In the week leading up to the game, two Globetrotters鈥擧andles Franklin and TNT Maddox鈥攚ill visit Bensalem High School for a school assembly. There, they鈥檒l present Grow with his personalized jersey, featuring his new nickname, 鈥淜G3.鈥�
At the game, he and his father will sit on the team鈥檚 bench until he鈥檚 called upon in the fourth quarter. Not such a bad way to spend a Sunday, eh?