Spurs' 1st Draft Pick and Longtime Bergen County Resident Kyle Anderson Visits Former Childhood Camp in Franklin Lakes

Longtime Fairview resident and now first-round pick NBA player Kyle Anderson got his first taste of what it is like to be a hometown hero when he visited young campers at the Most Blessed Sacrament School in Franklin Lakes on July 29.

Anderson, 20, used to camp at the school as a child, making it an even more fitting setting for his first-ever appearance speaking in front of young fans.

“This is just really my first chance of getting to give back to the kids, just giving them a standpoint of where I came from and how I came up to get to where I am today,” Anderson said, according to northjersey.com.

Anderson reminded the children, who were chanting his name and taking pictures with cell phones, that they should always “thank their parents for giving them the opportunity to attend a camp and play the game he loved, and hoped they did too”.

A poster of Anderson that was taken while he was an eighth grader hangs on the wall of the gym. At that time, Anderson was the top-ranked basketball player in the country in his age group.

Now, he stands at 6-foot-9, and continues to excel in basketball as a point guard who was signed by the San Antonio Spurs during the first round of last month’s NBA Draft.

See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/sports/basketball/anderson-takes-pride-in-n-j-roots-1.1059189