When Charlotte Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was a boy, he’d double-dip into his school lunch account.
It wasn’t to buy himself an extra dessert. It was to make sure a classmate got something to eat.
This is how MKG was raised in New Jersey. He was pointed to service long before he became a prominent basketball player. He was taught empathy. He was reminded there is always enough to share.
So it was typical of how he conducts his life Tuesday, when Kidd-Gilchrist was at Dick’s Sporting Goods at SouthPark, Christmas shopping with 10 children with the Partners for Parks after-school program.