Malik Newman glanced at a jacket on a coat rack and decided to try it on for an adult on his Christmas gift list Tuesday night at Walmart.
“Is this coat warm enough for the winter? Got to check it out and see,” Newman, Kansas’ sophomore guard from Jackson, Miss., said Tuesday night.
With the coat deemed suitable for purchase, he dropped it in his shopping cart and proceeded on during a 9-10 p.m. walk through the aisles of the Iowa Street store. Newman and his teammates were taking part in KU basketball’s 21st annual holiday shopping event designed to provide Christmas gifts for adults and kids alike this time of year.