JJ Redick's sons get jerseys from Chris Paul, Victor Wembanyama - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — Knox and Kai Redick are two basketball-obsessed kids who had amassed a big collection of NBA jerseys, trading cards and autographs thanks to their dad's careers as a shooting guard, a podcaster and the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Redick boys then lost their entire memorabilia collection in the catastrophic wildfires that burned down their family home and much of their neighborhood in Pacific Palisades last week.

After the Spurs beat JJ Redick's Lakers on Monday night, San Antonio stars Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama sought out the Redick boys and presented them with their game jerseys.

Redick, who played is close friends with Paul from their seasons as teammates on the LA Clippers, said the 12-time All-Star was aware that his sons lost their basketball memorabilia collection in the fire.

«When you've been in the league long enough, you have this big circle, and it's people you like, people you love and then it's your brothers — and Chris is in that inner-inner circle of brothers,» Redick said after the Lakers' 126-102 loss.

«He called me this afternoon and said, 'Whether you win or we win, Vic and I are going to go over and give the boys our jerseys.'… I appreciate all the love, and I'm not surprised Chris did something like that.»

The gesture put big grins on the faces of the two boys.

«I didn't know they were huge fans like this, but JJ is a person that I like and who was directly impacted by this,» Wembanyama said. «So if I can make those kids' day, I'll do it.»

Paul, who was Redick's teammate for four seasons with the Clippers, swelled with emotion when discussing his relationship with Redick and his family.

«You play a lot of years in this league and some guys are just teammates, but JJ is