Memphis Grizzlies players buy new car for team intern Brandon who had his stolen

Players club together to help out Team Personnel assistant Brandon

Tom Sheen
Saturday 20 December 2014 15:33 GMT
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The Memphis Grizzlies are clearly full of Christmas spirit.

Not only are they, somewhat surprisingly, holders of the second best record in the NBA with a quarter of the season gone, but they know how to make their staff happy.

Last night, the players revealed on social media that they had chipped in to buy a new car for an intern named Brandon after he had recently had his car stolen.

Brandon, who works as a Team Personnel assistant, was suitably shocked and delighted, getting hugs from the likes of Vince Carter, Mike Conley and Courtney Lee.

Lee, who filmed Brandon's reaction, posted to Instagram: "Good start to today, Brandon 1 of our team assistants car was stolen not to long ago so as a team we all donated a little something to make his Christmas special."

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