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PRAYERS UP: A sign shows support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin outside Highmark Stadium on Tuesday. Picture: AP Photo/Joshua Bessex

We found ourselves a little starstruck on Monday evening when we spotted Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi settling into their VIP courtside seats right across the hardwood from us and right next to the Brooklyn Nets bench.

They were a little fashionably late, as they deserve to be, and they were refreshingly wide eyed when taking in the scene in front of them. They carried a replica Nets jersey each, bounty from a pre-game marketing collaboration with their hosts which naturally involved a photo shoot alongside one of the current leading candidates for NBA MVP / player of the year, Kevin Durant.