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Ken Griffey Jr. took in Wednesday's Duke-UNC basketball game

By Michael Clair

Zion Williamson is an exciting, high-flying generational talent expected to go No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft later this year. Ken Griffey Jr. was an exciting, high-flying generational talent who went first overall in the 1987 MLB Draft. So, it's only fitting that Griffey was in attendance for Wednesday's Duke-North Carolina basketball game -- college basketball's version of Red Sox-Yankees -- to watch Williamson do his thing. 

Griffey wasn't the only star in attendance: Former President Barack Obama was also on hand to catch the game: 

Unfortunately for all involved, Williamson left just 36 seconds in with a knee sprain after his sneakers blew out. Too bad Duke couldn't call on Griffey to show off any of these sweet dunks: 

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