Just eight games into his NBA career, it's clear number-one draft pick Karl-Anthony Towns will be a superstar.
But not that long ago -- Towns is a rookie who played only one season at Kentucky -- he was a wide-eyed student reporter interviewing a "basketball idol" in Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant.
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Shown during a NBA on TNT broadcast and subsequently posted to Reddit, the fairly amazing footage shows a baby-faced high school freshman holding his mic up to a bonafide NBA superstar .
Towns is looking up to Durant there, but now stands seven feet tall and has a few inches on his former idol. Through eight games, Towns is averaging more than 16 points and 10 rebounds per contest. He's also capable of monster outings like this one:
Towns' Timberwolves and Durant's Thunder meet Jan. 12 -- which will be a perfect time to give their old interview another watch.