As the game clock struck zero on Saturday at Frost Bank Center, the New York Knicks were crowned NBA Champions after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

The Knicks’ victory marks the end of the 2025-26 season, but for the Orlando Magic, the offseason has been in effect for over a month after they were eliminated in the first round by the Detroit Pistons.

Since the season ended, players have gone their separate ways to vacation and train amongst other activities with their inner circle and families. For center Wendell Carter Jr., the summertime brought forth his youth basketball camp.

Recently, Orlando Magic All Access, presented by City National Bank, caught up with Carter, his mother Kylie and others on June 6 at his camp in Atlanta.

"We are here with our fifth annual basketball camp," Kylie Carter said to open the video. "And our basketball camps are special because our camps are not only about basketball, but we're using basketball to grow the whole athlete, the whole student-athlete through education and personal development."

For Carter, this is an experience he can relish after coming up as a young high school player in Atlanta.

"It's always special, man," he said. "You see the kids, smiles on their faces, Saturday in the summertime, they don't get no better than that, man."

Carter’s camp focuses on more than basketball because he does as well. In the near future, Carter will be undergoing the process to become a pilot, and he had Barrington Irving Jr., who previously held the record for becoming the youngest person to fly around the world, talk with Carter’s camp about aviation, which drew interest from the young group.

"You know, it's always been my staple when I started my foundation is that I want to give kids an outlet to play basketball," Carter said. "And I want to make sure every time we have a camp or we have a situation where I'm around kids, even adults, I want to at least give them an opportunity or give them an alleyway that they can take. 

"Two or three of the kids raised their hand and said they liked aviation, they like things around airplanes and stuff," he added. "So hopefully, you know, they realize that everyone can do it, including myself. So, we'll see if it sticks, and maybe they find a way to be a professional in their life."

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