In advance of the Harlem Globetrotters' performance at the RBC Center Friday, Hot Shot Branch visited patients at the N.C. Children's Hospital this afternoon. The appearance was part of Smile Patrol, the Globetrotters' outreach program designed to brighten the day of fans who otherwise couldn't get to meet the team or see their tricks. 

Hot Shot, who played at Baylor University and graduated in 1995, is in his seventh season with the Globetrotters. He called being a part of Smile Patrol "the best therapy you can get."

Hot Shot teaches Clay Boneham, 12, of Raleigh, a new trick.Joey McLamb, 5, of Benson, gets an autograph.

Hot Shot talks to Kaelin Bird of Pembroke.One of Hot Shot's smallest fans: Dantrell 'Chub Chub' Williams, 2, of Sanford.