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ANYTHNG GOES FOR CARIS

Nets unveil new Basquiat-inspired

- BY KRISTIAN WINFIELD

The Nets will take the floor with a new look this season. The team officially unveiled its 2020-21 NIKE City Edition uniforms, which are both inspired by and pay homage to Brooklyn’s own Jean-Michel Basquiat.

“We are proud to celebrate Basquiat’s enduring legacy this season,” BSE Global CEO John Abbamondi said in a statement. “Basquiat embodies much of what Brooklyn represents, and his creative spirit and passionate voice can still be felt throughout the borough. Today, more than ever, Basquiat matters.”

It should be noted that Kevin Durant is a huge Basquiat fan.

“From a Basquiat to a Dr. Dre to a Michael Jordan to a Jay

Electronic­a,” he said earlier this year. “All types of people that I feel are great at what they do.”

PRINCE JUST WANTS TO HOOP

Taurean Prince doesn’t care about what his role is or where he is on the floor. He just wants to play and help the team win. Prince has been one a number of Nets players whose names have been mentioned in trade rumors that picked up steam after James Harden requested a trade to specifical­ly the Nets. While this may be new to some of his teammates, wheeling and dealing is nothing new to the hybrid, streak-shooting forward, who was traded to Brooklyn in the cap space-clearing Allen Crabbe deal. of

Prince has been in the league for four years. Prior to joining the Nets, he never started and finished any season with the same teammates.

“So, I am kind of used to seeing new faces and I have also been traded myself. So, the fear of that or having that not wanting to happen or however you want to put that is gone because you realize you can’t control that. You went

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Caris LeVert would likely be key part of a trade for James Harden if it happens.

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