{"id":100078,"date":"2020-10-29T05:46:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T02:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-honor-basquiat-a-kevin-durant-favorite-with-new-alternates\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T05:46:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T02:46:17","slug":"nets-honor-basquiat-a-kevin-durant-favorite-with-new-alternates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-honor-basquiat-a-kevin-durant-favorite-with-new-alternates\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets honor Basquiat, a Kevin Durant favorite, with new alternates"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets honor Basquiat, a Kevin Durant favorite, with new alternates<\/strong>”
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\n Jean-Michel Basquiat has been dead since 1988 \u2014 before most of the current Nets were even alive. But the late artist is still impacting the Brooklyn borough where he was born and the Nets now play.<\/p>\n

The Nets have honored local artists before with alternate uniforms. And their latest \u201cCity Edition\u201d jersey will fete Basquiat, a 1970s street artist who made the transition to galleries before dying at 27. Nets star Kevin Durant has cited Basquiat as someone who inspired him; now he\u2019ll don a Basquiat-inspired uniform.<\/p>\n

The news<\/a> was first reported by SportsLogos.Net, and was later confirmed by the Post.<\/p>\n

The black jersey has \u201cBKLYN NETS\u201d emblazoned across the front in white lettering, along with a blue-and-gold Nike swoosh and multi-colored rainbow trim down the side. The NBA logo is adorned with a crown \u2014 befitting Kings County \u2014 under Basquiat\u2019s name above that.<\/p>\n

At just 22, Basquiat became the youngest artist to exhibit at the Whitney Biennial in New York. One of his paintings sold for $110.5 million at a Sotheby\u2019s auction in May 2017, setting a record for any American artist at auction.<\/p>\n

Durant \u2014 who was born a month after Basquiat\u2019s tragic death from a drug overdose \u2014 spoke Tuesday at the inaugural Young CEO Experience, a conference in partnership between his platform The Boardroom and Overtime. Durant talked with Overtime CEO Dan Porter about studying various giants in their field, and cited Basquiat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to see how they got to that point mastering their craft. From a Basquiat to a Dr. Dre to a Michael Jordan to a Jay Electronica. All types of people that I feel are great at what they do,\u201d Durant said. \u201cElon Musk, guys like that who really spent a lot of time thinking. Kanye West. I just try to see what their perspective was and try to make it my own and do my own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time the Nets have honored a late local artist, and it\u2019s not the only new uniform expected to be unveiled this upcoming season.<\/p>\n

The Nets\u2019 popular Coogi jerseys are a tribute to late rap icon Biggie Smalls, the first name that came to new head coach Steve Nash\u2019s mind when he was asked in Tuesday\u2019s town hall about what Brooklyn meant to him.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, photos app<\/a>eared online of the Nets\u2019 retro-style 1990s vintage New Jersey uniforms from the Kenny Anderson-Derrick Coleman-Drazen Petrovic era.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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