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Nets sign Prince to contract extension after good preseason

October 21, 2019 GMT
Los Angeles Lakers' Avery Bradley, left, and Alex Caruso, right, fight for the ball against Brooklyn Nets' Taurean Prince, center, at the NBA China Games 2019 in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (Color China Photo via AP)
Los Angeles Lakers' Avery Bradley, left, and Alex Caruso, right, fight for the ball against Brooklyn Nets' Taurean Prince, center, at the NBA China Games 2019 in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (Color China Photo via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Taurean Prince quickly showed the Brooklyn Nets he was worth keeping around.

The Nets signed Prince to a multiyear contract extension Monday, just a few months after acquiring him in an offseason trade.

Prince came to Brooklyn in a July 6 trade with Atlanta and has quickly stepped into the starting forward spot that is open while Kevin Durant recovers from surgery on his Achilles tendon. He led the Nets with 16.8 points per game during the preseason, shooting 63.2% from the field and a team-best 69.6% (16 of 23) from 3-point range.

Prince averaged 11.4 points in three seasons with Atlanta. Terms of the deal for the 2016 first-round pick were not disclosed.

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