Earlier this summer, in Las Vegas, the NBA rookie class gathered at the Palms Casino Resort for Rookie One Court, a welcome party for newly drafted NBA players. There, Boston Celtics superstar Jaylen Brown and creative director Set Free Richardson gifted three large prints by Spanish artist Rafa Macarrón to the top three draft picks.
The gift was the first stage of an initiative started by Brown and Richardson, who created the AND1 Mixtape film series, begun in the late ’90s, which documents a traveling basketball competition. The pair aims to teach professional basketball players about art, not only as something to be appreciated but also as something that will appreciate in value.
“The art world has never really been explained to a lot of professional athletes. They may…
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