{"id":166826,"date":"2025-09-24T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/166826\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:11:08","slug":"brooklyn-nets-to-honor-the-notorious-b-i-g-during-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/166826\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets To Honor The Notorious B.I.G. During NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-76049199-e1738859687608.jpg\" alt=\"Notorious B.I.G., King of. New York\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/author\/thorntonc\/\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by  Cedric &#8216;BIG CED&#8217; Thornton <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-date\">September 24, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">The teams has a series of &#8216;Biggie Nights&#8217; with the first one taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 11<\/p>\n<p>After introducing a city edition uniform in 2018 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/notorious-big-biggie-smalls-success-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">honored<\/a> Brooklyn-bred recording artist Christopher Wallace, better known to the world as The Notorious B.I.G., the Brooklyn Nets are bringing the special Brooklyn Camo City Edition uniform back for the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn emcee, who was shot and killed in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997, was celebrated as one of hip-hop\u2019s most lyrical, storytelling rappers. The uniform, which recognizes the \u201cReady to Die\u201d lyricist, debuted as part of the NBA\u2019s City Edition Remix seven years ago. The Brooklyn Camo uniform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/michael-k-williams-4th-anniversay-fentanyl-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">initially<\/a> sold out after hip-hop and sports fans were able to see it once it went on sale. The Nets stated that it remains one of the most popular in the Nets\u2019 Brooklyn era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t talk about Brooklyn without invoking the sentiment \u2018Spread Love the Brooklyn Way.\u2019 The Notorious B.I.G. repped Brooklyn to the fullest and had a resounding effect on everyone who calls Brooklyn home. His influence is unmatched, and it is an immense privilege to honor Biggie and his legacy as one of the most influential cultural icons of all time,\u201d said Elliot Osagie, CEO and founder of Benin City Entertainment, in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur relationship with the Brooklyn Nets has always been organic. I worked to bring this vision to reality from way back in 2017 with the raising of Biggie\u2019s banner at Barclays Center. And now, to see how this spark of an idea has grown, and to see the future of where it is going, is a true gift to day-one fans and all those Biggie fans yet to be. We look forward to the experiences and events we have in store for them this season and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nets have planned a series of \u201cBiggie Nights,\u201d with the first one taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 11, while 10 other games will see the team wearing the uniforms in celebration of one of \u201cBrooklyn\u2019s Finest.\u201d On the initial evening, there will be special halftime performances (to be announced at a later date) and a Biggie bobblehead giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the first \u201cBiggie Night\u201d and all Nets home games for the 2025-26 season are on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynnets.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">brooklynnets.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the rapper and\/or the Nets will get the opportunity to see the 2025-26 City Edition uniforms when the team holds a practice in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Potomac Playground in Biggie\u2019s neighborhood of Bed-Stuy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The games fans can look forward to seeing the team wearing the Brooklyn Camo City Edition are:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Nov. 11 vs. Toronto Raptors<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Nov. 24 vs. New York Knicks<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 29 at Milwaukee Bucks<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Dec. 21 vs. Toronto Raptors<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Jan. 9 vs. Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Jan. 16 vs. Chicago Bulls<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Jan. 23 vs. Boston Celtics<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Feb. 5 at Orlando Magic<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Feb. 27 at Boston Celtics<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 20 vs. New York Knicks<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 3 vs. Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n<p>RELATED CONTENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/trump-dc-police-surge-crime-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Trump Announces Federal Law Enforcement Surge In D.C., Pledges Removal of Homeless Encampments, Despite City\u2019s 30-Year Low In Crime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Cedric &#8216;BIG CED&#8217; Thornton September 24, 2025 The teams has a series of &#8216;Biggie Nights&#8217; with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,109474,5997,590,85,109475],"class_list":{"0":"post-166826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball-jersey","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-the-notorious-b-i-g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}