In the broad swath of events that was the Nets off-season, the arrival of Taurean Prince in early June didn’t seem such a big deal. He was acquired as part of a trade whose main role was to free up salary cap space for the big signings of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
In the deal with Atlanta, the Nets acquired Prince and a second rounder in 2021 for Crabbe, the Nets first rounder in 2019 (which became Nickeil Alexander-Walker) and a protected pick in 2020.
Prince, as Anthony Puccio wrote day after the trade, is no slouch.