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Texas basketball-ex and Brooklyn Nets superstar forward Kevin Durant gets to lead his team on Christmas Day to face the Boston Celtics on the road.
At least around the sports landscape, an annual tradition around the holiday season is catching the NBA on Christmas Day slate of games. Year in and year out, Texas basketball fans can catch some of their favorite former Longhorns in action in the NBA on Christmas Day. And this season, some of the most significant former Longhorns in action on Christmas are Brooklyn Nets superstar forward Kevin Durant, New Orleans Pelicans second-year big man Jaxson Hayes, and Boston Celtics big man Tristan Thompson, among others.