Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen is making a difference on the court for a rebuilding team, but he is also finding creative ways to extend his influence outside basketball. Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times
Jarrett Allen stood outside a Key Food Supermarket in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn and handed 25 local children a grocery list and a calculator. Their task was to use math, and a calculator imprinted with Allen’s name and Nets jersey number, to fill their grocery carts and stay within the $100 budget he gave them.
Plenty of N.B.A. stars have their own shoe, clothing, underwear and eyewear lines — often vanity projects for oversize fashionistas.