Prince was an impossibly cool junior high school basketball player

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This may be the most relatable Prince has ever been.

Long before Prince became a music legend, he was just a teen from Minnesota trying to make the starting lineup on his high school basketball team

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Minneapolis' Star Tribune reporter Libor Jany dug deep into the paper's archives and unearthed these priceless clips on the musician's athletic past. It even includes a photo of Prince in his Bryant Junior High School team uniform.

Another Prince-related clip from the Strib archives, looking back at his hooping days at Bryant Junior Highhttp://ift.tt/1vZIBKT

— Libor Jany (@StribJany) March 3, 2015 Read more...

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