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Nets sign Humphries for two more years

The Nets’ summer spending spree continues.

After already handing out over $300 million of Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov’s money to revamp their roster as the team prepares to begin play in Brooklyn this fall, the Nets re-signed Kris Humphries yesterday to a two-year, $24 million contract.

Humphries, 27, averaged career-highs of 13.8 points and 11.0 rebounds in 62 games last season, his second straight season as the Nets’ starting power forward. It also was the second straight year Humphries averaged a double-double.

“Kris has been a very consistent player for us over the past two years,” Nets general manager Billy King said in a statement. “He has developed into one of the top rebounding forwards in the league, and we are very pleased to welcome him back.”

For the past several weeks, Humphries’ name was circulated at the center of the Nets’ seemingly never-ending trade talks with the Magic for Dwight Howard. But once the Nets re-signed Brook Lopez and officially moved on from the Howard sweepstakes — at least for now — their priority became re-signing Humphries to add depth to their front line.

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After bouncing around the league for the first several years of his career, the former lottery pick by Utah in 2004 has found a home with the Nets since he was acquired in a trade from Dallas in January 2010. He has also become one of the league’s top rebounders and is one of just five players — along with Howard, Kevin Love, Pau Gasol and Blake Griffin — to average a double-double in points and rebounds the past two seasons.

Retaining Humphries caps a wild 2 1/2 weeks for the Nets. The team has now committed somewhere in the neighborhood of $330 million in future contracts to 10 players either through trades or free-agent signings since the free-agency signing period began on July 1.

By keeping Humphries, the Nets managed to address their rebounding, the one area in which they were still lacking even after all of the moves they made. If Humphries had gone elsewhere, the Nets would have likely been looking at starting Mirza Teletovic, whom they signed as a free agent, at power forward alongside Lopez at center. Neither is considered a strong rebounder.

With Humphries officially in the fold, the Nets now have their projected starting lineup for next season in place: Deron Williams at point guard, Joe Johnson at shooting guard, Gerald Wallace at small forward, Humphries at power forward and Lopez at center. That group alone will be paid more than $70 million.

The signing of Humphries is also likely to be the final big signing the Nets make this summer since they now have 11 players under contract and are expected to re-sign veteran guard Keith Bogans.

Assuming that happens, that leaves the Nets with three roster spots to fill the two remaining holes on their roster: a backup to Wallace at small forward, and a backup to Lopez at center.

* A source told The Post yesterday the Nets will be featured on this season’s NBA TV reality series, “The Association.” The two sides have discussed the idea for some time, and cameras were with the team during its Orlando Summer League stint, as well as at the press conference at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall Friday to introduce the team’s starting backcourt of Williams and Johnson.

The show, which takes fans behind the scenes like HBO’s popular NFL training camp series, “Hard Knocks,” will follow the Nets throughout their first season in Brooklyn.