Mikhail Prokhorov is a risk taker who likes stress and challenges. The soon-to-be Nets’ owner has come to the right place.
Prokhorov will take over a team enduring one of the worst seasons in NBA history. But as Prokhorov said in a profile Sunday night on “60 Minutes”, he is confident the Nets won’t be down for long. He has good reason to feel that way: Everything the Russian billionaire touches seems to turn to gold, literally.
He owns large part of a gold-mining company and sold his shares of a major metals operation for $10 billion months before the Russian stock market crashed.
“It’s a part of any business to be lucky,” Prokhorov said. “Miracles happen.”
From Prokhorov’s lips to Nets’ fans ears.
Despite this forgettable season there is optimism for the future, and Prokhorov is a big reason.
The Nets will have roughly $23 million to use in free agency this summer, and Prokhorov gave the impression he will spend that and more to make them a winner.
“I am real excited to take the worst team of the league and turn it to be the best,” he said.
The only way that’s happening is if that $23 million goes to a certain king in Cleveland.
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