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By Dan Duray 7/14/10 7:22pm

The Russians Are Coming

Prokhorov Has Big Plans For the Nets, Big Russian Plans

In an interview today with fan blog NetsDaily, Mikhail Prokhorov previewed some of what we can expect from him as owner of the New Jersey Nets. 

Like everyone, he was disappointed that the team didn’t recruit LeBron James, but said he plans develop the team’s current players with coach Avery Johnson Read More

By Dana Rubinstein 5/31/10 2:41pm

The Russians Are Coming

“You like ride in tank? We go for ride in tank!” The Onion Does Prokhorov

The Onion helps us get to know Nets owner, and shady Russian oligarch, Mikhail Prokhorov. The results are, per usual, hilarious.

Sample line: “Feels that owning an NBA basketball team is good for his cover.”

More here.

drubinstein@observer.com

By Irina Aleksander 5/25/10 4:32am

The Russians

For 48 Hours, an Oligarch Turns on the Charm

In a room full of sports-beat reporters, most of them men in or near their 40s, a young female reporter sitting up front asked a Russian billionaire, who was there to talk about a basketball team he had just purchased, about his dining preferences. What were some of his favorite New York restaurants, Read More

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