Standing at 6,8 inches, born in Russia, worth well over a million dollars, and has spent multiple nights in Brooklyn, York. There are two different people who fit this mold, one is former Brooklyn Nets basketball player Andrei Kirilenko who played for the team in 2013-2014 and the other, is the man that employed him. This unique individual is none other than the current majority owner of the Brooklyn Nets Mikhail Prokhorov. Sitting at over 8.9 billion dollars in net worth, in 2010 the NBA approved Prokhorov to purchase 80% of the then New Jersey Nets. Since then he has ran for President in Russia and claimed that the he would get married had the Nets not won a championship in the first five years of his ownership. Currently he is the owner of a team with the worst record in the NBA (18-59) and is still not married. How did we end up here?
When Prokhorov purchased the Nets, he did what any person with 8.9 billion dollars would do, he moved the team and built a state of the art arena in Brooklyn, New York. He brought in Brooklyn's own Jay Z as a minority owner and stated that …show more content…
King traded the Nets first round draft picks in 2014,2016,2018 and the right to swap picks with the Nets in 2017 to the Celtics for Kevin Garnett, Jason Terry, and Paul Pierce. To the blind eye this seemed like a boatload to give up for three superstars who clearly were well past their prime, but not to Prokhorov. When introducing the three former Celtics, Prokhorov said “Today, the basketball gods smiled on the Nets," "With the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, we have achieved a great balance on our roster between veteran stars and young talents. This team will be dazzling to watch, and tough to compete against.". With this roster, the Brooklyn Nets were the first 100 million dollar team. To a man worth over 8 billion dollars, 100 million dollars is nothing if it leads to a
When Prokhorov purchased the Nets, he did what any person with 8.9 billion dollars would do, he moved the team and built a state of the art arena in Brooklyn, New York. He brought in Brooklyn's own Jay Z as a minority owner and stated that …show more content…
King traded the Nets first round draft picks in 2014,2016,2018 and the right to swap picks with the Nets in 2017 to the Celtics for Kevin Garnett, Jason Terry, and Paul Pierce. To the blind eye this seemed like a boatload to give up for three superstars who clearly were well past their prime, but not to Prokhorov. When introducing the three former Celtics, Prokhorov said “Today, the basketball gods smiled on the Nets," "With the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, we have achieved a great balance on our roster between veteran stars and young talents. This team will be dazzling to watch, and tough to compete against.". With this roster, the Brooklyn Nets were the first 100 million dollar team. To a man worth over 8 billion dollars, 100 million dollars is nothing if it leads to a