Prokhorov should take a clue from Donald Sterling and make a comment about “them people”.
His asking price will double.
The NBA has become a thug sport, no longer mainstream. After the theatrics against Serling (in a failed attempt to shift to black ownership) any billionaire white owner who has an NBA team as his favorite toy would reconsider, I’d think.
Or perhaps he is concerned about his own finances tanking along with the Russian ruble.
The NBA is a financial Ponzi scheme. This Russian is very clever to cash out.
His fortune is probably in danger due to the reckless foreign policy of arch criminal and president for life Putin, who apparently thinks he can wage an undeclared war on Putinstan’s peaceful neighbors if they don’t do what he says. Putin thought he could do it without repercussions. Now, even his cronies are paying a big price for Putin going rogue.
Give ya 10 bucks.
Prokhorov, one of the world’s richest men, is also said to be concerned about the Nets’ performance on court. The team is currently in last place in the NBA Eastern Conference, with a record of 16-22.
What i get out of this article is the Knicks are so bad they’re not included in the Eastern Conf any longer.