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Kiki On WFAN
–He and Rod Thorn are talking all the time with teams about improving the team this year. –It will be difficult for the Nets to do two max contracts. A max contract and a $10 million contract or a max contract and several smaller contracts are more likely. He hinted that the Nets ...
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Is Mikhail Prokhorov Getting Richer?
netsdaily.com — Rumors swirl about where the Nets will play and who will own them. There are reports the current owners are having trouble arranging the financing for Barclays Center while others suggest if Brooklyn fails, Mikhail Prokhorov is “so ... (more) Is Mikhail Prokhorov Getting Richer?
The CSKA Temptation
netsdaily.com — Mikhail Prokhorov knows international players, as do those around him. It should come as no surprise that they see European players as a rich vein of basketball talent that’s been under-prospected, under-mined. After all, he spent a lot of ... (more) The CSKA Temptation
Excerpt: Ettore Messina Interview with ACB
netsdaily.com — Ettore Messina, Mikhail Prokhorov’s coach at CSKA Moscow, was interviewed Saturday by a reporter from the offcial website of the ACB, the Spanish basketball league. The following is a rough machine translation of an excerpt, in which he speaks ... (more) Excerpt: Ettore Messina Interview with ACB
3 Seconds
By Ric Bucher ESPN the Magazine The sale of the Nets to Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has to happen by New Year’s Day or it won’t happen, says a league source. The team has to break ground on its proposed arena in Brooklyn before the ball drops on Dec. 31, which when the ...
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Alston on Coffee, Losing, Youth and Yi
netsdaily.com — Basketball Pioneers : We have met many times. Do you still drink coffee before games? Alston : Yes, it’s the same wherever I go. It hasn’t changed since I became a NBA player. Basketball Pioneers : Which city has the best coffee? Toronto? ... (more) Alston on Coffee, Losing, Youth and Yi
The Name Game
netsdaily.com — Ever since Bruce Ratner decided to buy the Nets, it has been “all about Brooklyn”. The most commonly told story about the origin of the “Brooklyn Nets” is that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz called Ratner and ... (more) The Name Game
10 Questions for 2009-10?
netsdaily.com — 1. DEE-fense? Devin Harris says it’s his top priority: returning to that ballhawk Rod Thorn so loved when he traded Jason Kidd for him 20 months ago. Thorn loved Courtney Lee for the same reason. Will he bring it as well? Then there’s ... (more) 10 Questions for 2009-10?
Basketball Writers Discuss Hot-Button Issues Facing League (Excerpt)
Q: What do you think will be the long-term impact of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov investing in the Nets? TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott: The Nets, in New Jersey, don’t help the NBA’s bottom line much. Even when they made the Finals they failed to capture the imagination ...
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Writers’ Reads on Nets Not a Pretty Picture
The writers who follow the Nets most closely are the writers who have the most pessismistic view of the team’s prospects. It’s one thing for John Hollinger (24 wins) to have a negative view of the team. It’s a whole other thing for the D’Alessandro’s, ...
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The Thorn Report Card – Off-Season Edition
netsdaily.com — Note: Grades based on long-term consequences of the trade as well as cost-benefit to the team. As the years roll by, they change. Some go up, some go down. We could have (should have?) called it the Thorn-Vandeweghe Report Card, but Rod remains in ... (more) The Thorn Report Card – Off-Season Edition