Prokhorov Flies Nets to Moscow for Winner Pep Talk
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Mikhail Prokhorov met with his New Jersey Nets for the first time on his old home basketball court in Moscow, where the players got a taste of life under the NBA’s first non-American owner.
The billionaire introduced himself to the National Basketball Association team yesterday at his former club CSKA Moscow, the Russian champions and 2008 Euro League winners. Prokhorov pledged to turn the Nets, who had the NBA’s worst record last season, into champions within five years and make them the first basketball club with a global fan base.