HARD IN THE PAINT: MIKHAIL PROKHOROV AND LESSONS IN CHECKING BANK

All I do is count stacks

The NJ Nets and Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, have finalized a deal in which he will become majority owner of the team with an 80% stake. The Nets were one of the NBA’s worst teams this past season, but have had plenty of success in the past. If we had to bet we’d say Prokhorov will lead them in the right direction, with a combination of stacks,  the new Barclay’s center set to open in Brooklyn in 2012, and some of the NBA’s best players entering free agency this summer. Your man’s got money to blow…………