If there was a rationale for Mikhail Prokhorov's visit to Duke, it went beyond instructing his team in Tescao, Tibetan Martial Arts. The Russian oligarch, with an estimated fortune of $10 billion, didn't say so directly, but his high profile training session seemed to be about assuring everyone that he intends to stay in the basketball business ... and have fun doing it.
"I have said many times that I have no plan to sell controlling interest of the team...
"I think my preference was to come personally, and to say hello to the players and to the coaches.