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No more championship deadlines for Mikhail Prokhorov

In an interview with GQ, aka Gentleman's Quarterly, Mikhail Prokhorov will not predict when his team will win the NBA championship. No more Soviet-style five-year plans.

Asked "How many more years before you bring an NBA Championship to Brooklyn?", Prokhorov responded, "The sooner the better. Beyond that, it really depends on us staying healthy and the chemistry of the team, which we’ll soon see."

That's a far cry --and probably a welcome one considering the team's recent history-- from his 2010 promise that if the Nets didn't win a title in five years, he'd marry, a promise he later said was made in jest.