With multiple big news outlets now confirming Tuesday’s New York Post exclusive on the Nets sale to e-commerce billionaire Joe Tsai, the team’s incredible summer continues unabated.
Coming a month after signing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the news cements the Brooklyn Nets as the NBA’s team of the summer ... if not all of pro sports.
With its $2.35 billion price tag, Tsai’s purchase of the team from Mikhail Prokhorov will be the biggest in U.S. sports history. It will top hedge fund owner David Tepper’s $2.2 billion purchase last year of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and Tilman Fertitta’s $2.