Mikhail Prokhorov was an awful NBA owner, or so the final numbers suggest. Prokhorov, whose decade-long stewardship of the Nets will come to an end this month when he officially offloads his remaining 51% ownership of the team to minority owner Joseph Tsai, will forever be the Russian billionaire who attempted to buy an NBA championship, failed and then cashed out when team values peaked.
Prokhorov’s record as an NBA owner: 300-504.
What Prokhorov will sell the team for, after acquiring it for $223 million, plus the team’s debt, in 2009: $2.