MIKHAIL PROKHOROV RUMORS

Days after clipping interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo, Nets management is reportedly determined to lure Phil Jackson to lead the team in Brooklyn. The 63-year-old Carlesimo, who helped guide the Nets (49-33) to the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and their first postseason appearance since the 2006-07 campaign, was fired on May 5 following Brooklyn’s loss in the first round...

With interim coach in PJ Carlesimo not returning, the Brooklyn Nets reportedly are targeting Phil Jackson and Jerry Sloan in their head coaching search.

Handcuffed with the interim tag since assuming the position, Brooklyn head coach P.J. Carlesimo will reportedly get axed if the Nets don’t trump the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs. Carlesimo, with talented ballplayers Joe Johnson, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez, helped lead the Nets (49-33) to the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and their first postseason...

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In a recent interview with the NY Post, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov said if the Nets don't win a title in the next three seasons, he will tie the knot as a means of discipline. 

Brooklyn Nets fans who are expecting big things from their team in the post-New Jersey era can rest assured knowing that the team’s owner feels the same. Mikhail Prokhorov expects the Nets to win a championship in the very near future. The Nets owner has vowed to deliver for the fans since he took over more than two years ago, and he took it a step further during a recent interview...

The battle for hoops supremacy in New York is already underway, with the Nets eccentric owner taking the first jabs at his new inter-borough rivals. 

When the Nets open their new stadium this fall, Jay-Z will not be the only part-owner of the Nets rapping on stage. 

Mikhail Prokhorov backed up his player after a diss in a Kanye West song claimed Humphries was lucky Jay-Z didn't cut him from the team.

New Jersey coach Avery Johnson has been around Mikhail Prokhorov enough to know the billionaire owner of the Nets' NBA franchise has the leadership skills to be the next president of Russia. Prokhorov announced Monday that he would run against Vladimir Putin in March's presidential election, another sign of the growing discontent with Putin after 12 years in political power...