This could be BIG for Hawks

[tbhawksfan]

If he goes through with a sale, it's VERY unlikely that they'll get another gaziollaire owner and the team will super suck next year.

If the Hawks keep on the competitive path, they could still get a nice pick from Brookyn.

Even if he doesn't sell, he could be less willing to spend 30 million over the lux tax again for mediocre results

[ATLHawks3]

Who is selling?

[MaceCase]

Who is selling?

The Nets owner. Must be tough for Russian oligarchs these days if they are sweating losing half a billion on a team. He still has ohhhh about 16 more billion and is likely to gain another 1.5 or so when he sells based on what the Clippers got, probably twice that if he includes the operating rights to the Barclays Center.

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov says he has no interest in selling the Brooklyn Nets, but a league source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com that Prokhorov is open to listening to offers for the team from potential buyers.

"We have no interest in selling the team," Prokhorov said through his spokesperson on Saturday.

Yahoo! Sports earlier reported of Prokhorov's willingness to listen to potential offers.

The Yahoo! Sports report comes in light of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's pending $2 billion bid to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers.

The report says Prokhorov at the very least is interested in gauging how much the Nets and Barclays Center could be worth on the open market, with the thought being that the Nets and their Brooklyn arena could fetch a similar sum to that of the Clippers.

Prokhorov paid $223 million to become the team's majority owner in May of 2010. He owns 80 percent of the Nets and 45 percent of Barclays Center.

Forbes valued the Nets at $780 million in January -- fifth-highest among NBA teams.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11084222/mikhail-prokhorov-denies-interest-selling-brooklyn-nets