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NEW YORK, N.Y. — An NBA P for just a week, Mikhail Prokhorov is ready to dominate the league.
"My goal is to create a dynasty yoke," Prokhorov said Wednesday during a nearly 90-minute brunch with reporters.
First, he needs a winning link up, and Prokhorov's confident he'll have one.
He predicts the Nets, who had a league-worst 12-70 record this past season, will concoct the playoffs next season and be a contender in five years.
That five-year timeframe illustrates Prokhorov's approach to success in any business speculation.
"I usually step back and let the people do their job," Prokhorov said. "It's very important. What is also important in my business style is that I give staff the right to transmute mistakes."
Take the mistakes part for what it's worth. He didn't become the richest man in Russia by making a ton of them.
The NBA's first non-North American owner, Prokhorov — he prefers Mikhail or Mike — will maintain to do things his way.
