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Brooklyn Nets Owner Interested In Listening To Offers For Team

With the $2 billion price tag the Clippers served up on the open market recently, you can bet a few owners are thinking about what number their own franchise might vet if they were to sell. Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is said to be listening to offers.

“Just listening so far,” a league official with direct knowledge told Yahoo Sports. “They haven’t indicated a desire or willingness to sell. …Nothing was initiated by [Prokhorov].”

Prokhorov owns 85% of the Nets plus 45% of Barlays Center. He purchased his share of the team in 2010 and has been aggressive in his pursuit of a title by wallet. Prokhorov has run the Nets’ payroll to record levels, including $190 million in salary and luxury tax for the 2013-14 season.

We’ll see if he holds steady or takes the money and runs. By now he sees that securing an NBA championship isn’t as easy as the Heat have made it look.

Jill Munroe

Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-based host, producer, and writer. You can find her work on sites such as FoxSports.com, EURweb.com, and MSN.com. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists. Munroe has also been a frequent guest on ESPN radio and Yahoo Sports. In 2015, Munroe released her first book, "PostGame Pass: access into "the life" JillMunroe.com

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