Mikhail Prokhorov denied its intention to sell the NBA ‘Brooklyn Nets’

Russian businessman, the owner of the club of the National Basketball Association / NBA / ‘Brooklyn Nets’ Mikhail Prokhorov said that he does not intend to sell the team and believe in its success. This is reported by local

BROOKLYN – The rivalry had devolved into a sorry spectacle, a battle waged not for bragging rights, but for a shred of dignity, a desperate grasp for momentary relief from ridicule. The Battle of the Boroughs? That sounded poetic last year, when the Nets invaded Brooklyn and engaged the Knicks in a season-long tussle for supremacy over the city. What took place Thursday night, in a nationally televised game at Barclays Center, lacked any hint of gravitas. The putative rivals entered the game having combined for eight wins, 26 losses and $190 million in player salaries. The Knicks came in with a nine-game losing streak, their longest in nearly eight years. “A laughingstock,” Carmelo Anthony had said.   Someone had to win Thursday, but there would be no winners. The Knicks claimed their share of relief and self-respect, and might have robbed whatever was left of the Nets’, with a 113-83 rout. For one night, at least, coach Mike Woodson’s job was safe. For one night, the Knicks looked functiona