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  • Court_vision
    Banned
    • Oct 2002
    • 8290

    #1

    Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

    Never thought I'd be posting about Russian politics in the NBA forum..........but, if he were to win (very unlkely) he'd have to give up the Nets ownership. This may create a lot of uncertainty re the Nets future / lose an owner with very deep pockets.

    (Note: I am sure some media guy is going to link "where will Dwight go" with the Russian elections )


    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-1...-election.html


    Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov said he’ll run for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March elections after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in a decade emboldened Russia’s opposition.
    “This is the most important decision of my life,” the New Jersey Nets basketball team owner told reporters in Moscow.
  • OSUFan_88
    Outback Jesus
    • Jul 2004
    • 25642

    #2
    Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

    Originally posted by Court_vision
    but, if he were to win (very unlkely) he'd have to give up the Nets ownership.
    Are you sure about that?
    Too Old To Game Club

    Urban Meyer is lol.

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    • ProfessaPackMan
      Bamma
      • Mar 2008
      • 63852

      #3
      Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

      Very, very, very small chance that he'll actually win.

      Not worried about this in the slightest.
      #RespectTheCulture

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      • youvalss
        ******
        • Feb 2007
        • 16601

        #4
        Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

        He'd better get himself some more bodyguards...
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        • Kully
          MVP
          • Jul 2007
          • 3178

          #5
          Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

          NBA apparently said it's okay for him to keep the Nets if he wins the presidency. So that isn't an issue it seems.

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          • Court_vision
            Banned
            • Oct 2002
            • 8290

            #6
            Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

            the people won't accept someone running the country AND a pro sports team. can you imagine the outcry if the economy slipped while Obama ran The Bulls?

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            • Kully
              MVP
              • Jul 2007
              • 3178

              #7
              Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

              Originally posted by Court_vision
              the people won't accept someone running the country AND a pro sports team. can you imagine the outcry if the economy slipped while Obama ran The Bulls?
              I have a feeling the Russians won't care that much at all actually.

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              • CMH
                Making you famous
                • Oct 2002
                • 26203

                #8
                Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

                Originally posted by Court_vision
                the people won't accept someone running the country AND a pro sports team. can you imagine the outcry if the economy slipped while Obama ran The Bulls?
                Originally posted by uraz3r0
                Well the economy actually slipped under Bush, it just hasn't recovered at the rate that people would have liked to see under Obama. Not the forum, just wanted to clarify.....
                This stuff. No. Can't have these kinds of discussions here.

                I'm fine with talking about Prokhorov running the Nets franchise while running for presidency, but any talk of actual politics such as his campaign or policies is against TOS.
                "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                • Hassan Darkside
                  We Here
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 7561

                  #9
                  Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

                  He has a better chance at winning this than he does winning the Finals.
                  [NYK|DAL|VT]
                  A true MC, y'all doing them regular degular dance songs
                  You losin' your teeth, moving like using Kevin Durant comb
                  Royce da 5'9"


                  Originally posted by DCAllAmerican
                  How many brothers fell victim to the skeet.........

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                  • bamalam
                    MVP
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 1407

                    #10
                    Re: Billionaire Prokhorov to Challenge Putin...

                    Originally posted by uraz3r0
                    it just hasn't recovered at the rate that people would have liked to see under Obama. just wanted to clarify.....
                    ha

                    ha

                    ha...

                    in before the lock

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