Can the Nets Buy a Championship?

Friday, 19 July 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Can the Brooklyn Nets buy a championship? The New York Times says the team’s owner Mikhail D. Prokhorov is spending so much money on his latest player deal that the league’s “luxury tax” on excessive spending will result in an $82 million bill.  Next season the team’s payroll will be $101 million, which prompts the Times to call Prokhorov the “Russian George Steinbrenner — only taller, richer and with a cool accent.”

SOURCE: New York Times