We need more crazy Russian billionaires to buy NBA teams

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1:39p, 7/1/10

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmIKd9ZS_9xf_btzmxlJl4i8vLYF?slug=ys-freeagentbuzz070110

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Knicks owner Jim Dolan was so angry over a bigger-than-life 227-foot billboard of Nets owners Jay-Z and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on the Eighth Avenue side of the Garden that sources say Dolan called Jay-Z and declared the mural was “intimidating to his employees.”

The billboard shows Prokhorov and Jay-Z standing next to each other with the words “The Blueprint for Greatness” across the image.

227 foot billboard. For scale, the billboards on the highways in Houston are 48 feet wide.

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1:57p, 7/1/10

AG

Wow, that is huge.

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1:58p, 7/1/10

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2:12p, 7/1/10

AG

Awesome. Man, I wished I owned my own sports team. It would be all about me all the time.

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3:01p, 7/1/10

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Would the average passer-by even know who they are? Obviously, Knicks players would know Jay Z, but if they're gonna do that, why not go all the way? Why not have the Nets website and 800 number for season tickets?

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3:03p, 7/1/10

in addition, check out the banner ad/background on the NY Post's website:

http://www.nypost.com/

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3:39p, 7/1/10

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Would the average passer-by even know who they are? Obviously, Knicks players would know Jay Z, but if they're gonna do that, why not go all the way? Why not have the Nets website and 800 number for season tickets?

everyone in nyc knows who prokhorov is

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3:40p, 7/1/10

Is that the same building that Oregon used to put that huge Joey Harrington ad up to pump him for the Heisman?

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10:44p, 7/2/10

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He's definitely the best at making huge bribes to gvt officials. Take some time to find out how he got his money and you'll either hate the guy or think he's a god.