Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and co-owner Joe Tsai are on completely different timelines. In a few years, Prokhorov will be essentially divested from the team, while Tsai has plans spanning six, seven, eight years down the line.
But being on different timelines hasn’t kept them from being on the same page.
The fact that they’ve found a way to stay in lock-step, and not let their disparate timelines disrupt the organization — or Nets GM Sean Marks’ carefully crafted plans — is noteworthy. Marks claims the key is communication, presumably not the easiest thing with two billionaires — one based in Moscow and the other in Hong Kong.