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Russian Oligarch and Rap Mogul Plot a Theft

Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski writes that soon after Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to lay down big bucks for the Nets, he had "emissaries" seek out minority investor Jay-Z. He wanted to talk about Lebron James. "This was part of the Russian’s ambition to become intimately involved in the summer of 2010," reports Woj. With Prokhorov's millions now in play and the Cavs looking ineffectual, Brooklyn's looking good.