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Billionaire Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov put his team through a wacky exercise routine at training camp
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Billionaire Russian oligarch and Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is visiting Nets training camp for the first time since he purchased the team back in 2010, and Wednesday, after Nets practice, he took his team and coaches through what appeared to be some sort of bizarre circus Pilates seminar.
"I think it’s very important for the new team to have special team-building, and of course the commitment of ownership as part of the team," Prokhorov told the media afterwards.
"But I also wanted to share with them my own experience with martial arts, and I really will be happy if it helps them in some way."
Take a look at some of the exercises and decide for yourself it they'll help the Nets this season!
Here he is dribbling a basketball while simultaneously balancing on another basketball:
This is an example of what Mikhail Prokhorov is doing right now at Nets practice:
A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:18am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:18am PDT
And here he is doing push-ups with a stick on a basketball:
Prokhorov doing push-ups on a basketball with a stick
A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:31am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:31am PDT
According to Tim Bontemps of the New York Post, the entire session lasted about 30 minutes. The players tried out a handful of Prokhorov's exercises and seemed to struggle:
The players aren't quite as good:
A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:19am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:19am PDT
Here's Prokhorov doing the basketball equivalent of patting your head while rubbing your stomach:
Prokhorov dribbling against the wall, part one
A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:33am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:33am PDT
And a few other gems:
Prokhorov doing push-ups with four basketballs
A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:27am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:27am PDT
A video posted by @rodboo on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:15am PDT on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:15am PDT
When you're a billionaire owner of a professional sports franchise, subjecting your players to wonky exercises is apparently one of the perks, along with — I don't know — courtside seats.
Nets head coach Lionel Hollins spoke positively of the experience and of Prokhorov afterward.
"He’s a very interesting guy. He should probably doing that [Dos Equis] commercial, 'I don’t normally drink beer, but when I do …' He’s one of those guys that’s been around the world, has a varied sort of interest, and it’s interesting to get to know him better."
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