How did Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov get mixed up in the business of Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards? Over dinner, after developer Bruce Ratner flew to the motherland when hearing Prokhorov "was someone who was interested in buying a team." And speaking of the team! Page Six reports that former Yahoo! boss (and Brooklyn native) Terry Semel was angling to buy the Nets, but he couldn't compete with Prokhorov's offer to invest in the team and the arena. [NYO; Page Six]
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