Alibaba Co-Founder Joseph Tsai Said to Buy Brooklyn Nets Stake
One of the Alibaba Group’s co-founders, the billionaire Joseph C. Tsai, has agreed in principle to buy a 49 percent stake in the Nets, people briefed on the deal said on Friday.
The transaction between Mr. Tsai and the Nets’ majority owner, the Russian mogul Mikhail D. Prokhorov, values the team at about $2.3 billion, including its existing debt, according to the people familiar with the deal. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
The sale does not include the Barclays Center, the $1 billion arena in which the team plays and which Mr. Prokhorov will keep.
布鲁克林篮网(英语:Brooklyn Nets),是一支位于美国纽约州布鲁克林的NBA篮球队,分属于东部的大西洋赛区,主场为巴克莱中心,现任球队老板是俄罗斯商人米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫。
球队曾在1974年和1976年夺得ABA总冠军。在1976年加入NBA联盟后,最佳成绩是在2002年和2003年的季后赛获得东部的冠军,杀入总决赛,但未能夺得总冠军。
球队的最大宿敌是相同位于纽约州的纽约尼克斯,其次是同赛区的波士顿塞尔提克及多伦多猛龙。
在1967年加入ABA之初,球队被命名为“新泽西美洲人”,成为一家在新泽西州提内克某个被改造过的兵工厂里打球的乡下球队。
1968年,球队老板考虑到新泽西州的市场不景气,把球队搬迁到长岛 (纽约州)。由于当时纽约已有两支职业球队分别叫大都会(Mets,棒球队)和喷射机(Jets,美式足球队),纽约的一位记者为新来的美洲人队取名为“篮网(Nets)”,在英文中正好和前两支球队合辙押韵,这一建议得到球队老板的采纳。
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Joseph Tsai, a co-founder of Alibaba, ringing a ceremonial bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the company’s initial public offering in 2014. Credit Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters