The final tally: Prokhorov pays $200 million, plus $180 millionin team debt, in exchange for 80% of the team and 45% of BarclaysCenter arena, which is under construction at the corner of Atlanticand Flatbush avenues. He also agrees to buy $100 million worth ofarena bonds. As for how much Prokhorov will reap from the deal,that's hard to say without knowing how revenues will be sharedbetween the Nets and the arena.

And the vote also allows Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratnerto devote his full attention to what made him wealthy in his ownright: building. Indeed, Ratner recently told the Wall StreetJournal that he lost around $30 million each season that he ranthe team.

Prokhorov's agreement to buy the Nets, and take a stake in thearena that will house them, pulled the entire $4-billion AtlanticYards project from the brink of a collapse brought on by a slackeconomy, lawsuits and cost-overruns associated with Frank Gehry'sinitial design.