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Two preseason games at the Prudential Center in Newark have been so highly attended that the Nets are considering moving there from the Meadowlands while they wait for a new home in Brooklyn. An October 13th preseason game against the Celtics drew 12,790 fans to the Prudential Center, three times the the size of a typical preseason crowd at the Meadowlands' Izod Center. Then, a game against the Knicks drew 15,721. Those are nice numbers, but getting out of their lease could cost Nets owner and Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner millions.

A translation of Russian billionaire tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov's Russian blog sheds a little light on his reasons for financing the Nets arena and Atlantic Yards. Besides attracting Western capital, he mentions "access to all modern technology and training methods with the possibility of using them in Russia," and then goes on to detail how the team could be used to place Russian trainers, managers, and players into the NBA. They may have to rename the team the Nyets! (Via Curbed.)