shit just has to go through (it will, a buy out hasn't been thrown out by the league in years)

The New Jersey Nets' owners accepted developer Bruce Ratner's $300 million bid for the basketball franchise late Wednesday night, according to team officials. It clears the way for his group, which includes hip-hop impresario Jay-Z, to attempt to move the Nets to Brooklyn.

Jay-Z officially joined Ratner's group in early December, though his exact financial stake has not been made public (see "Jay-Z Aims For Nothing But Nets With Potential Basketball Deal"). Jigga's presence lent credibility and conviction to Ratner's mission to relocate the Nets from New Jersey's swamplands to the New York City borough that no major-league sports franchise has called home since baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1957. The sale will also mark the first time anyone in hip-hop has held an ownership stake in a professional sports franchise, a watershed moment for hip-hop culture.

The only other serious bid for the Nets franchise under consideration was that of a group led by real estate developer Charles Kushner and New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine.

The sale still needs to be ratified by the team's holding company, YankeeNets, which could happen as early as Friday morning, and by the NBA, which could approve the sale within a month.

Bringing the team to Brooklyn, however, is anything but a slam-dunk for Ratner. Though his group has a detailed plan for commercial and residential development around a proposed arena, it faces community opposition from neighborhood people and businesses facing displacement.



—Joseph Patel

they'll have to throw a few more dollars around to get it into Brooklyn. U can't do anything but respect what Jay is doing for hiphop, no longer can somebody say something dumb like "they all are dumb" or "they're just musicians" Well a M.O.P. and Dame Dash commentary is coming closer and closer

Once A Hustler Always A Hustler Lol...........

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VOTE 4 CAMRONS GETEM GIRLS VIDEO ON BET.COM lol

Diddy gon end up buyin da Knicks next...

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Lol^^ Prob. Then The NBA Might Finally Except Master P lol..................

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LOSES: MC Nookie BS (mods took away my votes herb ass niggas)
<center>"Ya'll Cats Still Nursery Rhymin Dog All My Barz Nuts Like A Hershey With Almonds"-Cassidy</center>
VOTE 4 CAMRONS GETEM GIRLS VIDEO ON BET.COM lol

as long as the nets new outfits aren provided by rocawear, i dont care

does anyone know how much he invested???

haha roca jerseys....

yall heard that diddy will make the mavs jerseys next yr..rite..1

ah hell yeah..that's actualyl pretty hot..i would loveto see soem roca jerseys...now Diddy gotta buy the knicks and then sign Kobe..I see a new hip hop industry

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Basketball Is A Beautiful Thing Lol

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Run!

The Return..

yo, jay-z is just buying a team to compensate for all the skills he doesn't have

^^^^^you're Gay

that's hot, sucks for NJ though

jAYZ IS TIGHT
HE IS LIKE SPIKE LEE
BUYIJN ALL THE SHIT IN THE WORLD
SOON IT WILL BE THE JAY Z CHANNEL
INSTED OF SPIKE TV

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