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(Daily News) — Mikhail Prokhorov is a man with tsar power. The new Russian owner of the Nets made a Steinbrenner-esque splash in his New York debut Wednesday, publicly dumping GM Kiki Vandeweghe without sentiment, sorrow or a heads-up to Vandeweghe. The postbreakfast purge came around the same time as Vandeweghe discussed the team’s future on WFAN-AM, unaware his days with the Nets would end June 30.

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