Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov shows team weird pushup exercises (VIDEO)

Before his life as an NBA team owner, Mikhail Prokhorov was known as a pretty decent ballplayer on the court. So when the Brooklyn Nets owner showed up to the team's practice Wednesday, he didn't just stand around scratching his chin.

Instead, the Russian billionaire joined in on the workout — introducing the players to some mildly strange, new pushup drills.

This is an example of what Mikhail Prokhorov is doing right now at Nets practice:

A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:18am PDT

Prokhorov used volleyballs, tennis balls, boards and sticks in what the New York Post's Tim Bontemps described as "martial arts exercises," demonstrating each one before letting his players give it a shot.

This is an example of what Mikhail Prokhorov is doing right now at Nets practice:

A video posted by Tim Bontemps (@timbontemps) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:18am PDT

Now let's see Putin give it a shot — if he isn't too busy.