NBA commissioner David Stern thinks there's a "fair chance" Mikhail Prokhorov will represent the Nets at next month's Draft Lottery.

Prokhorov is waiting for his purchase of the Nets to be approved, which the league expects to happen in mid-May.

The Draft Lottery is scheduled for May 18 in Secaucus, N.J.

"If I had to guess, I think there's a fair chance he'll be representing the Nets at the lottery," Stern said while speaking to the Associated Press on Thursday.