PHOTO: Ilya Kovalchuk sits courtside supporting the Brooklyn Nets
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Ilya Kovalchuk retired from the NHL just three years after signing a 15-year, $100,000,000 contract. He left the New Jersey Devils to play in the KHL to be closer to home. Really bad timing.
Home is where the heart is, but Kovalchuk is a huge fan of the Brooklyn Nets (apparently) and was in Brooklyn to support the Nets in the second round of the NBA playoffs against the Miami Heat.
He was in Miami on May 6, and Monday night sitting courtside in Brooklyn.
Via @devstown, this does appear to be Ilya Kovalchuk, where you might not expect him. pic.twitter.com/LIKa963ix8
— Steve Lepore (@stevelepore) May 13, 2014
Ilya Kovalchuk and friends in Miami to support AK and the #Nets pic.twitter.com/sh1rFkbGgg
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) May 7, 2014
Kovalchuk left New Jersey, the Nets left New Jersey, they're basically partners in crime.