Atop the stands of Miami Heat, a man with glasses looking plump and kind with graying hair, resembling Gabe Newell, was smiling at the camera.
He was Micky Arison, the majority owner of the Miami Heat, who had just purchased the shares from the other two major shareholders for $32.5 million this summer, becoming the biggest boss of the Heat, with ultimate control over the franchise.
Despite his benign appearance, his successful acquisition of the Heat this summer was anything but soft.
In March, one of the original owners of the Heat, Lewis Schaffel, teamed up with other minority shareholders in a sudden move against the Arison family, attempting to wrest ultimate control of the Miami Heat and oust the Arisons.
Faced with such an unexpected event, Micky didn't back down. He calmly gathered damaging information about some of the minority shareholders, successfully wooing them to his side and weakening the enemy's forces.