A group led by Managing Partner Bill Chisholm at the symphony technology group agreed to buy Boston Sailtics for evaluation of $ 6.1 billion, sources told Shams Charania of ESPN.
This price will surround the price of $ 6.05 billion, a group led by Josh Harris paid to buy NFL’s Washington Commanders in 2023, as the most paid for a franchise in North American sports history, and it would easily overcome the record number for an NBA team’s control stake, which was set for two years ago when Mat Ishibia was set for $ 4 billion Were.
The new ownership group includes Boston’s business leader Rob Hell, a current Celtic shareholder, and Bruce Bil Junior.
The sales agreement was announced on Thursday, but the conditions were not disclosed.
Chisholm told Charania, “This process of buying the team started 50 years ago when I had a 7th birthday and participated in a game in the old Boston Garden.” “I was once bent since then I have been a crazy fan since then. I have loved green. I love Celtics. When this opportunity came, I could not pass it. WYC has done an incredible job to run this franchise. So you’re in a great place?”
Caltics-He left behind his rivals, Los Angeles lake, with his 18th NBA title last June when he defeated Dallas Maverix in five matches in the NBA final-after the sale process began when the team’s control ownership group-Boston Basketball Partners, LLC, LLC, LLC, LLC, LLC, LLC, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, a group, Group. The world of basketball will declare a controlled stake in the franchise after a stable ownership of one of the most prestigious franchises in the North American Games.
Grousbec, whose family leads the ownership group buying the team in $ 360 million in 2002, said Chisholm asked him to live as CEO and Governor for the next three seasons, “and I am happy to do so.”
Gusbek told Charania, “We used to expect from the beginning to find the right person with the right person and commitment to be a great person with resources and commitment to win the banner.” “The bill checks every box for us. I have always been an advisor and the last to say the last here with Celtix after being purchased in the team, and it will continue for the next three years and we will infection.”
The agreement asks for the sale of two-parts in which Chisholm will acquire at least 51% team on approval by the board of governors of the NBA, which may soon come in this summer. Current owners will have the option to maintain their remaining shares by 2028, when they will be sold at a price that may be up to 20% on the basis of the formula determined by the league revenue growth.
“My approach is to win and lift the banner,” Chisholm told Charania. “It’s in the near period and long -term. I have something sitting with the braid and it is about aligning our goals and increasing the window of this team. Wyc and Brad plans the plans that have kept, they understand the perfect understanding for me.”
In a statement posted on social media, Pagliauka said on Thursday, saying that he made a strong push to buy Celtics from the Grousbec family and “he is sad to know that we have not been selected in the process.”
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– Steve Pagliyuka (@Pagsceltics) March 20, 2025
Sources told Charania that Gusbek and Pagliuka on Thursday exchanged the “hot” texts.
After a conference call with reporters in November, after Boston visited the White House to visit the White House, Grusbek repeated the plan to remain after sale in -charge, and through 2028.
On the one hand, the one who is not in controversy is that in a generation, for the first time, Caltix is changing hands, with Chisholm, who has created his fate in private equity, captured a team, which is not only one of the favorite to repeat as the champion, but also a large number of questions ahead of this heat.
Boston is at the speed to become the first team in NBA history crossing $ 500 million in joint payroll and luxury tax payments in the next season, as Jason Tatam’s Supermax Extension officially comes online at the same time, when the final stages of the current collective bargains come online, it is very expensive to keep a team together.
Meanwhile, however, Celtics is one of the favorite to win the title this season, as they expect to be the first team to repeat as champions since the 2017-18 Golden State Warriors.
“With the new collective bargaining agreement, it puts all the issues of basketball on a premium,” Gusbek told Charania. “You must be fantastic and lucky to run a team successfully. We have in Brad. Brad is an executive of the year.”
Celtics won the NBA record 18 NBA titles – all North American professional sports leagues only overtaking New York Yankis (27) and Montreal Canadines (24).
Chisholm will participate in the game with his wife in April.
Chisholm told Charania, “Ever since we have done this, it is emotional for me.” “As a family, we heard Johnny the most, describing the old voice of Celtics, Celtics and a call. … We only listened to him and had a magnificent dinner (Wednesday) night. It’s a dream true. It’s true. It’s true. It is true. I have to pinch myself. It’s not just about the United States. It is not about the United States. Here I have found a deal here.
“I am a fan. This is the most important thing. I shed green blood. I am ready for the challenge.”
Cultics sale can also affect the possible timeline for NBA expansion. For months, sources have stated that the process would not proceed until the position of Boston was clarity, and where the selling price becomes wound. Now that there is clarity – and in such a number – the league can see the date again, the sources said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
