A majority stake in Boston was sold for a new-record sticker tag of $6.1 billion. Could All-Star Jaylen Brown be on the move under new ownership?
A majority ownership stake in the mighty Boston Celtics has been sold for a new-record sticker tag of $6.1 billion to private equity investor William Chisholm.
Could All-Star Boston small forward Jaylen Brown be on the move under new ownership?
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During a recent, pre-sale episode of his show The Bill Simmons Podcast, the father of The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Dr. Bill Simmons, speculated that an out-of-town owner would be predisposed to shake things up in a major way.
« When [owners] come in from outside of Massachusetts, they come in with . different ideas », Dr. Bill Simmons said.
The nightmare of all ownership comparisons was soon levied by the younger Bill Simmons: the Adelson and Dumont families, the Dallas Mavericks’ new majority owners.
« They all wanna do their one thing », he concurred with his dad. « And then you end up in the Luka Dončić situation, where you have the new Dallas owners (saying), ‘yeah, let’s trade him!' »
Just a year removed from acquiring Dallas from former owner Mark Cuban and less than a year removed from watching five-time All-Defensive First Team guard Luka Dončić lead the team to the 2024 NBA Finals (against Boston), the club confoundingly traded Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a likely below-market haul.
