Celtics ownership CHAOS? | Wyc Grousbeck forced into DIFFERENT role than expected
Celtics ownership shake-up raises eyebrows. What does this mean for the future of Boston’s beloved franchise?
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm dissect the unexpected changes in the Boston Celtics’ ownership transition, with Bill Chisholm set to become governor instead of Wyc Grousbeck. They analyze potential financial concerns and their impact on team spending. The duo also breaks down the NBA’s marquee game schedule, exploring the Celtics’ absence from Christmas Day games and limited high-profile matchups. Could a new rivalry with the Detroit Pistons be on the horizon?
Tune in for insider perspectives on how these developments might reshape the Celtics’ future and their standing in the league.
1:30 Celtics ownership transition concerns
5:55 Ownership change makes more sense now
19:27 Why is the Celtics sale taking so long?
25:52 Celtics left out of marquee NBA games
31:52 Potential new Celtics-Pistons rivalry brewing
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29 Comments
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Some of us younger celtics fans think of the heat as the rival.
The team was old and needed to make changes, regardless of JT's injury.
Actually saw this happening. You are the head of a 6.1B purchase you are going to want to be the one who calls the shots. Just like what they did to Cuban. Now we just hope for the best.
More owners equals more problems when it comes to paying the team bills..period. harder to get x15 owners to agree vs x1 as example. I have a feeling this will be bad
CELTICS VS EVERYBODY
Celtics /Pistons rivalry is not it. Celtics/Lakers, Celtics/Knicks & Celtics/Sixers…next would be Heat and Magic.
I wouldn't expect anything less of a private equity guy. Not surprised at all.
"Buy now, pay later"?!
I think the league stepped in and said Chisholm had to be the Governor. As this happened right before the vote.
The economy has been a rollercoaster since the announcement, could that play into this?
Brad will be gone & Boston will be stuck with this idiot Mazullla because Nostalgic ppl will want to keep him just because Brad is gone. I personally think it's time for Brad to leave anyway. I'm sick of Boston Butler.
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Bill bought the team with Klarna
I know we’re caught up in how long the deal is taking but you don’t 7 billions of dollars overnight lol
Still think they should have let Steve Pags buy the team. It just shows there is no loyalty towards the minority owner. There could have been some type of compromise. And the fans wanted Pags if Wycs Trust wasn't going to be the governor.
I wish we could go back to real basketball!! You know where a team is run by the entire network not just superstars and ownership! I wish The jays would be used as the weapons they actually ARE and have them embrace those roles!!! I wish we could go back to traditional basketball where a PG ran the offense and everyone actually has a real playbook to run plays in certain situations!!!! Clearly NOT in Boston!!! Tatums out sooo we cant compete for a championship!! Yay!!! 😂
I’m so sick of the LeBron James and Steph Curry era. No offense to those guys, but this past 20 years has belong to them and the NBA it’s not doing a great job advertising their other stars. It just feels overdone at this point.
Think of this as advertising… that was agreed to when the team was sold. The advertising was designed to “ sell” the fans that everything is happy…. There will be no changes…the team will be as competitive as ever…..It is exactly what the Dallas mavericks did and what the lakers just did….both the buyer and seller knew that this NBA ruling would come out….. when they made the agreement….
Everyone first reaction will be chainsaw chisolm and head of private equity and its gonna be a money making scheme etc. I’d urge people to remember wyc was here to bring us to the new era. That era came much quicker than planned due to jaysons injury and brads cap moves.. this isn’t things going wrong it’s just them happening faster than expected. We won’t know if bill is gonna spend until he actually can. Well find out soon. They had to do what they did.
I feel your frustration John 😞
This is ANOTHER video in AUGUST where your INTERN has to CAPITALIZE every third WORD for the ALGORITHM and it MAKES my eyes WATER every single TIME. Love the SHIRT, by the WAY.
I’m not happy about an owner change but it could be worse. Sad that I feel that way, but owners so often remind us that this is a business first.
What I want to know is does JB have a future in kickboxing?
Keeps getting harder to be a fan of NBA and the Celtics. Clearly their goal is to annoy their fans into abandonment!! What else could it be?
I kinda disagree with you both on the second segment, or at least, see it from a different angle.
Wyc and Pags must really have a strained relationship for Wyc to prefer doing business with Chisholm out of left field who clearly didn’t have the funding ready yet. I don’t put that on Bill, moreso Wyc and to a lesser extent, Pags
Smooth Double Dribble Tee JK
Opening Night vs the Knicks. Again. Anyway has anyone seen the start times for these Cup games this year? I already hated the whole idea but 11pm EST on a weeknight? 5pm EST? Lame.
Thanks John & Tom ☘️🔒
15:40 i would've been happy with pags 🙃