After winning the NBA Finals two weeks ago, the Boston Celtics majority family owners Wyc Grousbeck and his father, Irv, have decided to sell their ownership shares of the team.

The news broke in the middle of announcing the re-signings of Derrick White and Jayson Tatum and a day after re-signing Luke Kornet and Neemias Queta. Not to mention re-signing Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday within the last season, as well.

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix joined Jones & Mego on WEEI to discuss what could be next for the Celtics after Grousbeck announced his plans to sell the team.

Chris Mannix tries to explain the future possibilities of the next ownership group of the #Celtics, as Wyc Grousbeck and the ownership group announced the team is up for sale.

Mannix: “keep an eye on that casino money.”
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— The Celtics Files (@CelticsFiles) July 2, 2024

Mannix suggests to keep an eye on the “casino money” from Wynn Resorts (Encore Boston) in Everett as a possible buyer of the team.

This sale could relocate the Celtics to their own building in Everett next to the casino. It’ll also give the future of the team the option to have a WNBA team someday, which is something that Boston has wanted for some time.

There’s way too many logistics involved with this to try to hypothesize what could happen to this team in the near future.

What we do know for sure is that Grousbeck is going to be involved until the final closing of the sale, which could take up to 2028.

This news was certainly unexpected to hear as the Celtics re-signed many of their players this offseason and appeared to be running their business as usual in the couple of weeks after a championship parade.

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