Brad Stevens staying out of Celtics sale

Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens said he is "going to stay totally out of" the ongoing process by team owners to sell their majority stake. Stevens said he is "thankful to the Grousbecks, to Wyc and Irv and everything they’ve done for all of us." He added they will "run their process," and he does not "know who’s all involved." Stevens said of co-owner Steve Pagliuca, who plans to bid for the majority stake in the Celtics, "I love working with him. At the same time, I’m not going to be the one involved in the bidding process at all. So I’m just staying out of it." Stevens said the basketball side has "really tried to be basketball operations, just stay the course, do what we’ve talked about and planned for a long, long time, and just keep doing what we’re doing." He said the sales process is "going to be interesting to watch, for sure” (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/10).