The NBA’s Board of Governors is “expected to approve Bill Chisholm’s bid to buy the Celtics" when it meets this week. The balance will close in 2028 and current majority owner Wyc Grousbeck is “expected to remain in control until then.” Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens said that Chisholm has “remained upbeat and has been a supportive voice during this challenging stretch” in which the team had to cut ties with multiple veterans to get under the NBA’s second apron. Stevens said, “Wyc is obviously still the governor and has been obviously very, very active. But I think Bill has been in pretty much every meeting or Zoom that we’ve had with the governors and ownership and everything else.” Stevens: “He didn’t take over at the easiest of times when you talk about the second apron issues that we talked about the other day, and [F Jayson Tatum’s] injury, and everything else. But he’s so level-headed and he’s got such a good way about him. I’m really excited to have him around" (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/12).
Stevens lauds Chisholm as Celtics purchase nears approval
