All summer long, there has been speculation with who will buy the Boston Celtics. As of today, it sounds like we now know for sure that Fenway Sports Group will not be in the running.
According to Dave Powell of the “Liverpool Echo,” LeBron James, John Henry, and Co. will be keeping their sights set on a new Las Vegas NBA expansion franchise, rather than the historic one in Boston.
“But during the summer the Boston Celtics NBA team, the current NBA champions no less, were put up for sale by Wyc Grousbeck, and given FSG’s strong ties to the city, with its base being in Boston, there was much rumor and conjecture around a potential bid by the Reds’ owners for the Celtics, with the New York Post claiming that there was significant interest.