A majority stake within the Celtics is up for grabs and CNBC senior sports activities reporter Michael Ozanian expects it to promote for a record-breaking worth.
The very best NBA sale worth on a staff is at present $4 billion from 2022, when Mat Ishbia purchased the Suns from Robert Sarver.
The Celtics are a much more beneficial staff since successful the 2024 NBA Championship and their lengthy historical past of success.
Boston Basketball Companions LLC, led by Wyc Grousbeck, wasted no time after successful the chip, by saying the intent to promote a majority stake simply weeks afterward.
Ozanian has given perception into how he thinks it’ll all go, per an unique interview with NBCU Native.
“Nicely, I feel what’s attention-grabbing about that is that the present proprietor, Wyc Grousbeck, has mentioned that the sale goes to occur over a number of years,” Ozanian mentioned. “So, I feel if it have been to occur over three-to-four years, that’s a bonus towards getting a better worth as a result of the group shopping for the staff just isn’t going to must put down all the cash directly, they’re not going to must finance it all of sudden.”
He additionally touched on the truth that the timing league’s new media rights deal, which was solely not too long ago finalized, may be very lucky.
“The opposite factor is, and the timing was superb, was that as we all know, the NBA simply received a brand new nationwide media deal — which is I take into consideration 2.7 occasions its earlier media deal, even accounting for the truth that it’s going to share some with the WNBA,” Ozanian mentioned.
He added, “You need to suppose that the Celtics are going to promote for a minimum of $6 to $7 billion,” Ozanian mentioned. “The Celtics don’t function their area, the world that they play in is operated by the Boston Bruins possession group, however they do have some distinctive advertising and sponsorship actions within the area, which helped them.”
Experiences about individuals like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Fenway Sports activities Group’s John Henry have been about, although the Bezos rumors have been disputed by a supply near the matter.
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