Plenty of eyes will be on the Celtics sale and who ends up buying them. The new owner will obviously have significant say in the future of the C’s going forward. As seen around the league, owners could have other motives for buying the C’s aside from the on-court product. So that’s likely why Brown spoke about the commitment to winning.

After the trade of star Dallas Mavericks wing Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for big man Anthony Davis and the deal that sent De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs for Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine in a three-team deal,

When the Celtics were in the thick of their rebuild, with piles of assets and big dreams, they were connected to just about every big star who became available on the trade market.