Joe Mazzulla Details Conversation With Celtics’ Next Owner

The Boston Celtics are set to enter a new era after Thursday, and fans heard from a key member Friday.

William Chisholm agreed to buy the C’s for $6.1 billion, a record for a North American pro sports franchise. Chisholm and Wyc Grousbeck offered their comments about the transaction and a glimpse of what fans can expect during the transition until 2028.

Head coach Joe Mazzulla did his weekly radio spot on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Zolak and Bertrand” and offered his first comments since the franchise’s record sale.

“Just spoke to him yesterday briefly,” Mazzulla said of Chisholm, per MassLive’s Souichi Terada. “But it was a good conversation. I think it’s twofold. I think you’re grateful for what our ownership has done up until this point and it kind of goes back to what we’ve always talked about is the Celtics have always been in great hands. People who have either coached, played, owned it, been a part of it have left it in a different better place.

“I think Wyc and (Steve Pagliuca) have done that, and now we transition kind of into Bill and his group and Wyc will still be in there. But it’s great that we have someone that is from the area and has a passion and commitment to just keep pushing the Celtics forward, just trying to be the best that it could be. He shares that and looking forward to kind of building our relationship with him.”

Mazzulla also offered brief comments in response to co-owner Steve Pagliuca’s fiery response to the sale. However, the Celtics head coach affirmed the team will continue to move forward with the hopes of achieving their goals as an organization.