Brad Stevens reacts to Celtics’ impending sale

The Boston Celtics are up for sale, and one of the people that could be affected by new ownership the most is their president of basketball operations, Brad Stevens.

While meeting with reporters at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Stevens was asked about the coming sale of the Celtics from Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C., and how the process might affect him in the coming years. He seemed a bit amused by the question, and based on his answer, he doesn't believe it will change much for him or the C's - in the short-term, at least.

"I mean, I learned not long before everybody else did that [the sale] was gonna happen," Stevens said (h/t Noa Dalzell). "Listen, obviously I'm very thankful for Wyc [Grousbeck] and his family and everything they've done, and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens from here. Don't want to get too far into the weeds of it all.

"But, how does it affect us? It doesn't, really, right now. I mean, from the standpoint of the corporate side or basketball operations, we're just head down, doing what we think is best for the now of the Celtics and the future of the Celtics, and we're lucky we've got a good team."

The Celtics have a long list of founding investors and owners within the total ownership group, but the Grousbeck family leads the way. Wyc Grousbeck is expected to stay on as governor of the team through 2028, but said in a recent interview on CNBC that he expects about half of ownership's stake in the team to be sold off relatively soon, with the other half coming down the road.

Stevens may be secure in his job and how he operates for now, and especially while Wyc Grousbeck is still around. But once new ownership comes into the picture, could Stevens' status in the organization change? It's hard to believe that he could be on his way out the door once new owners head in, considering the job he's done as president of basketball ops, building the team's first championship roster since 2008.

But these things are unpredictable. New owners tend to have their own vision of things for the company they're acquiring. The current front office shouldn't be considered a guarantee to be a part of that.

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Still, any other major changes beyond the sale itself appear to be months, if not years away. For now, the Celtics are the defending champions, and they're running it back with a good chance to repeat as NBA champions in 2025, sale or no sale.

Matt Dolloff is a writer and digital content producer for 98.5 The Sports Hub. Read all of his articles here.