Jeff Bezos interested in buying Celtics as NBA eyes $6 billion: Bill Simmons
NY Post
After a failed pursuit of the NFL’s Washington Commanders, Jeff Bezos has turned his eyes to one of the NBA’s top franchises.
The Amazon founder is interested in buying the Boston Celtics, Bill Simmons said Monday on his podcast, with the Grousbeck family wanting to sell the team after it won an NBA championship in June.
“In the last few days there’s been some I think legitimate buzz about Jeff Bezos buying the Celtics, and I think it’s real. I think he’s gonna be one of the suitors,” Simmons said. “Which got me thinking, why would Jeff Bezos, when he’s looking at the Celtics, what is he seeing? What does he want? I think the only way it makes sense — I mean, granted, he has a gajillion dollars — but it’s one of the crown-jewel franchises, right? That’s why you get it. To him it’d be no different than if he bought this famous, gigantic, $300 million yacht. But I think it’s real that he’s potentially in the mix for this.”
Simmons also said the NBA wants the Celtics to sell for $6 billion, as that is their target fee for expansion teams.
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