Following the news that the sale of the Celtics was finalized on Tuesday, allowing Bill Chisholm to take over control of the franchise, Steve Pagliuca took to social media to release a statement congratulating the new ownership group.

The group led by former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca is reportedly working with the Connecticut Sun's current owners, the Mohegan tribal nation, to salvage the sale of the team with the WNBA,

The sale of the Boston Celtics was finalized on Tuesday, with private equity mogul Bill Chisholm taking over control of the NBA’s most-decorated franchise from a group led by Wyc Grousbeck that had owned them for more than two decades.