A group headed by Bill Chisholm is set to take control of the Boston Celtics after the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale on Wednesday.

The consensus on how Boston will play in the 2025-26 NBA regular season has been a borderline playoff ball club at best, and a lottery team at worst.

BOSTON (AP) — The NBA on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the Boston Celtics to a group led by private equity mogul Bill Chisholm, a deal that values the franchise at more than $6.1 billion — the largest ever for an American professional sports team.

The NBA began rolling out its schedule for the 2025-26 season, and there is a general framework of the important dates on the upcoming calendar. Training camps are still far in the distance, but the league ramps up soon.

The NBA released the schedule for the NBA Cup and the Nets now know when they will be playing all of their opponents within East Group B bracket. Brooklyn will be in the same group as the Detroit Pistons,

The Oklahoma City Thunder felt slighted last season when they were left off the NBA’s Christmas schedule. That won’t be an issue this year. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the NBA champion Thunder will be working at home for Christmas this season,

The 2025-26 NBA season will officially kick off with a pair of marquee Western Conference matchups. The NBA announced on Tuesday that the season will begin on Oct. 21 with a doubleheader on NBC and Peacock.