Celtics Buy Red Claws

Brian Robb
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
about 1 hour ago
Celtics announce they have reached an agreement to purchase the Maine Red Claws.

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I guess I already thought that the Cs had "owned" their only minor league affiliate already.

Kind of makes me wonder why they are only purchasing now after so many years of having the Red Claws
"in the family".

I'll ask my son. He sees the prior RC owner regularly.

Odd, I also thought they had been purchased a few years back. I wonder if maybe there had just been talk and now some of us non younger folks are just misremembering things.

I'm with you, wideclyde. I thought that was a given! Looks like Danny had a little extra that he wasn't going to spend on FA's, etc.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Red_Claws

Franchise history

On February 25, 2009, the NBA G-League awarded the city of Portland, Maine, with an expansion franchise.[5] On July 21, 2009, the Red Claws announced Austin Ainge as the first head coach of the team.[6] During the 2009–10 season, the Red Claws were the only D-League team to sell out all 24 of their home games. This streak continued until the 2011–12 season, ending the streak at 48 consecutive games.

On June 21, 2012, the Red Claws announced that they had entered a hybrid affiliation with the Boston Celtics, making the Celtics the Red Claws' sole affiliate.[7][8]

The Red Claws made their first play-off appearance on April 11, 2013, in a 118–120 loss to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the first game of a three-game series.[9][10]

On July 16, 2014, the Red Claws announced that Mike Taylor would not return for a third season as the team's head coach. He had a 45–55 record as coach over two seasons with the team.[11] He was replaced by Canadian Scott Morrison after 11 seasons as the head coach of Lakehead University's Lakehead Thunderwolves. Morrison spent the 2013–14 season as a D-League assistant.[12]

On June 21, 2017, Brad Stevens, Boston Celtics head coach, named him as an assistant coach with the Celtics.[13]

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At first, the Red Claws were shared by the Celtics and the Bobcats (now Hornets).  That changed in 2012.

I just spoke with my son who is friends with the Red Claws now former owner. My son was surprised to hear of it and said that the father of the Red Claws former owner owns TD Garden where the Celtics and Bruins play! So I guess the family is not hurting for money.

Delaware North owns the Garden. Jeremy Jacobs is the CEO. However Maine Basketball, LLC owned the Red Claws, and it is chaired by William Ryan, Jr. Maybe a Jacobs was the underlying owner. My son was busy at work and had to jump off the line before I could ask more questions.