Could One of the World’s Most Well-Known Businessmen Be the Next Owner of the Celtics?

The Boston Celtics have been for sale for nearly two months and a new buyer for the team has not been determined yet.

Many names throughout the sports world from Tom Brady to Dana White have been mentioned as potential candidates.

A new name has started to gain traction as the next potential owner for the Celtics: Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.

A MassLive article written by Brian Robb included quotes made by Bill Simmons on a recent episode of his podcast .

“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,” said Simmons. “Which got me thinking, Jeff Bezos when he’s looking at the Celtics, what is he seeing? What does he want? And I think the only way it makes sense is that it’s one of the crown jewel franchises. That’s why you get it. To him, it would be no different than if you bought this famous gigantic $300 million yacht but I think it’s real that he’s potentially in the mix for this.”

Simmons elaborated on Bezos' potential to make a record-setting purchase of the Celtics, making it easier for the NBA to expand.

“The league wants $6 billion for the Celtics (sale),” Simmons said. “They don’t own their arena. It’s a crazy price but they are probably going to get it. There’s that. They want the $6 billion because they want expansion teams in Seattle and Vegas. They want to get $6 billion a piece for the two franchises for expansion, which would mean a check for $400 million dollars for all 30 NBA owners.

“The Grousbeck family, the dad (Irv Grousbeck) is driving the sale. He’s 90, he’s a legend. He’s going to 25 times what he paid for the team. He just wants the highest price. He doesn’t care (about the local guys). He wants the biggest price he can possibly get.”

Bezos has not made any public comments on the subject.