BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics are expecting a smooth ownership transition — and not just because much of the old brain trust is sticking around.

New owner Bill Chisholm says he isn't going to mess with the success of the people who won two NBA championships in their 23 years in charge.

“Let’s do whatever we can to win championships and raise banners, and raise as many as we can,” he said in a news conference on Thursday, flanked by former lead owner Wyc Grousbeck, incumbent president Rich Gotham and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens. “I will do whatever it takes, whatever the Boston Celtics need me to do.”

A Massachusetts native who made his money in private equity, Chisholm leads a group that will pay at least $6.1 billion for the Celtics — at the time, a record pric

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