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On this day: John Y. Brown attends first game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the anniversary of the final chapter of one of the more odd tales in Boston Celtics history happens to fall and is therefore especially apropos for the first day of the new year.

In 1979, the new owner of the storied franchise, John Y. Brown, attended his very first game as the Celtics’ owner. That in and of itself is nothing especially remarkable, but Brown — former owner of the team which later became the Los Angeles Clippers — had just recently finalized the only “trade” of a franchise in league (and possibly all) history.

To say it another way, from a strictly legal point of view, the Celtics of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, and KC Jones are actually the Clippers.

On this day: John Y. Brown attends first game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the anniversary of the final chapter of one of the more odd tales in Boston Celtics history happens to fall and is therefore especially apropos for the first day of the new year.

In 1979, the new owner of the storied franchise, John Y. Brown, attended his very first game as the Celtics’ owner. That in and of itself is nothing especially remarkable, but Brown — former owner of the team which later became the Los Angeles Clippers — had just recently finalized the only “trade” of a franchise in league (and possibly all) history.

To say it another way, from a strictly legal point of view, the Celtics of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, and KC Jones are actually the Clippers.

Former Boston Celtics owner John Y. Brown passes at age 88

Former Boston Celtics owner and Governor of the state of Kentucky John Y Brown has passed away at the age of 88 after battling complications from COVID-19.

Former Boston Celtics owner and onetime Kentucky Gov. John Y Brown has passed away at the age of 88 after battling complications from COVID-19 according to new reporting from the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader’s Austin Horn and Janet Patton.

A Democrat who served as governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, Brown was the son of United States Rep. John Y. Brown Sr., who also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House and as a member of the state legislature for over three decades. An early investor in fast food out of law school, Brown bought Kentucky Fried Chicken with Jack C. Massey for $2 million, selling it in 1973 for $284 million.

The future Kentucky governor used his proceeds to buy some or all of multiple professional sports teams, including the Celtics, the Buffalo Braves and the ABA’s Kentucky Colonels.

Rest in peace.

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On this day, John Y. Brown attends 1st game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

On this day falls the anniversary of the final chapter of one of the more odd tales in Boston Celtics history, and apropos for the first day of the new year.

In 1979, new Celtics owner John Y. Brown attended his first game as team owner. That in and of itself is nothing especially remarkable, but Brown – former owner of the team which became the Los Angeles Clippers – had just recently finalized the only “trade” of a franchise in league (and possibly all) history. To say it another way, from a strictly legal point of view, the Celtics of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones are actually the Clippers.

On this day: Braves, Celtics swap franchises; Al Horford signs

On this day in 1978, the Boston Celtics swapped franchises with the Buffalo Braves (yes, really!), and Al Horford signed with the team in 2016.

On this day in 1978, one of the weirdest chapters of Boston Celtics history unfolded as the Celtics became the Buffalo Braves and the Braves the Celtics.

Confused? You should be — it is perhaps the only time in the history of major North American professional sports that franchise owners swapped ownership of their respective franchises in a move that has largely been forgotten by fans, buried by the sands of time.

Boston’s owner at the time — Irv Levin — wanted to move to the west coast, but there was no way the NBA would approve a move for the Celtics to go there with him.

Instead, one the suggestion of NBA lawyer and future commissioner David Stern, he pitched Buffalo’s owner, John Y. Brown, to swap franchises, and Brown agreed.

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