A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun and move the team to Boston, according to a person familiar with the sale.

On Saturday, the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn and the Associated Press reported that Boston Celtics minority ogovernor Steve Pagliuca was leading an ownership group that planned to buy the Connecticut Sun for $325 million and move the franchise to Boston starting in the 2027 season.

Pagliuca is a minority governor of the Celtics and was one of the major bidders to purchase the team when the Wyc Grousbeck group put the team up for sale. Instead, Bill Chisholm led a group that purchased the team for $6.1 billion.