This is in response to Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti denying the team's sale to Pags' group as the WNBA pushed back on the team relocating to Boston.

The Celtics minority owner will have to overcome a competing bid from Marc Lasry's Avenue Capital Group that plans to keep the Sun in Connecticut.

Steve Pagliuca has confirmed his Boston-based group's interest in purchasing the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. In a statement issued Sunday night, the group acknowledged that no deal has been reached with the Mohegan Tribe and that his "record-setting offer" remains subject to league approval.