Props to Wyc Grousbeck, Boston Celtics Managing Partner

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is often heralded--and deservedly so--for directly interacting with fans. I can attest to that. We have exchanged very lengthy, substantive e-mails in regards to age limits for the NBA Draft. Though we don't agree on the subject, I greatly admire him for taking the time to converse with me. It's not like I am a fellow NBA owner or someone of any wealth or power (and unfortunately, being a law professor is probably not a good track to becoming a fellow NBA owner). Cuban just likes the debate, and he doesn't care who he is debating with, so long as that person brings substantive points to the table. His blog, Blog Maverick, further evidences that point.

But Mark Cuban isn't the only owner like that. Meet Boston Celtics Managing Partner Wyc Grousbeck. I met Wyc at a Harvard Business School function last spring, as Professor Stephen Greyser and the Business of Sports Club hosted him. I couldn't believe how much of a regular guy he seemed, and how willing he was to answer any question, and to be candid and critical of his own team. So it is not surprising that Grousbeck has been answering fan e-mail on Celtics Blog, and doing so in an equally honest way. Check it out -- I wish more sports team owners were like Mark Cuban and Wyc Grousbeck: accessible, thoughtful, sincere, and down-to-earth.

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