Celtics Owner Bill Chisholm Fires Cheap Shot at Warriors Fans as Hatred Laid Bare in Honest Admission

New Boston Celtics owner Bill Chisholm didn’t hide his feelings toward the Golden State Warriors during a recent interview where he talked about NBA fan culture.

Appearing on the “White Noise Podcast” with Celtics guard Derrick White, Chisholm suggested that Golden State’s fans lack the intensity seen in Boston.

The billionaire claimed that Celtics fans feel losses more deeply in their everyday lives, while Warriors fans can easily shrug them off.

“I don't like the Warriors,” he said, “but the Warriors, for people that live there, great, and they've been very successful. But people go to the game, they go home, and they have their dinner, and the Warriors win, lose, that's fine. You got other things -- you go to the beach, do whatever, go up to Tahoe.

“Celtics lose, and people are like depressed. On Friday, I was like, ‘I just can't wait for Sunday now, because that was tough.’ And, like, people—it's different. People really internalize it here."

Both franchises stand among the league’s elite. Golden State secured its seventh championship by topping Boston in the 2022 Finals, while the Celtics hold a record 18 titles, their most recent coming in 2024.

This season, despite lowered expectations without Jayson Tatum, Boston has maintained a winning standard and sits among the top three teams in the East. The Warriors, even as their core nears the later stage of its prime, continue to contend in a tough Western Conference.

Bill Chisholm praises Celtics organization

The Boston Celtics were purchased for more than $6.1 billion by a group led by private equity executive Bill Chisholm, with the NBA approving the historic sale in August 2025, marking the priciest transaction for an American sports franchise.

Earlier this month, Chisholm offered strong praise for how the Celtics front office operates.

"These are good people," he said (per Celtics Wire). "And I think, when (Celtics president of basketball operations) Brad (Stevens) and (coach) Joe (Mazzulla) put the team together, they put together a team.

"And you realize how important that is," Chisholm elaborated. "And everyone on the team buying into what they're doing."

The Celtics have climbed to the No. 3 seed in the East on the strength of a five-game winning streak led by Jaylen Brown. Whether Tatum returns this season remains undecided, but with the conference wide open, Boston has not ruled out the possibility.