It can be easy to forget that the players we watch take the court in the NBA are also real people with distinct personalities and values off the court we only see a glimpse of in their job as NBA players. Even the owner of the Boston Celtics Bill Chisholm has evidently found himself reminded of the humanity of the people making up the roster of the team he bought this year, a team he himself grew up rooting for.And when Chisholm made a recent appearence on NBC Sports Boston’s pregame show ahead of the Celtics’ 126-105 win vs. the Los Angeles Lakers at TD Garden this past Friday (Dec. 5) night, “getting a sense that these guys are real people and pretty special people” stood out the most as something he didn’t think about before buying the team.”I mean, the best of the best athletically, but these are good people,” added the Celtics majority owner. “And I think, when (Celtics President of Basketball Operations) Brad (Stevens) and (Boston head 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.””(Their) role is like— having been the best player you know in any every level— and then you come here, and you’re like, ‘Okay, I’m going to be complimentary to to Jaylen (Brown) or Derrick (White) or (Jayson Tatum),’ and their willingness to do that — these are pretty special people in so many ways.”.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}Listen to “Havlicek Stole the Pod” on:Spotify: https://tiny.ee/CdKpiTunes: https://tiny.ee/RK47YouTube: https://tiny.ee/cOW3This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Special people in so many ways: What Bill Chisholm thinks of his Celtics