Celtics fans might have a little extra motivation to root for the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

The Eagles are getting ready to head back to the big game for the fourth time under Jeffrey Lurie’s ownership. While the 73-year-old will have most of his focus on New Orleans where his team will try to win its second Super Bowl, he’ll also presumably be monitoring what’s going on in Boston.

Lurie, a Boston native, is reportedly in the mix to buy the Celtics. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons dropped an update about the C’s impending sale during his podcast Sunday night and followed up with a tweet.

“Here’s a little tidbit: The Celtics, it was one of the first round of the buyers, they had to cut down all the prospective buyers. … Four or five people (made the first) round, and one of the people was the Eagles owner, Jeffrey Lurie, who’s apparently from Massachusetts,” Simmons said on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” on Sunday night.

Lurie’s inclusion in the sweepstakes shouldn’t come as much surprise. Not only was he born in the area, but he stayed in the area, earning degrees from a trio of New England schools: Clark University in Worcester, Mass., Boston University and Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. As Simmons noted, Lurie’s first real business play was founding Chestnut Hill Productions.

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He built considerable wealth and is now worth a reported $5.3 billion. It’s unclear whether Lurie is largely heading the effort himself or is part of a larger group. The Celtics sale price could end up in the neighborhood of $6 billion, even though the Celtics don’t own their building.

The Boston Globe reported earlier this month that the first round of bids were due Jan. 23.

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