BOSTON (AP) – The rebuilding Boston Celtics won’t ask most season ticket holders to pay more for their seats in the 2004-05 season.

Most prices will remain the same, and some of the approximately 10,000 season ticket holders will see decreases, should they decide to buy again. Team officials acknowledge that on-court performance affects ticket prices. The Celtics on Tuesday were 31-40, one game out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, with 11 games remaining.

“It would be difficult to have any significant price adjustments in a year like we’ve had this year,” said Rich Gotham, executive vice president of sales. “We’re excited that the direction is strong. In order to get to the next level, we needed to make some changes.”

Boston’s several trades included sending high-scoring Antoine Walker to Dallas for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills and a first-round pick next season.

For next season, the team is creating two new pricing categories, $170 seats and $50 seats. It is lowering its $80 seats to $75, its $62 seats to $60, and its $36 seats to $35. There will be about 100 of the $170 seats.

In total, 4,700 seats will be cheaper, and prices will increase on 350 seats, Gotham said. There will be 1,600 $10 seats per game available next year, which is among the best in the NBA, the team said.

Ticket prices range from $10 per game to $700 per game for a court-side seat.

One season ticket for a court-side seat costs $30,100 this year and next.

The team has not set prices for individual game seats.