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00:00 - Didn't you want Brad to keep those draft picks?

00:02 - No.

00:03 - Didn't you want him to keep those picks?

00:06 You didn't want him to give away two first round picks.

00:09 No, Josue, come on.

00:11 - This is what it looks like when your GM goes all in, Max.

00:14 All right, he put all the chips on the table.

00:16 Yup, he said, yup, yup, this is it.

00:19 Taylor, Brown, this is it.

00:21 This is as good as it's gonna get.

00:22 Y'all better get it done.

00:24 - I'm out.

00:25 I'm like they say in the casino,

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00:31 I'm all in.

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01:09 - All right, another episode of the Cedric Maxwell Podcast.

01:14 I am Josue Pavone.

01:15 He is Cedric Maxwell, the boss of Celtics.

01:17 Kicked off the regular season and man, already 2-0.

01:21 I know it's early, Max.

01:22 I know Celtics fans are excited,

01:24 but we're gonna talk them through

01:26 what went through Friday night.

01:27 The home opener, of course, the Boston Celtics

01:29 opening up against the Miami Heat.

01:32 I mean, the season started in New York,

01:33 but to see them tip things off in Boston

01:36 against a team that they lost to

01:38 in the Eastern Conference Finals,

01:39 it was still special though, right, Max?

01:41 I mean, these are two very slightly different teams,

01:43 but at the same time,

01:44 that passion was certainly still there.

01:46 - Yeah, it was.

01:47 And it's really strange

01:49 because I think in the last eight or nine games,

01:52 the home team hasn't really won games.

01:55 It's been more about the road team.

01:57 - The road team, yeah.

01:58 - And look for a while, for a minute,

02:01 you could watch the Celtics, the way they were playing,

02:03 they had some difficulty.

02:05 Jalen Brown started out a little shaky with the handle

02:08 and people were already up in arms.

02:11 We threw one away and then threw another one away

02:14 and then threw,

02:14 then you had four turnovers at one point.

02:17 But then he got his act together

02:18 and he knocked down some shots, hit some big shots.

02:21 Brissett came in off the bench, he was really good.

02:24 He was a high energy type guy.

02:28 So, you know, you look at Joe Mazzullo,

02:31 people said, "Well, where's your bench?"

02:34 Well, the opportunity is gonna be there

02:36 for those guys who are going to be able to play

02:39 like the Brissetts,

02:41 like the Peyton Pritchett's of the world.

02:44 They're gonna get their opportunities

02:45 and will they cash in?

02:46 That's gonna be huge,

02:47 but overall, it was good performance.

02:50 I think people were excited about the big fella.

02:55 They get, it seemed like they get more excited right now

02:57 when they talked about Przingis,

02:59 when he had his ovation when he came in

03:01 and Drew Holliday still learning his offense.

03:05 You said that before, learning his offense,

03:08 learning where he fits in.

03:09 But the thing he had, he had 10 rebounds in that game.

03:13 And one in particular I remember was a huge rebound.

03:17 They was able to get away from Kevin Love

03:19 and the Suffolks way to get a little bit more separation

03:21 because of that.

03:22 - Right.

03:24 And I always say, man, when this team is playing,

03:27 you know, when the defense is triggering the offense,

03:28 like that's when you know it's gonna be a long night

03:31 for the opposing team.

03:32 And you know what, Miami Heat, they hung around.

03:34 I mean, the Suffolks did finally strike back,

03:38 I felt like, you know, in the before halftime.

03:40 I thought Jalen Brown had a lot,

03:41 had something to do with that,

03:42 especially in the second half,

03:43 but you saw the difference that Brissett made

03:45 when he was grabbing those, what,

03:47 two, three offensive rebounds in the first five minutes.

03:50 I mean, creating those extra opportunities,

03:52 you know, making the Miami Heat defense

03:54 sink right back into the defensive stance.

03:56 I mean, all of that adds up,

03:58 especially against a team like the Miami Heat,

03:59 where they're trying to piggyback off your mistakes.

04:03 You know, when you're giving them,

04:04 when you're giving yourself second chance opportunities

04:06 and you're making them work harder,

04:07 that's when you start to see the cracks.

04:08 And I feel like the Suffolks just capitalizing

04:10 on those opportunities, man.

04:12 That is really the difference when you play Miami.

04:15 Miami plays with the margins.

04:18 Their margins are,

04:19 they're not gonna turn the ball over as much as you.

04:21 They're not gonna let you get second chance opportunities,

04:25 but the Suffolks were able to crack that a little bit

04:27 and get those second chance opportunities

04:29 and make some steals.

04:31 Jalen Brown had the huge steal

04:33 in the third quarter, Suffolks score,

04:36 and then he runs to the pass lane on the inbounds play,

04:39 dunks the basketball,

04:40 and the place just got that much more hyped.

04:44 And so you like that.

04:46 And I don't think Jason Tatum had a Jason Tatum type game

04:50 in a few shots, but he didn't,

04:52 he wasn't like all world.

04:54 So I think it was a combination of,

04:56 it was a good win for a Suffolk team coming home.

04:59 - And that's what I love about this team right now, man.

05:01 I know it's early, like I said at the top,

05:03 but I feel like it's gonna be that type of team

05:05 where like on any given night,

05:07 you don't know who's gonna be leading that team

05:08 to score, right?

05:09 The game, the season opener, it was Tatum, right?

05:12 But Port Sings wasn't that far behind

05:14 and he had a whole lot to do with closing the door

05:16 on his former team in New York, right?

05:18 The 30 point debut for the Celtics, right?

05:21 Tatum lead the way, led the way with 35,

05:23 but then it's Derek White,

05:25 Florida with a triple double against the Miami Heat,

05:27 28 points.

05:29 Man, just giving these dudes the business, man,

05:31 on both ends of the floor, that block against Jimmy.

05:33 - Wait a minute, Josue.

05:37 Didn't you want Brad to keep those draft picks?

05:41 - No.

05:41 - Didn't you want him to keep those picks?

05:44 You didn't want him to give away two first round picks.

05:47 No, Josue, come on.

05:49 - This is what it looks like

05:50 when your GM goes all in, Max, all right?

05:53 He put all the chips on the table.

05:55 Yup, he said, yup, yup, this is it.

05:57 Tatum, Brown, this is it.

05:59 This is as good as it's gonna get.

06:00 Y'all better get it done.

06:02 - I'm like they say in the casino

06:04 when I'm playing Texas Hold'em,

06:07 I'm all in, you're going, whoa, whoa.

06:09 - I'm all in.

06:10 - Look at your hand and go,

06:12 oh yeah, this guy's bluffing or he got something.

06:15 And I look at the subject team,

06:17 this isn't a bluff team.

06:19 This is a really good basketball team from top to bottom.

06:23 I like the way they're coached.

06:25 They're bringing in new mouthpieces

06:28 like the Sam Cassell's of the world.

06:30 You got Dan Gundy's in the back office.

06:33 So they have a combination of things

06:36 that are going really well for this team.

06:38 And the only thing that strikes fear in me

06:42 is getting everyone to be your main guys out

06:44 for a considerable amount of time.

06:46 If you can stay healthy this year,

06:49 then I think your opportunity goes up 10-fold.

06:52 - That's what I think too, man.

06:54 Because right now I feel like when you look across the NBA

06:56 and teams are just starting to start things back up again,

07:00 it feels like the Southerners are,

07:01 maybe I'm a little biased here.

07:02 We see a little more Southerners more than other teams,

07:04 but they seem a bit ahead.

07:06 They seem ahead of these teams

07:07 that are right out of the gates, you know what I mean?

07:10 In terms of their continuity, in terms of their focus.

07:12 I mean, look, it's still early.

07:14 I still gotta, maybe I should pull up the brakes here.

07:17 - Yeah, you know what Michael Felker would call you?

07:21 He would call you a green teamer.

07:23 - I knew you were gonna say that.

07:24 Yeah, I feel that.

07:26 - Green teamer right now.

07:28 - No, no, because trust me, Max.

07:31 You and Bobby Manning, the green teamers,

07:34 the green teamers there.

07:35 But I think that you have a right to look at this team

07:39 and we'll see how they are in a month.

07:40 Let's judge in a month's period of time,

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08:19 - The Washington Wizards, they actually beat the,

08:25 they beat the Memphis Grizzlies, but it was an ugly game.

08:29 Like that's another, I mean,

08:31 the Grizzlies are out to an O and three stars,

08:33 so maybe it's a bad example, but like I'm watching,

08:35 this is, okay, maybe I should've started with this.

08:38 I'm on the league pass thing right now,

08:41 you know, the first week is always free, you know,

08:43 so I'm watching a whole lot of basketball,

08:45 so maybe I'm just, yeah,

08:45 I'm maybe getting too ahead of myself

08:47 because I'm getting to see the other games right away,

08:49 and I'm jumping into it, but this Memphis,

08:54 this Memphis Grizzlies team looked awful.

08:56 If the Celtics go up there,

08:58 oh, they're already there, right?

08:59 You guys already touched out.

09:00 If they beat the brakes off the Wizards,

09:03 then I'm gonna be like, hmm, okay,

09:05 maybe I'm onto something here,

09:06 but if it's a close game, then I'm like,

09:08 all right, Max is right, I'm getting ahead of myself.

09:11 - Yeah, I mean, but road games are always tough anyway.

09:14 So you got road game.

09:15 You got road game coming up, you go home,

09:18 then you got Brooklyn, in Brooklyn,

09:20 you have Toronto, in Toronto,

09:22 so you got some tough games here

09:25 that teams are gonna want to get in

09:27 and they wanna play well.

09:28 So I think you need to look this over,

09:30 and like I said, a month's period of time,

09:32 you give me 30 days here,

09:34 and I can tell you a lot better

09:36 how this team is performing.

09:38 Right now, good, but sample size.

09:43 - Tiny sample size, that's true.

09:46 Yeah, that's true, that's true.

09:48 You know what, Max, you did?

09:49 You gave me your, you tell me about Drew Holliday

09:53 and what he means to this team so far.

09:55 We like what you see so far, but what about Porzingis?

09:57 I mean, he had a good performance against the Heat.

10:00 He did fall out though.

10:02 Those last three, four minutes of the game,

10:03 Al Hofer had to come in, you know,

10:05 finish things out against Bam Adebayo.

10:07 So it's interesting.

10:08 You see him go up against someone like Bam Adebayo.

10:10 You wonder about the Joel Embiid,

10:12 the Jokic of the world.

10:13 What's your take on how he looked against the Heat?

10:15 - Well, Jokic is just,

10:17 if you look at what Porzingis brings to the table,

10:21 he's a seven-footer, and he plays really big.

10:25 And the thing that we liked about him,

10:27 was the fact that we watched him in the paint.

10:30 How many times last year did I scream at you

10:32 when Al Hofer caught the ball in the paint,

10:35 could have turned around for layup,

10:37 but instead of taking the layup,

10:39 threw it out to the corner.

10:40 Al did that again the other day,

10:42 caught the ball in the paint,

10:43 turned around and laid the basketball up.

10:45 I mean, get in the easy basket.

10:47 Porzingis is score first, pass second.

10:52 And I like that when you get a big seven-footer,

10:55 with that mentality in the game,

10:57 in order to shoot the basketball.

10:59 The day I was, matter of fact, getting on the plane the day,

11:01 I was a little upset in Boston,

11:03 because it was a little bit rainy out there.

11:06 And as I'm about to get on the plane,

11:09 you have to go through,

11:10 sometimes you go through a little security,

11:12 where they get your ID and then they'll say,

11:15 "Okay, get on the plane."

11:18 But today, they said, "I need to be checked."

11:21 - Oh, man.

11:22 - And right behind me is Drew Holiday.

11:25 So he asked me to get, I get checked.

11:27 The girl gets to Drew Holiday, tells him,

11:30 "Go ahead, you can get on the plane."

11:31 I was like, "What the hell?

11:32 "Wait a minute, wait a minute.

11:35 "Drew Holiday just got here.

11:37 "How the hell he get checked?"

11:38 - She said, "He's all set, but you."

11:40 - I don't know about you.

11:41 - White was right after me.

11:42 He doesn't get checked.

11:43 I'm like, "What the hell?

11:44 "Am I chopped liver or something?

11:46 "Did I just come in off the boat?

11:49 "What the hell is happening?"

11:51 So I was in hand here.

11:53 He was kind of laughing about it.

11:55 But what I like about him, he's a good dude.

11:58 - I'm sure you had an anime reaction to George.

12:00 - Yeah, he seemed like a real good dude.

12:05 And what I like about him, he's a solid player.

12:07 I don't think you can have with him.

12:11 I don't think that I'm going to have to defend him

12:14 as much as I did with Marcus Smart.

12:18 I think people, whatever it was,

12:20 Marcus Smart polarized people.

12:22 You think about it.

12:23 Marcus Smart was shooting a better percentage right now

12:26 than Drew Holiday is, than he was early.

12:29 But people were not going to give Marcus Smart a break.

12:33 If he took a wide open jump shot,

12:36 people would go ballistic if he missed it.

12:38 And even sometimes when he made it, they'll go,

12:41 "He shouldn't have taken that shot."

12:42 He's wide open.

12:44 But hopefully this year, that's the last thing

12:47 we'll have to do is defend a guy like Drew Holiday,

12:50 the way he plays the game.

12:52 - Hopefully that's not the case.

12:53 And I just think the two players,

12:57 they'll never get the fair share of like,

12:59 the situation between Marcus, between his fan base,

13:03 compared to what Drew is in right now,

13:04 I just feel like there's a no-lose situation for Drew.

13:07 - He has a grace period right now.

13:12 - Right.

13:13 - That Marcus Smart, that whatever it was,

13:15 whoever Marcus Smart peed on their dog

13:17 or peed on their French porch,

13:19 you know, now he can let it go

13:21 because Marcus is on the year.

13:24 And I feel that with Drew Holiday, the way he plays,

13:27 because as much as I love Marcus as a defender,

13:31 Drew Holiday, I think, is on that same page.

13:34 You know, some of the things he was able to do,

13:37 shut people down, make defensive plays like that,

13:40 that to me was just so cool out there watching.

13:43 And here's a young kid in his prime right now

13:45 that the Suffolks can have for a long time

13:47 if they decide to go ahead and give him extension.

13:52 But then you look at Derek White.

13:53 You think Derek White's looking at chomping at the bit,

13:55 I think he has another year that you have him down,

13:59 but Derek White's another guy

14:00 who can be very valuable for you.

14:02 So, Suffolks know they're gonna have to spend the money,

14:05 but I think right now, what I like is the product,

14:09 the way they're playing.

14:10 I haven't heard anybody say, "Oh my God, not yet,

14:14 'cause I know it's gotta be coming soon."

14:15 Joe Mazzullo, they called timeout.

14:18 Oh my God, what are we gonna do?

14:20 Didn't call timeout.

14:21 We should've called timeout.

14:23 (laughing)

14:25 - No excuses this time.

14:27 - Yeah, so, I think there's a good atmosphere out there,

14:32 the way things are so far.

14:33 We'll see again tomorrow when the Suffolks play the Wizards.

14:38 We'll get an opportunity to see.

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16:43 I mean, I just feel like the entire,

16:48 the Suns already got most of the nationals' attention, right?

16:53 The national media's attention, NBA fans,

16:56 because everyone's like, man, these guys,

16:58 they're top six heavy, right?

17:01 That's already a narrative.

17:02 Not just here, right?

17:03 It's just like, man, these guys got six starters.

17:06 And it's getting to the point where it's like,

17:07 okay, you got a couple of guys coming off your bench,

17:09 whether it's Pritchard, whether it's Reset,

17:12 you know, Porfir has been anchoring the bench lately,

17:15 and that's a force to be reckoned with, man.

17:18 Like, you look across the league,

17:19 a lot of teams just don't have that same type of balance

17:21 in the sense of such a strong five

17:23 that you have a six that you can put in and out of there.

17:27 You know, like they said, you guys have six starters,

17:30 and then, you know, you add the chip

17:32 on these guys' shoulders.

17:33 I mean, Drew Holiday is just one guy.

17:35 We think about his championship pedigree

17:37 and what happened with Milwaukee, right?

17:39 He's like, okay, you guys did better off with Dane.

17:42 All right, well, let's see what happens

17:43 next time we meet up, you know what I mean?

17:44 Like he said, it should be fun, you know?

17:46 And then you add Tatum and Brown,

17:48 who have already been to the NBA finals a couple seasons.

17:50 - No, that's-- - And everyone's like,

17:52 this is it, this is your year.

17:54 - That sounds like one of them comments

17:55 you got from Bobby Manning or something.

17:57 Or Bobby Manning. - What do you mean?

17:59 - Yeah, but you or Bobby Manning went up to, you know,

18:02 Drew and said, so, Drew, what do you think, you know?

18:05 What's going on in Milwaukee?

18:06 He'll say, we'll see, we'll see what--

18:08 That sounds like something both you guys would do.

18:10 - I mean, it's what he said immediately.

18:12 Drew said, hey, it should be fun.

18:13 When he faces Milwaukee again, he said, it should be fun.

18:16 And, you know, you think about what happened before

18:19 and that podcast he did and how excited he was

18:23 for his upcoming season, that's part of the business, right?

18:25 But at the same time, you got a chance now

18:28 to go right back and be like, hey--

18:30 - You know what?

18:31 - This could have been us.

18:32 We could have kept this thing going,

18:34 but hey, I don't have to stop you now.

18:36 I don't have to be the one to prevent you guys

18:37 from getting back to the fight.

18:38 - Well, here's the thing, would really be good,

18:41 and I'm sure we can get our top craft engineers,

18:46 as long as we're not going to Atlanta.

18:51 You know, that's his home base.

18:53 But maybe we can get him to input the comment

18:58 that Drew made from his podcast.

19:00 We can insert that into what we're talking about

19:03 to give us even more ammunition.

19:06 Yeah, man, I like the prospect.

19:11 I like the prospect.

19:12 Again, health, if they stay healthy.

19:15 Porzingis stays healthy.

19:17 Managing guys' minutes.

19:21 It should be a really good season.

19:24 - Yeah, man, it's different, as they say.

19:27 This year is different.

19:28 We'll see, we'll see.

19:29 The season carries on.

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19:44 Max, what's up?

19:45 What's on tap for DC, man?

19:46 What do you got?

19:47 You got any special restaurants you have to hit up

19:49 or anything?

19:50 What are you gonna do?

19:51 - No, nothing special.

19:53 You know, we're here tomorrow.

19:55 What is, tomorrow Halloween or is tonight Halloween?

19:57 Which one is it?

19:58 - No, you got a couple more days.

20:00 Tuesday's Halloween.

20:02 - All right, so that'll have people all dressed up here

20:04 tomorrow at the game.

20:05 So I don't look for anything that, you know,

20:09 I've been here enough.

20:11 This is year 29 now as a broadcaster.

20:14 So I don't look for anything in the nation's capital.

20:17 I happen to like it.

20:18 I'm at the Great Hotel, the Four Seasons,

20:20 right in Georgetown.

20:22 Some good shopping tomorrow.

20:23 I'll do that.

20:24 Just kind of hang out and get on the plane

20:26 and come back to Boston and get ready for the next couple

20:30 of games coming in.

20:32 It should be nice.

20:33 One note that I'd like to shoot out there

20:36 would be about our guy.

20:38 You and I talked about Montreux's Harold,

20:41 that the 76ers have waived.

20:44 That would be interesting.

20:47 That would be interesting 'cause he brings that other side,

20:52 that nastiness that I like from players

20:56 because he's had his run-ins with Joel Embiid,

20:58 other people, Giannis.

21:00 I like what he brings to the table.

21:02 So maybe, maybe there might be a slot in there someplace.

21:06 You know, Will and Dylan Brad,

21:07 Brad ain't scared to go out and mix it up and do some things.

21:10 So we'll see.

21:11 - Yeah, he fits the bill.

21:12 Yeah, he fits the bill for sure, man.

21:14 That's a good call.

21:15 That's a great call.

21:16 All right, we'll see what happens for sure.

21:18 Max, actually, before we get out of here,

21:20 Paul Pierce in the building for the home opener.

21:23 I got a chance to kick it with him for a little while.

21:25 We were walking all over the place looking for Max

21:27 and the last place I thought to look was

21:29 Max sitting in his broadcast chair

21:32 about 45 minutes before tip-off.

21:34 That's the last place I thought you would be,

21:35 but that's where you were, man.

21:36 I'm glad we found you.

21:37 What did Paul have to say to you when you guys embraced?

21:39 - Still Paul Pierce.

21:41 He's the friend that won't go home.

21:45 You know, he's the guy that comes to the house going,

21:47 damn, Joe's choice is really nice.

21:49 But you know, I love the fact that he's back.

21:52 It gives him opportunity.

21:54 Antoine was there.

21:56 They've talked a little bit about maybe

21:59 getting back involved in coaching.

22:00 So I think there's some,

22:02 when you bring back people who were,

22:05 played with the team,

22:06 who were champions with the team,

22:08 it gives you more of a sense of family and a connection.

22:13 And I see Tatum, I see Brown gravitate towards Paul.

22:16 They come to him right after the game,

22:17 right after the win, whatever.

22:19 So I think it's a really cool thing when that happens.

22:23 - For sure, man.

22:24 Yeah, man, it's one generation passes towards down

22:26 to another it feels like.

22:27 But when you look at these guys working out

22:30 and hanging out in the gym together for over a month,

22:32 you feel like something special is going on.

22:33 For Paul to come back to town just to kind of kick things

22:36 off, kick the season off for these guys,

22:38 I think it shows how special this group is right now, man.

22:41 So I can't wait to see how it all unfolds.

22:43 It's still the very beginning of the regular season,

22:45 still plenty of basketball to digest

22:49 before we break it all down.

22:50 Before we get too excited,

22:51 I'm sure Max is gonna make sure I'm keep my,

22:53 keep me level-

22:54 - Pump the brakes, Josue, pump the brakes.

22:56 - Keep me level-headed throughout the season.

22:58 That's right.

22:58 - Pump the brakes.

22:59 - He's Cedric Maxwell.

23:00 I'm Josue Pavone.

23:01 It's been an episode of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.

23:03 We'll see you guys next week.

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