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Max tells Josue how epic the Celtics’ championship banner ceremony was with legends Bob Cousy, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Will Ray be the next jersey retirement ceremony? Also, Jayson Tatum’s dominance and the champion Celtics look as if they’re ready to go back-to-back.

0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Celtics ring ceremony
2:21 - Tatum's motivational speech
4:49 - 29 three-pointers made
8:10 - Celtics three-point happy
10:24 - Team playing well
14:10 - NBA season overview
17:39 - Pressure on Bronny
19:12 - G-League Recommendation
20:59 - Jeter's Privacy Measures
23:33 - Jeter's Impact on Sports
27:09 - Reunion of Legends
29:02 - Ray Allen's Retirement Debate
30:38 - Michael Cooper's Induction
32:34 - Jaylen Brown's MVP
34:14 - Cedric Maxwell Podcast


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00:00The Cedric Maxwell podcast is brought to you by Price Picks and the Game Time app.
00:16All right.
00:17We're back with another episode of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.
00:19I'm Josue Pavone alongside Cedric Maxwell.
00:22We got to talk about this first week for the Boston Celtics, man.
00:25They went 2-0, but the ring ceremony at TV Garden where they raised the 18th banner on
00:31opening night.
00:32You got to give me all the details, Max.
00:33Of course, we'll talk about that and we'll get your point of view of it.
00:37And also what happened in that game.
00:39It tied the NBA record for the most three-pointers in a single game, 29 threes.
00:44Is this going to be sort of an ongoing talking point throughout the course of the regular
00:49season?
00:50We'll get into that as well.
00:51And finally, just the who's who's of people who pulled up to the Celtics ring ceremony,
00:58including Bob Cousy.
01:00So you know what?
01:01Let's start right there, Max, because you, of course, were part of that ceremony representing
01:05just the 80s Celtics.
01:09It's hard to believe that it's only been one other banner.
01:14Before Monday night, there was the 2008 championship and then before that, it's the 80s, right?
01:20And of course, you being the representative of that decade.
01:24But how special was it to see Bob Cousy back in the building, man?
01:30I thought that that was the best part of the whole thing, if you ask me.
01:32Cousy was cool.
01:33It was really cool seeing that.
01:34It was just really kind of weird.
01:36It went out on the floor like that with the peace sign like Dick Nixon.
01:39I was like, damn, Cousy, you're going like that?
01:43And he was in a wheelchair, but so cognizant.
01:47You think the body probably is failing him a little bit, but mentally, it was just as
01:51sharp as it could be.
01:53Talked to me for a minute, then Paul came in and Ray came in and Kevin was there.
01:58So you had these dignitaries and a bunch of Celtic players were there and it was just
02:04a real cool thing.
02:05And they introduced us all before the game and we walked out on the floor and then we
02:10took a picture with the Tatum and Brown and Horford.
02:15Those three were kind of representing the team.
02:17So it was just a really cool moment.
02:19It was surreal.
02:21And to be in the middle of it, it was somebody asked me yesterday, Abby Chin asked me the
02:26other day, Max, how was that?
02:28I said, you know, I didn't even think about it until it was after it was over of just
02:34walking out on the floor with a packed house.
02:38People wanted to sign autographs and wanting their moment.
02:45And then to see Tatum receive it and Brown and Horford, those guys represent.
02:50And then to actually get the rings, man, that was a cool moment.
02:53Those rings were like just the way they were.
02:56They were like this.
02:57I mean, they go on your finger like this, this is how big they were.
03:03It was just a crazy night of first and then to play the Knicks.
03:08It was again, who's supposed to be your top opponent and they slayed the Knicks.
03:15They played so well.
03:16Yeah, Knicks weren't ready for that, man.
03:19They weren't ready for all that.
03:20I mean, look, even going into this game, there were obviously going to be people saying,
03:24oh, the ceremony and the emotions could really disrupt this team and you never know what
03:27could happen.
03:28And no, not these guys, Max, not these guys.
03:31It was like they were motivated from that.
03:33You had Bob Cousy there who led the Southerners to their very first championship.
03:38It was almost as if like, okay, we were solidified, one, obviously because the championship is
03:42up there to let the world know.
03:44But two, if you guys think this thing was a fluke last year, you're about to find out
03:48right now.
03:49And they wasted no time demolishing the New York Knicks.
03:53The curtain was up.
03:54The curtain was pulled up and the actors and the actresses and everybody was there.
04:01The people in the front row, I think just to get in the building, the lower bowl was
04:08maybe 1,500 to $2,000 seats were in the building.
04:13And so it was just so much excitement.
04:16And then to actually to have the ring ceremony, but then to pull the banner up.
04:23And then at the end, when they were talking to Tatum, Tatum comes through at the end,
04:27he says a few things.
04:29And it's like his teammates will go in the morning.
04:32And then his last statement was, let's do it again.
04:35Yes.
04:36Damn.
04:37Okay.
04:38And everybody got pumped up that much more.
04:42And the odd thing about it was you go through all that and then you have to play the game.
04:48And the Southerners played as well as could be to win.
04:53And then win convincingly.
04:55The only thing I didn't like about it was the fact they had 29 threes.
05:00Now I want to get into that.
05:03They missed the last 13 attempts trying to get the 30.
05:07And I was one of the few people in there hoping they didn't do it.
05:11Because I don't mind the fact that if they're going to do it, just generically, every time
05:19Sean would be, and there's a three in for the, and then Peyton, and it was just like,
05:27and these people had, they were driven by social media because they knew.
05:32And every time the guys lined up, they were just going crazy.
05:36So when the final, every time they missed, I was like, yes, yes, yes.
05:41And then at the end, but if it happened generically, I would have been cool.
05:46For the season opener, right?
05:48We always do this every single year.
05:49We do our bold predictions, right?
05:51And there's always a few of them that you throw in there.
05:53Some of them are bold, some of them not so much.
05:55And for me, the ones that I posted that wasn't so bold, I predicted the Southerners would
05:59not only shatter the record for most threes attempted, which I think the Southerners could
06:05get over a 70 in this one.
06:08But I didn't even think about them being the record to, I mean, for them tying the record
06:13or topping the record for most threes made in a game, not because I think that they can't
06:18do it, but I just think it's way more, it's going to be a lot more criticism when they
06:24have one of those games where they're not falling.
06:25You get what I'm saying?
06:26Because when you have this formula and when you're playing a team that, let's say, I don't
06:31know, Pistons or maybe one of those bottom feeding teams or whatever.
06:33I mean, that wasn't the case Saturday, but sometimes they don't go out there and cover
06:37the three the way they should.
06:38And sometimes it's something that's going to be like, okay, you're going to give us
06:40these looks, but we're going to keep taking them.
06:41But even if they don't fall, that's Joe Mizzou's mentality, right?
06:45You're not supposed to give up those good looks.
06:47He doesn't care if they're not falling.
06:48But even Joe had to say, all right, guys, enough is enough, man.
06:51We're not going to just keep missing threes out here in this fourth quarter.
06:53The hell with the record.
06:54We won the game.
06:55But I'm glad he did that.
06:55No, no, he really didn't.
06:57He really didn't.
06:58You didn't do that?
06:59The last, I think the last 24 seconds, that's when he finally called the dogs up and just
07:07held the basketball.
07:08So I don't think he called it off.
07:11I mean, they were reaching for it and they did what they needed to do.
07:14And this team is, teams are going to have to catch up, have to catch up from the three
07:20point line.
07:21And it's going to be really interesting to see how they do it.
07:26The Knicks weren't prepared the other day.
07:28Karl-Anthony Towns was, he's going to have to come out and guard Al Horford.
07:33I'm not sure how many good looks the Celtics had in that game.
07:41I think it was Josh Hart at the end when the reporters came over to him.
07:46He said, yo man, Celtics need to be drug tested.
07:51I ain't never seen that like that before.
07:53I thought somebody was exaggerating when they told me that.
07:56Come to find out, he did actually say that verbatim.
07:58Yeah, he did say that.
07:59And then he said the NC County joke.
08:01Then Rick Mahorn was the same way.
08:04I said the same.
08:05I saw him at Detroit last night and the Celtics got three point happy.
08:10They knocked down a bunch of three pointers and then Detroit kind of battled their way
08:16back in.
08:16They took the lead at the end and their experience paid off and they won.
08:22But this is a Celtic team that's going to be shorthanded for a minute.
08:27Porzingis reports on him right now.
08:30He's right now playing some one-on-one.
08:32He's already started that.
08:33If you watch him out there before the game, he's out shooting threes and moving well.
08:39He's really moving well.
08:40So they're going to be cautious and optimistic.
08:44But the sooner he comes back, the better.
08:47The full Monty of this team is going to, and I think it's going to be probably around Christmas,
08:54probably at the time they're going to unveil Porzingis again.
08:57I think that'll be the case.
08:59Yeah, I would like to see that, Max, because I don't, I mean, one, I don't think they're
09:02going to try to rush the situation, right?
09:04So I mean, that's obvious, right?
09:06It's kind of stating the obvious there.
09:07But two, like, I don't think even if he's to beat the schedule that they should do that,
09:13you know, because you don't really need to put them out there.
09:15I mean, it's all about the postseason with this, not only this team, but with Porzingis
09:21in particular, because I mean, it's easy to forget.
09:23The guy played, what, three playoff games last season?
09:26You know, I mean, fortunately for the Celtics and their depth, they were able to win without
09:29it.
09:29And I love how the rest of the talking heads on national media, they love to mention the
09:35fact that the other teams that the Celtics faced were shorthanded, but they very rarely
09:39mentioned the fact that there was no Porzingis.
09:41You know what I mean?
09:42Like, that's a big part of this.
09:44Don't let, how about this?
09:45Don't let the facts get in the way.
09:47Don't let that happen, especially if they don't fit the narrative.
09:51If they don't fit the narrative.
09:52If they were a team right now that wasn't playing, you know, they didn't play the toughest
09:56teams out there.
09:57Well, you know, here's the thing, which is not right.
10:01The fact they played the toughest team, they had the best record in the league.
10:05By almost eight or nine games.
10:07So that told you how well this team was played.
10:11It was just what they were going to do in the playoffs.
10:13That's what really counted.
10:15And they were able to, you know, get that chip, get it out their back.
10:19And, and, you know, this is, this, this is, this team right now is playing well.
10:23So I'm going to love to see how they continue to kind of, you know, play.
10:29Joe Mazula mentioned Sam Hauser being out for a couple of games.
10:34That's changed the rotation and how things are done.
10:36So he feels he loves to have Hauser back in, but there's going to be, you know,
10:41there's going to be lineup changes.
10:43Derek White made a huge block last night in the game.
10:47Same Derek White, still playing that kind of defense.
10:50Drew Holliday playing from this point of attack, Taylor and Brown.
10:54So just kind of fun thing when you think about how this team is.
10:58I love how Derek White's still playing as if he's got to, you know what I mean?
11:01Like, like stick around.
11:02He's got to prove himself or something.
11:03I love that.
11:04Like that's the approach.
11:05Yeah.
11:05Brand new contract, nice extension, but he just steps his game up more, you know?
11:09And that's the reason why you, you have to make sure these guys are gonna stick
11:12around for the foreseeable future and why it's so crazy to think that a lot of these
11:16guys are entering their prime after they win the championship.
11:18And of course that also includes Jason Tatum.
11:21What are you seeing out of Tatum right now?
11:23That's, that's leading to this, not only efficient of a couple of efficient performances,
11:29but dominating stretches, especially against the Knicks.
11:32The word I say was relaxed.
11:34Okay.
11:35So early.
11:35It's like, you know, the pressure of trying to win a championship now is off his back.
11:41They've done that.
11:42So I would not be surprised at all.
11:45This isn't a bold prediction, but Jason Taylor is probably going to be the player of the week.
11:50He started out these first couple of games, man, on fire, knocking down shots.
11:54Last night's game, um, uh, Pritchard and I think it was Pritchard and Horford.
12:01I had a bunch of points in that game early in the game, knocking down threes.
12:06Uh, the truck wasn't able to catch up.
12:08And then the truck got, uh, feisty at home and they got back into Cape Cunningham and,
12:13uh, his crew, Jayden Ivey, uh, they were really good.
12:16But, uh, the experience of the world champions came through again.
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13:39I can't wait to see how this whole season unfolds.
13:41It's just getting started and you know,
13:43you kind of alluded to it in the beginning about the three-point shooting.
13:46Do you think there's going to be teams out there trying to replicate
13:48what I saw they're doing right now?
13:49Yeah, it's a copycat league, Joe Sweat.
13:53Not every team has the weapons.
13:54It's a copycat league.
13:56Teams will do that.
13:57You think about this.
13:59If you play Dallas right now with Klay Thompson being on the floor,
14:04doesn't it change what they do as a team when it comes to shooting the basketball?
14:09They're going to get up more threes than they've gotten up before
14:12because they have that other three-point shooter.
14:15Well, people try to duplicate it.
14:18Some teams aren't going to be able to do that because they just don't have the firepower.
14:23If you're one of those top, top, top teams,
14:26I think that you're going to try to do something.
14:29I was a little surprised that Giannis and his team got beat the other day kind of handily.
14:38The early in the season, obviously only three games, small sample size,
14:42but one of these things where this team, they're the world champions right now.
14:49Until somebody takes that away from them, then you got some big games.
14:55The OKC Thunder looked pretty good on the other side over there.
14:59Denver got spanked a couple of times,
15:03but then the Lakers have jumped out the box and won some games.
15:08So the NBA is alive and well.
15:13I'm sure you thoroughly appreciated that LeBron and Bronny James moment,
15:17got to check in together for the first time.
15:19I'm ready to get it over with, Josue.
15:21I just want to make me barf.
15:23I appreciate what LeBron James has done for this league,
15:28and I appreciate the fact that his son played with him.
15:31It's a stellar moment in NBA basketball history.
15:36He could be around that long to make that happen.
15:41I think about guys I played with.
15:44Their sons come after them, and they're now in the league.
15:48Gerald Henderson's son came in after he did and played in the league for a while,
15:53but I couldn't imagine Gerald Henderson staying in the league that long
15:57that his son would be able to come in and play.
16:01That's what's so unique about this situation with LeBron.
16:04How many guys are going to be playing 20 plus years
16:08and still probably be at the top of their game?
16:11If you're J.J. Reddick, do you go into the season thinking,
16:14okay, when am I going to do this?
16:16Instead of, should I do this?
16:18No, just doing it, getting it over with.
16:20That's what I think.
16:21And that's what he did.
16:22He did the right thing.
16:23He got it over with.
16:24Someone let the circus get out the way.
16:27That's done already.
16:30Ken Griffey Jr., Ken Griffey Sr., they were at the game.
16:35You know, the baseball players and who their father and son played together.
16:39So it was a unique moment in history, in the NBA history,
16:43when that happened with LeBron James and his son.
16:47Now, here's the crazy thing.
16:50You're starting to hear a lot right now about Bryce, Bryce Flynn.
16:56Well, you know, will he be the next person that will come in?
17:00LeBron James, a younger son.
17:04Will he be a guy that comes in now?
17:06That would be crazy.
17:07Max, the youngest is the one that's like a sponge, man.
17:10He's absorbing, okay, don't do that.
17:11Okay, but yes, do this.
17:13Like, not to say because I'm the baby of my family,
17:16but I mean, there's an advantage, right?
17:18And you can sort of make sure you don't make the same mistakes.
17:20And you never know, three, four years from now,
17:22depending on how he decides to approach it,
17:24because most likely he's not going to be trying to play with his dad.
17:27Maybe he takes the right route and does a couple more years of college
17:31instead of the way his brother did it.
17:32So are you trying to say that, you know,
17:34those ass whoopings that your brother Joel took, you didn't take those?
17:45Well walked, so Josue could run.
17:47Max, okay, I had to make sure I didn't make those same mistakes now.
17:51It's one way to put it, but okay, all right, Max.
17:55I guess that's what I'm trying to say.
17:56I just think he doesn't have that pressure of,
17:58oh, I got to make sure I catch up to play alongside my dad, you know?
18:03But the pressure is going to be on him,
18:06because now you're going to be compared to your brother.
18:08Your father's in the league.
18:09You know, what's the next natural step?
18:12I've heard people talking about LeBron, about Bronny,
18:15you know, what he was able to do.
18:16But now I'm starting to hear people talk about Bryce.
18:19Oh, Bryce is a better player.
18:20Bryce could do this.
18:21Bryce could do that.
18:22He's taller.
18:22He's bigger.
18:23He's faster.
18:24So who knows what this LeBron James legacy will do when it comes to the NBA?
18:31It didn't happen with Michael Jordan's kid.
18:34Didn't happen.
18:36You know, Kobe Bryant had Gigi was this fantastic girl that she played.
18:42And so it didn't happen there.
18:44You know, nobody else's son has come in.
18:46So it's unique in its own way.
18:50Yeah, but you think Michael would have been the one pulling strings or trying to get,
18:53you know what I mean?
18:54Let's say hypothetically, even if he was still in the league at the time,
18:56like, I think he knew enough out of, you know, what he saw from his son.
19:00I want to say he averaged, what, six points his senior year or so.
19:03Played all four years.
19:04I mean, just wasn't an NBA player.
19:06I just think with this situation, the best thing for the team and everyone involved is
19:10just to make sure he goes to the G League, man.
19:12Let him get his reps in.
19:13Do not force this.
19:14Look, fortunately you haven't cracked it up, Max, because you got Cameron Redding.
19:18You got guys on the bench being like, he's playing over me?
19:23Magic said that.
19:25Magic said exactly that.
19:27It's like his best thing would be to go to the G League.
19:30And Bronny snapped back and said, yo, my man, sit back and let the process continue.
19:38You know, you don't know what me and my dad, we worked on.
19:41So you're talking to one of the greatest Lakers ever to play the game or one of the
19:45greatest players to ever play the game, and you're telling him to sit back and chill.
19:49So kind of interesting.
19:52Very, man.
19:53You think, I don't know, man.
19:55I don't want to get ahead of myself.
19:56But it's not like that boy don't respect his elders, man.
19:58Don't respect the legends.
20:00You know, he'll get, look, how is he going to do that?
20:04And Joe Swaye got to respect the legends.
20:06His dad is one of them.
20:08So I don't think that's no better than doing commercials.
20:11And I think LeBron had this commercial where he put these fruity pebbles or something in
20:16his car.
20:17And then he drives by LeBron is going to the game and a dog on Maybach.
20:24And, you know, he was in the backseat.
20:27It is Hollywood at its best.
20:31So let it keep going there.
20:34We'll see how it goes.
20:35Yeah, man.
20:35Pass me the popcorn for sure.
20:37I like the end of that commercial, though, when he goes, Bryce, where your keys at?
20:40I'm taking your car.
20:42That was good.
20:43It's a special moment, man.
20:44But like you said, I just don't I don't know how this thing plays out.
20:48We're at the end of the season.
20:50We're like, OK, the Lakers did the absolutely right thing.
20:52You know what I mean?
20:53I don't know.
20:53I just don't think that that happens.
20:56You can't force that.
20:57It has to happen organically.
20:58It will happen when it happens.
21:01And you'll get a chance to see it.
21:03And everybody.
21:04Here's the thing about it.
21:05Everybody is going to unveil itself in front of everyone.
21:10We're going to get a chance to see it up close and personal because in today's NBA, it can't
21:15hide.
21:16I think they were doing a special today and it was talking about the captain.
21:22And when I say the captain, people think about jerk, jerk, Jeter, Jeter and what he
21:28was able to do.
21:29And he said, but Jeter said, man, the cell phones had been around.
21:33He said my career would have been a lot shorter because it showed him three or four pictures
21:37him with P. Diddy hanging out with him and doing this and doing that.
21:42And so, yeah, that would have been that.
21:46That could have been a whole nother moment.
21:47But cell phones have changed the way, you know, athletes are going to be judged and
21:53how they're going to be viewed because everybody is a reporter these days.
21:59That's what you mentioned that the first thing that crossed my mind when you said that about
22:01Jeter is how I don't know if this is true or not, but legend has it when he would have
22:07somebody over or a date or someone like that, some kind of that kind of situation, the woman
22:12had to drop her phone into a basket the moment she steps into the house.
22:16So I believe that quote from Jeter, man, because maybe it was something that you can
22:20drop.
22:21You can drop your phone in the basket, but just where you can put all kind of devices
22:25on yourself.
22:26Now, if you read about this is like years ago, Max, but if you really want to have that,
22:32you get a little button on your jacket or broach or whatever it is, man, that that's
22:37reducing all kind of information.
22:39He was in.
22:39He was in a great time.
22:41That's what we'll say about Derek Jeter.
22:44He was in the last of the innocence was there during that time when you kind of do different
22:50things and get away with it.
22:53Now, do you remember ESPN?
22:54They did a lineup of his ex-girlfriends.
22:57That was wild.
23:02What do you feel a lineup where they find?
23:06Oh, yeah.
23:08One of them is I can't remember a lot of them, but this is probably 20 years or 15 years
23:13ago or so.
23:14But yeah, he was back then.
23:16They were all the girls.
23:18It was the king.
23:19He was the king of New York.
23:20Yeah, New York.
23:22I mean, you could talk about any other athlete.
23:24I can't think of any other athlete.
23:28What do we think of any other athletes in New York history that we think about that
23:34was like Jeter?
23:36You know, you can think about football players, great football players.
23:40I'm thinking like the Manny's weren't like that.
23:43They weren't like that.
23:45Basketball players.
23:46I remember Patrick Ewing.
23:47He was that, you know, he was the stature of him, but he wasn't rolling over New York
23:53like that.
23:54It was Derek Jeter and the fact that they won multiple championships.
23:58I think that was the thing.
23:59That's the real difference in who he was and what he did and how he rolled in New York
24:05City.
24:06Right, right.
24:07I mean, I mean, never has to buy a drink or a meal ever.
24:10He's the captain for sure.
24:12And we'll see what happens in game two, man.
24:14Our boy Ice Cube got things started with a little performance before game two at Dodger
24:19Stadium.
24:20Shout out to Ice Cube.
24:21That's a special moment, man, to be performing before a World Series in Dodger Stadium.
24:26Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
24:31We've seen it before.
24:32I know you don't like baseball like that, but LA.
24:34All I could think about when he walked out on the field was, you know, the day that you
24:38saw me walk up on him in the garden and, you know, the way he was kind of looking around
24:43and he saw me, he said, oh, motherfucking cornbread.
24:48I said, damn, that's the way you greet a brother.
24:51So yeah, it was, it was a cool moment.
24:54It's a real moment.
24:55So I was happy for the brother, man, that it happened like that.
24:58I'll be honest, there is nothing like taking in a live basketball game, especially in the
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26:20And finally, Max, Paul Pierce, alongside KG, talked about the special night in Boston,
26:24talked about you seeing other legends, but named you specifically and how these type
26:30of stuff, like it never gets old for these guys to go back to Boston.
26:33Of course, Kevin Garnett doesn't go as regularly as Paul has, at least over the past couple
26:37of years.
26:37But I just, I can't say enough about how great it was to see him or both of those guys with
26:44Ray again, man.
26:45Look, I know the first time we saw it was at Garnett's, you know, retirement, when he
26:50retired his jersey, which was obviously a very special moment because we hadn't seen
26:53those three together since they wanted, you know, since the trade essentially, right.
26:56And with all the beef and all that going on.
26:58But I think maybe because of that, it kind of took a little bit away from just how surreal
27:02that moment was.
27:03But for me, it never gets old to see the three of those guys together.
27:06And I hope that happens again.
27:07Yeah, that was, that was a real cool moment.
27:09Only thing would have been just as cool for me were if some of my ex-teammates had been
27:15there, like, you know, dare say Larry Bird comes back in the building, you know, one
27:21time or Kevin McHale.
27:23Right.
27:23You know, and that's that those were the guys I was, I was representing during the 80s.
27:28So it was, it's kind of just a real cool moment to be in that, that, that line and to see
27:35Ray and, you know, see Kevin working out still looks slim, like he could play tomorrow.
27:43Ray still looks slim now.
27:44Paul, Paul's ate a little food.
27:46Your boy, Paul, he even ate a little couple of hamburgers or so.
27:51He's enjoying himself.
27:52Even now, Paul Pierce looks like he's lost a little weight.
27:55So he really looked good.
27:56And it was, it was kind of fun seeing those guys.
27:58And, and the fans just got the hugest kick.
28:02Koozie came out first, they were in a wheelchair.
28:06I was next.
28:08And then I don't, I just heard the ovation behind me.
28:12And I'm not sure if Ray came out next and then it was maybe Paul and then Ticket came
28:19out and just, you know, the, the place just went, the place was just going ballistic.
28:24And, and to, to be out there among those guys was just really cool.
28:30All right, man, before we get up out of here, man, I got to ask you, because this is something
28:33that we, we talked about maybe the first, like back to episode, we first started this
28:38podcast, you know, and it's something that I feel like we're going to constantly revisit.
28:42So I'm going to throw it out here right now.
28:44Do we see Ray Allen's number retired?
28:46That's something that might happen.
28:49It should.
28:51Kevin Arnett said that, and it should happen.
28:56Ray, without, without Ray, they don't win that championship.
28:59And they were, they were a big three.
29:01That's who they were.
29:03And, you know, maybe people now, maybe they've, you know, softened their stance up a little
29:09bit because obviously Kevin has, because he embraced Ray and that moment that they had
29:15in the garden with Ray Allen, that to me, opened the door because I'm thinking my,
29:21my thing here is what other NBA franchise is going to retire his jersey?
29:29That's a great point.
29:31Which, which one is going to do that?
29:32Miami, I don't know.
29:34It's not enough, not enough years, right?
29:36Not enough years, not enough production.
29:39Milwaukee, he was great in Milwaukee, Seattle, great in Seattle.
29:44But, you know, at the end of the day, he's going to be known for winning the championship.
29:49And he, he won his best championship here.
29:51Obviously the big shot against Miami, but he was, he was, he wasn't among the big three.
29:58He was the big three here in Boston.
30:00When those guys got together, man, it was just fun to be around them.
30:04Just how they carried themselves, how Doc Rivers approached them.
30:08And, you know, he, he pretty much said, look, guys, he told Rondo and Perk,
30:13get in where you fit in.
30:14And we're going to do what these guys right here want.
30:17And the rest of you guys, you guys kind of fit in it.
30:20And that caused a little controversy at the end with him and Rondo, but it is what it is.
30:27Right.
30:28Not for sure, man.
30:29I think it's, it's more than, I think, like you said, time heals for sure.
30:33What happened with the whole Miami thing, but for Garnett and Pierce to, to forgive
30:37him and all that, and this was years ago, right?
30:40Why not?
30:40I mean, I can't think of another player that fits the criteria.
30:44And if not, Max, the next player might be Jason Tatum, man, because I can't think of
30:48anybody more deserving than Ray Allen.
30:52I, I can't, there is nobody right now.
30:54There is nobody.
30:55I was, I was that odd person for a while that people said, man, you played well enough
31:01futures and should have been retired.
31:03Then that got done.
31:04And now Ray Allen's that one person out there that everybody's thinking about.
31:09And I hope maybe before Wick and his crew get out of here, maybe they're, maybe they'll
31:14do that.
31:15Yeah.
31:15Maybe they step up.
31:16I've said that over and over again.
31:19His Jersey should be retired.
31:21And I know some people, you know, so many jerseys have been retired for the Celtics.
31:26Well, when you're the world champions, as many times as the Celtics have been, you
31:31deserve to do what you need to do.
31:33So that was cool.
31:35Now, let me get, before we get out here, let me give me a shout out to Michael Cooper,
31:40who became a Hall of Fame inductee.
31:44A bunch of people have asked about it.
31:46What do you think, you know, Max, your stats were better than his and that, that, that
31:50Michael Cooper has also solidified himself for being with the Lakers, but also being
31:55in the WNBA where he won multiple championships with them.
32:00So I was really happy to see Michael Cooper go in and do what he did and talk about Pat
32:07Riley and Jerry West and all these people who, you know, he's who he, who he has admired
32:14for many years.
32:16Absolutely.
32:17100%.
32:18Yeah, man.
32:18Congrats to Cooper guys.
32:20Of course, you can check out his podcast under the CLNS media umbrella.
32:23If you want to get that, of course, Lakers perspective, because he doesn't similar to
32:28you and your love for the Celtics.
32:29He doesn't have his appreciation for the Los Angeles Lakers.
32:32So I can't wait.
32:33I cannot wait to get out there.
32:35Probably the next time I'm on this show, maybe by then I'll be able to flash one of those
32:40rings in front of you because I did get measured.
32:43So when I get my ring, stay tuned for all our viewers, man, I'm gonna, I'm gonna make
32:49sure, you know, we do the ring ceremony, right.
32:52And I'll make sure I bring it on.
32:54I won't bring the right measurement.
32:56Yeah, I got it.
32:57I got the right measurements.
32:58What happened to your boy Al?
32:59Yeah, but I'll make sure I don't have my, I won't bring my watch, my, you know, MVP watch,
33:04but I did get a chance to talk to Brown and you'd love this.
33:10I hadn't talked to him since he won the MVP.
33:13Right.
33:14So I walked up to him, said, man, I just want to, you know, give you a shout out, man.
33:19And Dappy up on being the MVP.
33:21And he looked at me and said, takes one to know one.
33:26You know, that's perfect.
33:29Much love.
33:30Much love for JB.
33:33Yeah.
33:33Shout out to JB.
33:35Oh, shout out to the conversation you had with Stephen A. Smith, man.
33:38If you guys haven't checked that out, please watch it.
33:41I loved the mutual respect those two had just obviously talking about the state your source
33:46thing that went out there right before the parade.
33:49You had my boy Jalen rocking the shirt.
33:51So I love that he was able to explain himself and talk about just that.
33:55That report that Stephen put out there that he wasn't a great teammate from anonymous source
34:01and all that.
34:02So, yeah, man, I'm so happy for Jalen, obviously going into the season and everyone, you know,
34:07still giving him his flowers and his appreciation for sure.
34:09Finals MVP.
34:11One hundred percent.
34:12Shout out to Jalen Brown.
34:13And nothing new for this episode of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.
34:15I am Joseph Cavone.
34:16He is Cedric Maxwell.
34:18We'll check you guys out next week.
34:20And of course, thanks again for tuning in and I appreciate all the support and all the
34:24love I've been getting, man, ever since I made this switch over here to Oklahoma City.
34:29It's different out here, man.
34:31I'm still getting used to it.
34:32People ask about you all the time, Joseph.
34:34Oh, what are we going to do about your boy Joe Sway?
34:37Joe Sway is a rat.
34:38I mean, I did not know that you had it like that.
34:41But a lot of people, you know, have missed you.
34:45And, you know, when you do your homecoming to come back here, it's going to be pretty
34:48exciting.
34:49Oh, I can't wait, man.
34:50I can't wait for sure.
34:51For sure.
34:51But yeah, like I said, I'm good out here, man.
34:53I'm going to be all right.
34:54I'm getting used to things after a while.
34:55I will, at least.
34:56And it's just the beginning.
34:57The beginning of the regular season.
34:59It's going to be a very fun, entertaining regular season.
35:02And of course, we've got nothing but great guests lined up for you guys.
35:04It's the Cedric Maxwell podcast.
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