Cedric Maxwell ‘Disappointed’ in Celtics Effort vs Lakers

Cedric Maxwell ‘Disappointed’ in Celtics Effort vs Lakers

But last night they got out played got out played at every position last night and um I’m sure they’re going to come back to rectify it but somebody asked me on the elevator the same thing you’re saying now asked me said so max is this a trend right now look what happened the

Other day look what happened against uh the Clippers look what happened here look at these close games they championship teams the championship people w win championships find a way to get energy to win these games last night I was very disappointed in how they played and how they Responded the Cedric Maxwell podcast is brought to you by FanDuel the exclusive wager partner of the clns media Network it’s another episode of Cedric Maxwell podcast I’m Jose Pavone he is Cedric Maxwell uh the Boston Celtics heading into a weekend where people going to welcome Marcus Smart of course we’ll

Talk about that the matchup Sunday night even though he will not be in uniform he will be back at TD Gard as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies for the first time but I’m sure Max is trying to get right into the uh Celtics Lakers game because

I know you’re confused just as I am as to what happened what transpired in that game where the Lakers were playing without Anthony Davis without LeBron James without any issue really right I mean we saw some uh competitiveness in the sense of the game being relatively

Close but for the most part they cruised to a uh a double digit a double digit Victory Max one 114 105 technically it was a nine-point win but it certainly didn’t feel like it Max uh let’s start here what happened there from from from your perspective just way

You just said it a little bit earlier today when we were talking you like you think that I’m the expert or you’re the expert like this is a freaking math question yeah oh yeah that’s right I was telling you before I’m like man you got

People plus a A plus a is b b plus C equals z and then exactly Max people getting at me like oh happened that night explain it like this isn’t a math problem there’s no there’s no correct answer here well the correct answer was the Celtics just played their worst game

And they didn’t get out they they they it’s just it wasn’t from a lack of wanting to win but it was execution uh not good timing at all Jame i’ I’ve said this all year and I’ve said it you know continuously Jaylen Brown has been tremendous on the defensive end

He’s had a great offens of year to be named an Allstar but that had to be his worst game of the season uh you know he’s uh Austin Reeves looked like he was going to be voted to the freaking allstar game like he was alltime like he was a starter uh game

High 31.6 threep pointers in that game I mean I mean you and the shots some of the shots he start making later on were crazy but he hit them and the Celtics just didn’t you know didn’t play well I I can’t think of a starter that I would

Said played well in that game um I think probably the best Celtic seemed like with Sam Hower uh coming off the bench but other than that it was just it was it it was it was a blow for me because had Michael Thompson sitting in front of me I won’t

Even go to YouTube because I I know James Wy must be smoking a cigar and then clapping his freaking hand oh man I’m surpris you didn’t get a mention but but it’s but again you have to look put it in perspective it was one game the Celtics probably would have played

Better if LeBron and a ad had played uh it probably would have been a much more competitive game but when ad and LeBron didn’t play in the game it like it sucked the air sucked the energy out of the building when people found out what LeBron’s and they just played

Well they they they played well enough to to put up points they defended uh D’Angelo D’Angelo Russell didn’t shoot it well but he controlled the initial point of that I mean I think he had 12 or 13 assists last night y stack up a lot of assists man the

Guard one of the strengths of the Celtics this year has been the guard play uh Drew has been uh Drew holiday has been tremendous Derek white has been tremendous but last night they got out play got out played at every position last night and um I’m sure they’re going

To come back to rectify it but somebody asked me on the elevator the same thing you’re saying now asked me said so max is this a trend right now look what happened the other day look what happened against uh the Clippers look what happened here look at these close games

They championship teams championship people who want to win championships find a way to get energy to win these games last night I was very disappointed in how they played and how they responded uh the biggest thing about last night scand to M which was puzzling

Every time the Lakers got on the run and they scored and you cheer for your teammates who are the first people off the bench didn’t LeBron have a sore ankle was he jumping up up the Anon right to me was Anthony Davis who was beat up were those the first

Guys just you know and then LeBron was over there at one point he was standing up complaining about a call dude if you if you can if you can freaking complain about a call and I one of his biggest fans but if you can sit up and complain

About a call damn it get in the game and play that’s same don’t don’t give me all this they they got arrest or soore what and I understand I played the game I didn’t play it as long as him or as great as he’s been as a player but I did

Play the game in a way well we did play you know I think once season I played 8 81 games and most for my career I averaged in the 70s like the high 70s playing so so I understand about playing I don’t understand about uh you know

Management but I do understand that you know it just wasn’t a good look for the NBA it wasn’t a good look for the Celtic fans and the Lakers to get a win probably as you said the happiest person in the building last night was Z dark doing the Michael Jordan down the hallway

Go I still got a job G he look he he was like a he loved that like a fat kid would love cake so so was just like is that is that one of the older tricks in the book uh Max I I say the older ones because I feel like

It’s been going on in the NBA for a while the old like uh Trap game where you rest your guys and maybe papovich is the originator of this doesn’t it low-key motivate your whole roster and then you pull out a win like this and then your season turns around isn’t that

How this thing works it can it can happen H myself here I mean 500 now they’re a 500 Team 25 25 guarantee they go down to New York LeBron plays ad plays in that game their next game New York they get beat by 25 when they go to the guard they get beat

So this isn’t the Turning Point okay I another turning point that way and uh vanderville I’m not sure what happened to him at the end when he went out he was defending Tay did a great job early on and look like thing look like he might have Tor his

Achilles because he had one of those injuries and and I’m not a doctor don’t pretend to be one but I’ve seen enough a killes injuries to kind of say um that’s kind of strange he was taking off the Run nobody was around him and all of a

Sudden he just like he just went on one leg and start skipping and it it just it wasn’t a pretty sight right right well I was gonna say man he was one of those guys that was just it was it was tough defending man you you got to give the

Lakers Credit in that regard for sure in the sense of uh getting in the in in the lane clogging the lanes uh I thought Jackson Hayes was a was a lot of energy Off the Bench especially after halftime that third quarter man that was when you’re like

Oh how gon win this game like that’s how I felt going into the fourth if there’s an Achilles with the Boston Celtics in the last maybe week or two M last couple weeks it’s been their lack of defensive rebounding I mean at for one point Lakers got five

Shots four more shots then they got they were they were really just out hustling the sub on on every play you got to put the body on the like hey’s you know who is live He’s wiry he wants to tap the ball back up Lakers kept getting those

Shots and then they made them pay Haim Mora start knocking down shots and it it just becomes contagious everybody else stepped up and played well is this a um concern for you I mean let’s not forget the sub there were winers eight of their last 10 before

This this game I mean yeah but I think that point of the Season where you you’re sort of like mentally drained a bit you’re exhausted is this just that point of the Year where you’re going to drop a game or two like this you’re going to drop games but this is a

Rivalry game it’s just like I said about about guys during the 80s when you would the schedule come out the first thing you would do or when the schedule came out is you would Circle these big games and I know I’m GNA be here we’re gonna

Be doing this and doing that now players don’t look at us like oh load management you know Anthony didn’t play I understand injuries but um you know at least I will say this is at least the teams are making the U you know those Superstars come out on the bench at

Least SE of sitting back in the locker room I think that was good I was trying to figure out what was what LeBron was wearing I mean I’m not the hoodie and the hat and I didn’t notice like the second or third quarter I was like wait is that LE BR because he

Was so like coated up I could barely see his yeah Davis I did appreciate what he was we Davis I saw right away yeah yeah he he was really cool with what he wore I had to give him I had to give him props that wasn’t LeBron’s best look uh

On the bench for a national televised game no it wasn’t it wasn’t but you know what else happened that night man we got the uh the All-Star reserves were announced Jay Brown was one of them got a heck of Ovation but didn’t exactly perform to the to the standard of of of

What Max wanted to see against his uh in his favor rivalry game right Max I guess we’ll put it that way we talk about in that way you think Max you want to hear the rest of the reserves he was like Dam it I don’t I’m mad at J no I don’t need

To hear the rest of reserves it didn’t make any difference with me I’m not I go was a k player mention he goes Kings yeah I mean the Kings complaining about I I like the Aaron Fox but also like Murray of a year man Murray who was with

Denver is h a hell of a year you know he won the championship yeah hell of a year hell of a game against the Celtics so um you know also games are are are sometimes pageant shows to me but the only thing was disappointed to me for

Jaylen who was on the big stage who deserves to be an allar he didn’t have an All-Star performance and that was probably his worst game of the season and I’m sure he’d love to replay it or whatever even to the point where I think Joe moua was

Just frustrated at one point he took almost all the starters out of the game and three minutes into the third quarter he pulled porzingis he pulled Jaylen yeah so and put put Hower in the game and pitcher in the game and uh he probably one of the best players last

Night also was AAA was AA was a very you know he was solid defensively so he almost got to a double double in a hurry that was yeah so I mean I mean you look at that game and so many things happened but at the end of the day it was a said

It was an L it was an ugly L on a n on a national stage and that’s what was disappointing about that I’m sure that the talk shows right now because the Lakers come on that purple and gold well forget about the yeah it was the Lakers but

They were also without their two best players yeah they’re two star players and they and they had more this is what they had they had more energy than you and and they should they shouldn’t have more energy you more energy than you especially playing at home in this

Situation you know you want to give your fans that big sendar want to give Jaylen this big like Ovation but it just wasn’t meant to be happy Super Bowl to all who celebrate from FanDuel America’s number one sports club FanDuel is so many ways for you to

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Babo uh Apollo banero you got Jaylen Brunson the other Jaylen which uh I know Nicks fans were upset that he wasn’t named as a starter but certainly is an Allstar for sure uh putting up 27 points six assists just balling out for New York man he’s been the hard of New York

And New York’s been on a heck of a run but anyway I digress uh tyres Maxi Donovan Mitchell spider that’s your boy Max spider’s on there and Julius Randle but Julius Rando um went down with an injury recently so I I guess he’s not going to make it to Indianapolis but

Does Chris Das porzingis get the call what do you think could I mean I think he’s been he’s been good he’s been good enough to be it is Derek White gonna get the call Derek White’s probably been one of your more consistent one of your best players

You know he’s he has to be leading the league right now in Block shots from the guard position right and of course I don’t know if you heard but Joel and B he suffered a Tor meniscus Friday night or Thursday night he’s not gonna play as well so yeah you

Got a couple injuries there but yeah what you gonna say well I think the other thing people are talking about too it’s this whole thing about 65 games or or that you have to play in order to be uh to qualified to be um an MVP I mean I understand the numbers but

Andir I heard some well I heard somebody on first take the other day and they talked about it they said that the players the players not anybody else the players made this one of their roles they accepted that so let’s not let’s not get carried away about oh my

God good point it was set in stone was agreed upon yeah that’s a good you you agreed upon that not not wasn’t the owners you agreed upon that so I mean the collective bargaining agreement about well if a guy makes the allar team if he becomes the MVP all what what what

What difference does it make to a guy like jelm B you know other than Pride his biggest thing is to win the championship ring right right of course he earned it last as well the MVP yeah if you’re still chasing the MVP or you know during this particular time you

You’re not the player that I thought you were because it’s that becomes more about the dollars and cents that that guys make that they make it and then they move on and then they go from there right and and I think in be’s eyes is set on a championship for sure man he

Just wants to get back on the floor get right right before the playoffs all that stuff he’s been through it you know he hasn’t reached that point where he’s even come close to the finals so I know that’s always at the for for him but

Because of that Max is a good point that you brought it up um he he got he got bumped immediately down to fifth according to Las Vegas in terms of uh he was number one for a while um and really who just way who cares I’m just telling

The people Max damn it this is my job let’s keep on the r who really gives a [ __ ] one way or the other about Joel and B becoming MVP I don’t care I mean I’m more concerned about when you’re talking about Awards I’m more concerned about what a guy does and winning the

Championship one of my best friends he was Bob was the MVP in the league but his concern was more about winning the championship that’s how that is how your resume at the end of the day is made that you are a two-time champion three time Champion whatever it is uh MVP

Those are nice those are nice regular season things even the finals MVP is more important to me than you know regular season MVP that mean you put in work at the at at the biggest time so look so yeah there’s some crazy crazy stuff about

It yeah you know how it goes Max every year there’s oh this guy was snug that guy was like well you know if there was 20 players per team it’d be much easier right I mean that’s why it’s it’s yeah everybody everybody’s always gonna get

Snuck I mean I knew every year it didn’t matter what I did I knew every year I wasn’t going I mean the year I was MVP in finals next I got a lot of votes but hell when you got Robert Paris playing with you and Kevin mcale and Larry Bird and

Dennis Johnson and Nate archal your chances of going to allstar game or probably KN so so as I would say get over get over it’s not it’s not the end of the day it’s not going to make you or freaking break you I still think pans was snubbed but that’s neither here or

There he’ll get that call he’ll get that call damn it all right going into the weekend Max like I said man uh Marcus smart uh back in Boston as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies will not be uniform but um he’s already given out tickets for his

Uh for for that game as a part of his young Game Changer Foundation which I think is super cool man even though he’s not a Celtic anymore still uh contributing to the community uh still trying to hook people up with tickets and of course I’m sure he’s looking

Forward to what’s going to happen Sunday night uh my question to you Max do you think because this has happened before do you think the crowd just the being overwhelmed and you’re not not sure what’s going to happen think we see uh Marcus shed a tear too is that

Possible Marcus is a very emotional person and I’ve talked can get you sometimes man you know talk to a couple of people who were um who were in the front office and they start talking about the tribute and I’m just excited the fact that you know he’s coming back

Uh I happen to be there I happen to be there one time in my life and you know you just kind of move on from there but it would be it’s going to be really exciting to have him back in the building they’re going to be a lot of uh

Uh jerseys of Marcus Smart um that people wore and uh he was they’re I say one of the best most polarizing players I think maybe ever around and you know you’re thinking about in Boston only person I think he’s the top of the list man

Not the top of list come on J you know who’s at the toping for players polarizing players my know what you know what one person Antoine Walker for me what you gonna I’m talking about sports in general in Boston come on oh oh oh oh yeah you talking about my boy Manny I’m

Talking Celtic talking Boston Manny takes the kick by mile man man I love that they one of those classic imagine 10 11 12y old Jo that’s just that’s just that’s just Manny being Manny I hated that but when he was knocking out those those home runs and

Those RB they didn’t call them that right that’s Manny being Manny too yeah yeah so I mean there was just just stuff about Manny that you know but I think Marcus to me is just in in some senses just is polarizing I don’t know how many radio shows I’ve been on and that’s

Probably been one of the reliefs this year of not defending Marcus Mar like oh my God Marcus is horrible Marcus is this he shoots too much that that that interview y’all had is is it’s gonna go down to history man man calling us out the garden report I wish I saw the look

On your face when he said that [ __ ] the one night granny wasn’t there too man I love that he wasn’t there to police it I love the well gry was there gry was there when I asked yeah we were we were on we were live on air and what did gr

Say he must his eyes must have been this and he didn’t say anything I just kind of got big like Yep this is Marcus Smart live like yeah he just went at the B it’s like it was so your reaction was funny man who said that over here who

Who said that you’re not a good Defender anymore oh wow you’re not a great who who do I sound like who who do I sound like right now you know yeah there’s some high ranking Celtic official you know is that like Bobby Manny Bobby referring to me like yeah you high

Ranking Subic official he said that first of all I’m not a high ranking sub Bishop I work on even think to refer to you something like what’s front office I don’t know yeah I’m with the front office but it was just so funny that he would say that but

Yeah but when we were on the air and I just you know I was talking about you know people he just all of a sudden chimed in he’s like yeah my defense people been talking about I’m slower and I can’t defend the way that a week

Before too man I was like I was like who said that he said aerro he need to shed this you need to shed this [ __ ] mouth no he said and the g report when he said and the g report oh man that’s us she shot to the whole Camp he said damn it

Oh this beautiful stuff so so I’m G tell you what I what I told everyone else my friends everyone to hit me up that night and the days after good because you know why because he backed it up he backed it up actually I’m not

Going to sit here and be like oh well you guys can thank me because of no no no screw all that when someone when one says that and then they go out there and back it up and then do it again and again and again and then become the

Defensive player of the year the first guard since Gary Payton yeah I love that man that’s why I love that I love that story kudos to that dude you know I it was unfortunate that you know he was traded um but this team collectively as a unit probably fares better uh by the

Addition of porzingis and subtraction Marcus and let me say the most because I I’m the biggest Marcus but the Celtics also needed that guy in the paint who could score buckets and can do he he does that he does that well last night he didn’t have one of

His best games either uh but you know when he gets on the heater man they you know they make it tough but uh Hughes really did a number against the stic and he went right poor right so well you know Max I I just look at Marcus now the guy who was here

For for so many years heart and soul did everything he could and sort of was like a big brother to these guys so I I feel like that’s sort of the relationship in terms of uh the the the growth between Tatum and brown and you know who how

They’ve ascended to the superstars that they are and it’s pretty cool that Marcus had a big part of that in the sense of they went that you know that they they’re all together they did that it wasn’t that was after the KY how many people have referred to

Marcus in this negative way and saiding he stunned their growth he stuned Brown and tat I’m just I’m just saying just you don’t have to yell at me that that Marcus stuned their growth he didn’t allow them to be the they I’ve never heard this before when he

Keeps saying Tatum and brown defer to Marcus I don’t I I didn’t see that I never saw that but what you see and what you see is maturity right now and Tatum as Tatum was growing but he had to grow into that and I hope that brown grows into that the leader that

You wanted to be with Marcus I always saw him as you know in those tough stretches whether was the end of the fourth quarter and got he was just the guy that was okay if no one else wants to step up then it’s got to be me and I think sometimes

People saw that through a different lens you know they saw it as like give me the ball or I’m going to do it my way I I never necessarily saw it as that but like you said these guys matured they grew it was a process and and I feel

Like every NBA superstar goes through that you know a trip to the NBA finals is a hell of a a process is a humongous step and and I I think you know we can’t forget um Marcus had a big part of that he was the starting point guard of that

Team and all that so I can’t wait to see him on Sunday man should be good absolutely I’m so excited about the possibility him coming into the building uh sometimes in the second quarter or the first first half or whatever they’re going to do a trip at Demarcus and

That’s going to be so cool I’m G to love that you goingon to be right there with people there’s Celtics fans all over the country that that are flying in for this game man like that’s how that that’s how special it’s going to be I know a couple

Fans of the uh the guard report hitting me up about it like they’re so excited and I’m like you you traveling all the way over here I’m like that’s Celtics fanom though you know like I can’t even I can’t even hate I’m like that’s what

It is man it’s always been like that so I can’t wait it be a special night special night for sure that’s G do it for this episode of the Cedric Maxwell podcast I am Jose pone he is Cedric Maxwell we’ll check you guys out next week uh brand new episode of course and

You already know what to do subscribe ratee review and share this episode you know I think uh that’s that’s a great way to get these Celtics fans get them through this tough loss against they got a couple of days to get through this right Max gotta get through this process

We’ll see you guys episode take a damn chill P you they’ll be all Right

Max & Josue react to the Celtics losing to a LeBron James and Anthony Davis-less Lakers team & Marcus Smart’s return to TD Garden.

0:00 Max is Disappointed in Celtics Effort vs Lakers
11:17 All Star reserves announced
19:29 Marcus Smart Returns

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