On this episode of the Cedric Maxwell Podcast, Cedric and Josue Pavón sit down to discuss the biggest stories around the Boston Celtics and the NBA. KG has beef with Melo, the Celtics are hot as can be right now, and just got Porzingis back on the floor. All that, and much more!
0:00 - Thanksgiving Dinner Prep
2:50 - Porzingis Impact
5:35 - Pritchard's Performance
9:02 - Prize Picks Promotion
10:43 - NBA Cup Benefits
12:57 - Tension in the air
14:41 - Lonnie Shelton story
19:01 - KG's iconic line
20:52 - Thanksgiving reflections
24:35 - Grant's season-ending injury
27:06 - LeBron's injury management
30:04 - Saquon Barkley's play
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0:00 - Thanksgiving Dinner Prep
2:50 - Porzingis Impact
5:35 - Pritchard's Performance
9:02 - Prize Picks Promotion
10:43 - NBA Cup Benefits
12:57 - Tension in the air
14:41 - Lonnie Shelton story
19:01 - KG's iconic line
20:52 - Thanksgiving reflections
24:35 - Grant's season-ending injury
27:06 - LeBron's injury management
30:04 - Saquon Barkley's play
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00:00Another episode of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.
00:11I'm Josie Pavone alongside Cedric Maxwell getting you guys
00:14ready for Thanksgiving dinner.
00:16Man forget about that.
00:18All that Joe Sway is out of Oklahoma back now in Boston.
00:25Yeah, mama Sway was as happy as she could be having a baby
00:29back in Joe Sway finally back in and this is the first time
00:33you've ever been away from Boston for like, you know, a
00:35couple of months or something in your life, right?
00:37I mean besides going down the streets of Springfield during
00:40my college days.
00:41Yeah, it's been again.
00:42Listen to me.
00:43Just wait.
00:44It's been a while.
00:44I'm you first time you've been away from home living away
00:47from home home facts where you couldn't but you couldn't
00:49get to your mommy in you know, two hours.
00:52Right, right.
00:53That's true.
00:54No, I was a long way from home.
00:56That's that's facts for it.
00:57I mean look Thanksgiving being back here, you know, I'm
00:59at the kitchen table right now.
01:01This is where the it's where it's going to go down Thanksgiving
01:03dinner, but before we get into all that stuff because I know
01:07this is your favorite holiday Max all your favorite side
01:10dishes and you know, what would you like to do?
01:13How you like to approach Thanksgiving?
01:15But first things first, man.
01:16Let's talk Celtics.
01:17We got Chris Dasport Zingas is back.
01:19So that's on the sticks game winning streak and I gotta
01:22get your take on this man before at some point in this
01:24episode. We're going to talk about the infamous Carmelo
01:27Anthony and Kevin Garnett Honey Nut Cheerios interaction
01:32because Mello gave us an update as to what happened there
01:36and I want to hear your take on it because of course, I'm
01:37sure you were down there at Madison Square Garden when
01:40that happened and for all you youngsters out there.
01:42We'll give you some context if you don't know what we're
01:44talking about.
01:45But like I said, Max Boston Celtics on a six game winning
01:48streak and with Chris Dasport Zingas back man, that was
01:51a beat and they put down on the Los Angeles Clippers.
01:54How good or how long I should say, can this streak last?
01:58Do you think?
01:59I don't know how long it's going to last.
02:01This team is playing.
02:02Well, when you get for Zingas coming back, it's a new animal.
02:07Everybody talked about Cleveland.
02:09You know, you look at this Chicago game is going to be
02:11huge this week because you're talking about the if the
02:15Celtics want to go to Vegas and play in the in-season
02:21tournament, they more than likely need to win that game
02:24of Chicago Road game.
02:26And then after that game, you could possibly play the
02:29Cavaliers and I think the Cavaliers have only lost one
02:34game 17.
02:36You could be they could be 17 and one or or eight or could
02:40be 19 and one by the time you get in their building and
02:44that can be another Epic event for the NBA and also the
02:48for the Celtics, but the Celtics come with another wild
02:51card just way.
02:53That's that seven foot three inch monster.
02:56That's a unicorn.
02:57That unicorn.
02:58Oh man.
03:00He brings what does he bring to the table?
03:03Let's go with that.
03:05The ability to block shots shooting the three from the
03:09outside better spacing for Brown and Tatum because you
03:15have to take an account his ability to knock down the
03:17three.
03:18There were several of those threes.
03:20He missed the other day that he probably once he gets
03:23into a rhythm.
03:24He will not miss those same shots.
03:26So, you know with him back and what you see y'all see see
03:31more animated Jalen Brown.
03:33They that's that's his do.
03:35I mean as much as Tatum has been into I think, you know,
03:39Porzingis is even more of his do they call themselves
03:43cookie cookies and cream and you know, I'm not sure what
03:48your your guys have been in Jerry's might have to say
03:51about that.
03:51But but but but those two guys together they just seem
03:56to be really impactful and there was one point where Jalen
04:00Brown had a play going towards the rim.
04:03Tristar Porzingis is coming in from the right-hand side
04:07and he threw the ball up.
04:10Porzingis called it in one motion slammed it in and Brown
04:13was giggling like a like a little girl who had just got
04:17her her first Barbie doll.
04:19He was so excited about that particular play.
04:22A lot of the people in the building were excited to see
04:25Christophers in this come back in running.
04:27Well moving.
04:28Well, and probably it's only going to get better as this
04:32season goes on and he's ahead of schedule max.
04:35I mean we were talking about Christmas people were talking
04:37about maybe mid-December.
04:39I mean to do this before Thanksgiving.
04:41I mean, I think it shows just how far along he is in his
04:44you know process of rehabbing and getting back and man,
04:48like you said, he looked like he looked like he fits right
04:51in, you know, and he's just going to get better from this
04:53point on.
04:53Well, if you think about what again, what he brings to the
04:56table and how he's going to give you that much more spacing.
05:00I take a guy who's playing.
05:01Well, yeah, we might be talking about six men in the year
05:05then Peyton Pritchett Peyton Pritchett's been unbelievable,
05:08you know from his that game winning that long-distance
05:12three-point shot that he took against Dallas to essentially
05:16seal the deal that halftime in the championship.
05:20He's got only better and more confident with his shooting
05:23his defense taking the ball towards the rack.
05:27He was more of just a jump shooter.
05:29So he's found his niche.
05:30And so with him and everything else with this team, this
05:33team is health-wise if this team stays healthy dare.
05:38I say, I don't I don't want to see you in Oklahoma City.
05:41I don't think I want to see you there, but the public's
05:44you're definitely got a chance of coming out of the East.
05:48Oh, no question.
05:49I mean at this point, I think it's going to be just the
05:51question of can how good is Cleveland, right?
05:54I mean, they haven't shown any signs of slowing down, you
05:57know, you wonder how far along they are, but it's still
06:00early. It's too early to say like just completely do.
06:03No, it's not.
06:03You got this game when they will have a better sense after
06:06this game game.
06:07We'll have a better sense after this game.
06:09You're going to get a check mark and it's going to tell
06:12them where they're at, right?
06:14Mean their schedule.
06:15They've they've, you know, obviously beat all the teams
06:18in front of them, but they haven't played a bunch of teams
06:20from the eat from the West where the West is seems to be
06:23imbalanced. A lot of the weaker teams right now are in
06:26the are in the East.
06:29So you get a chance to see who they they'll get a chance
06:32to see who they really are against the world champions
06:35and in the last game against Boston Boston pretty much
06:39had them in check for most of that game.
06:41They did whatever they wanted to do.
06:42Cleveland got back in it had their opportunities, but
06:45Boston at one point was a hit by 20 points in that game.
06:49So I don't think they're 20 points better than Cleveland,
06:52but what Porzingis coming back?
06:55How will he impact the situation for this next game?
06:59So all you all you online betters and all these things
07:02that just wait tries to read and all that, you know, what
07:06that this is going to be a hell of a game.
07:07I'm not sure how you're going to approach it, but hell
07:10of a game.
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08:34game. Yeah, run your game and I'm not allowed to play
08:39because I'm sure if I was allowed to play I'd be pissed
08:42off. Not not the fact that though of that, but I'd be
08:45like, damn it.
08:46You didn't get it.
08:47I need to one more rebound.
08:49I'd be on the broadcast.
08:51Jesus, what the hell?
08:53So I understand the video line and I've had friends who
08:57are who are doing just this.
08:59So, you know, go out and you're going to support you're
09:03going to support us.
09:04You're going to support them, but you're going to support
09:06yourself. You know, it's funny Max.
09:09Uh, someone was given a Kevin Durant a hard time because
09:11he was putting out some sort of a promo for guys to go
09:15out and do that.
09:15And he also got mad at a fan because they were like, oh
09:17you didn't get me a that final rebound either that assist
09:21and he was like, hey, listen, man.
09:23I'm not telling people not to play but don't get mad at
09:26us. If you don't hit your parlay because I didn't give
09:29out an extra assist like I'm with it.
09:31Like he's not saying people, you know, he's not against
09:33it, but he's like don't get mad at us.
09:35Let me tell you what, this might this Celtic game against
09:39Chicago might be one of your best parlays if you want
09:43to do that.
09:44And the reason I'll say that only reason I say that is
09:46because it is inherent for the subjects to score as many
09:52points as they can because it's the cumulative effect
09:57of it's arrogant arrogance.
09:59What is the word called?
10:00Arrogant scores, which you trying to get your scores
10:04so many points above the other one.
10:05So for instance, Southern score three beat Chicago by
10:1115 points.
10:13Then that goes in the whole formula so far as I'm going
10:16to Vegas.
10:17So I think this is a great line to serve your point
10:21betting for, you know, top guys like Tatum.
10:24Maybe they stay in the game longer.
10:26Yeah, they normally would because of that.
10:29That's the only thing I'll say about this whole, you
10:31know, because I shouldn't try to influence you.
10:33But in that particular case, I think this is the one
10:36time I think I would pick for all the overs and the
10:40games are coming up.
10:41You know, that's a good point, Max.
10:42I feel like this NBA Cup.
10:44It just it continues to, you know, help everybody out,
10:47you know, in one sense, whether it's adding the
10:49entertainment value, whether it's, you know, spicing
10:51up the games between, you know, two teams that need
10:54a particular amount of points.
10:56I think it's just getting better and better as we get
10:58into it.
10:59I mean, obviously, it's only the second season still
11:00very young, but it's showing its benefits for sure.
11:04Absolutely.
11:05So like I said earlier, Max, we had not we but Carmelo
11:11Anthony was on his podcast 7 p.m.
11:13In Brooklyn.
11:14He had Iman Shumpert on and they went down memory
11:16Lane talking about a particular game against the
11:18Boston Celtics where Kevin Garnett's trash-talking
11:21may have crossed the line.
11:23Now Mello wouldn't get into specifics.
11:25However, he did say he did say that the Honey Nut Cheerio
11:30line that everyone thinks that can't Kevin Garnett
11:32said or supposedly said about his girlfriend or wife
11:36at the time.
11:37It's not true.
11:38Okay, that was the beginning of social media and people
11:42twisting things around according to Mello, but I
11:45wanted to hear your take on it, man, because he just
11:47talked about one line that really got on his nerves
11:51and how he just tried to just have a conversation
11:53with him but between security and and Celtic security,
11:57you know, the security at Madison Square Garden.
11:59He couldn't get close to Garnett at all and that even
12:01that got him even more upset, you know, in postgame.
12:04You know what?
12:05I love Mello.
12:07I really do.
12:09But he won't trying to get one line out and I happen
12:12to be the first person down there when he was down
12:15by the bus and this dude was jumping around like
12:18somebody like he was on crack.
12:20But what is he doing?
12:22I mean, he had this wild look in his eyes.
12:26I was like, damn.
12:27Did he take a shower that bad?
12:28He must have just jumped in some sweats and ran down
12:32to where the bus was and was waiting.
12:34So I am sure if I'm security and I see that look on
12:38this face, I am not letting him anywhere near Kevin
12:42Garnett.
12:42I'm not.
12:44Mello, I love you, but that story about you just want
12:48to get one line in and say something, bro.
12:52I see you want a conversation.
12:53You just want a conversation.
12:55I was down there looking in your eyes.
12:57I'm looking in your eyes when you went down there.
12:59Somebody was about to get their ass whooped down there.
13:02That's what the look at.
13:03I saw it.
13:04I can tell you anything else, but it's a brother
13:06who's seen guys before like ready crank up you want
13:10down there for diplomacy that that wasn't what you
13:14were about to say.
13:15I mean, I you can tell your story and I can tell my
13:18story, but I tell you what the look in your eyes told
13:21me exactly where you were at.
13:23What was like?
13:24What could have triggered that though?
13:25Like have you know what better question?
13:27Have you ever been in that type of situation?
13:29It's a player ever triggered you to the point where
13:31you want to, you know, like and if it did, how far
13:34did it go?
13:37Mine only stopped right there on the court, but I
13:39remember Mike Woodson tell me a story about Lonnie
13:43Shelton and Lonnie Shelton was this big intimidating
13:46forward who was in NBA during the 70s and the 80s
13:50and Mike Woodson said, yo, yeah, meet me back at the
13:55hotel, you know, hotel.
13:56We're in because they were the visiting team.
14:00We didn't think anything about it.
14:03I bought it at all until outside the bus at the hotel
14:09was Lonnie show looking for
14:12though.
14:13So do that, you know, you can talk about the old
14:17NBA compared to the new NBA.
14:20Now, now the Kobe was the last one to get two-piece
14:23after that.
14:24All you do is go see some push in the show.
14:26Chris Childs.
14:29Right now.
14:30I was there and the look that he had on his face
14:33at that particular time.
14:35There ain't no way
14:36Iman Shepard said that Iman Shepard said that Mel has
14:39a strict routine, you know postgame routine.
14:43He said all that was scrap that yeah, you went right
14:47no lifting.
14:48No, whatever his routine was.
14:51He just got dressed and got the heck out that locker
14:53room was like this.
14:54All you wanted was a conversation, right?
14:57Don't you try to tell me dude.
15:00I saw you out there that bus you were bouncing around
15:04that's like damn.
15:05I'm like, and I walked out.
15:09No, he wasn't doing one of these.
15:11He wasn't doing that but he was just bouncing around
15:14like he was like a Mexican jumping be like, you know,
15:17something about the pop off and you look we've all
15:20been there before where you see a brother going.
15:22Oh shit something and what do we say something about
15:26the boy?
15:26You look at your boy, man.
15:27Yo, man, yo, man.
15:30You boys pacing right now.
15:31Yeah, I'm about to pop up.
15:33What do you think was, you know, when you saw me and
15:37your boy Draymond?
15:38What would you think?
15:39Did you have the camera in your hand?
15:40What do you think?
15:42Some shit about to pop off like this.
15:45No, no, no.
15:46I never thought it would get physical though.
15:50No, I'm saying like I didn't have the anticipation
15:52like it was going to be, you know, it was just something
15:54but you obviously you had knew something because
15:56something was about to pop off because you were there
15:58with your camera and you you were filming the whole
16:01thing.
16:01So obviously he ain't gonna go up to you and be like,
16:03hey, congrats to the Celtics.
16:04Like I say something.
16:05It wasn't a congratulation.
16:07The Celtics said the series wasn't over.
16:09It's right in the middle of the series.
16:11It's true.
16:11So what nothing that you you knew from just the way
16:16he was out there early from game one because he was
16:19out here and you and Gary Payne were going.
16:21Yeah, he was out there early me and Gary talking
16:24and then all of a sudden you see him.
16:26I see him.
16:27Yeah, and I'm talking to Gary.
16:28He just come over in black.
16:30He just come over getting my conversation that you
16:32you were there.
16:33So, you know, if shit about to pop off when you see
16:35two brothers or somebody answer you like me and
16:39you're your Spidey sense is telling you right now
16:42or you're you're you're Dominican.
16:45Don't even don't play with your Hondurian instincts
16:50about to kick off going.
16:52Yo, man, you tell your boy.
16:53Yo, man, you're ready.
16:55You're ready.
16:56You're ready.
16:57You're ready for what?
16:58And what did what the brothers say?
17:00So I'm sure you know, you don't you don't feel
17:06it. You don't feel it.
17:07Oh, yeah, absolutely.
17:08But that that takes years of experience and you've
17:14had that years experience.
17:15You've done it before when you see a woman and you
17:18know, and you you know that look that she gives
17:21you that, you know, she might have dated you or
17:23been with you before then.
17:25She's looking at you all crazy going.
17:27Yo, yo, man, let's get our coats.
17:29Let's get the hell out of here.
17:34No, it's no different vibe.
17:36It's the same vibe when you're going, you know,
17:38man, we need to get on about eating your boys.
17:40He's not man.
17:41We just we just got a drink smell.
17:43I drink since he yo man with the drink down.
17:46Let's what do you say?
17:47What drink sound?
17:48What?
17:50Let's go to me.
17:51Let's go.
17:51Yeah.
17:52This is the line that brothers go.
17:54I'll tell you when we get to the car.
17:58That's enough said no more questions after that.
18:01No more questions.
18:02And that's what if you're real do he going?
18:05Oh, okay.
18:07Hey, get you the car and then we're here.
18:10Yeah, he's in real tight to you going yo, man.
18:13What's up?
18:15Man that that that that that so this whole thing
18:19that that that that that so this whole thing with mellow
18:22love you, bro, but I ain't going down with that one
18:25because I was there, you know, crack me up man.
18:28He said right when he was about to just give up and
18:30you know what this is this conversation gonna happen
18:33today.
18:34It comes kg, you know, but security was not with kg
18:37but just in general.
18:38They're already in front of him and he looks over
18:40he goes damn mellow all that over a basketball game
18:43man medals that he wanted to put hands on his
18:47yes, that's what you did.
18:49I guess that's been really well.
18:51Come on.
18:52Come on, man.
18:53Come on.
18:54He's trying to say that's the most kg lot.
18:56I could just just to walk all the way.
18:59I just want to all this over a basketball game.
19:02I just want to have a line with you.
19:03I want to talk.
19:05Come on.
19:06You invited kg onto his podcast and hopefully we get
19:10that man because that would be that would be a funny
19:12so close to be that would be hysterical.
19:16That would be hysterical.
19:18I would not that might be the Tyson Paul battle that
19:23you know that we really wanted to see before that.
19:25Okay, you want to do it?
19:26Let's I want to hear both sides.
19:28Absolutely.
19:28That would be better than the Tyson fight.
19:31Definitely just that dialogue between those two.
19:33I got you know what we're gonna I'm gonna try to
19:35get kg on with us so we can just ask him that
19:38question.
19:39Oh, yeah, just see what they'll him and Paul would
19:42say if they if they really got down to it.
19:44So yeah, right, right.
19:45Give us the give us the truth.
19:46Give us the give us the real story.
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20:52All right, Max Thanksgiving.
20:54I know you just pulled up to your hometown North
20:58Carolina.
20:59How's the commute?
21:00Everything good.
21:00You just get there today.
21:01Oh, hello.
21:02Everything is good, man.
21:03I'm actually here here in Charlotte.
21:06I was in Charlotte.
21:09No, actually in Raleigh, North Carolina drove
21:11here to Kingston and just having family here
21:14man is going to this is my favorite holiday.
21:17You know, it everybody knows it.
21:20It is about the turkey.
21:21It's about the dressing.
21:23It's about the if you want to use the word
21:25stuffing.
21:26It's about all the desserts that come along
21:28with it family together.
21:31It's just the only one that is close to it
21:34to me would be 4th of July and 4th of July
21:39because it's hot and I rather just not have
21:42you know, I really be outside, you know, by
21:44the grill, you know talking noise, but but
21:47this this holiday is like yeah Christmas the
21:52holiest day of the year.
21:54I understand that but the happiest day of
21:57the year to me happens to be Thanksgiving.
21:59That's why I say happy Thanksgiving happy
22:02Thanksgiving anybody see out what they say
22:04to you.
22:04Happy Thanksgiving.
22:06Don't say Mary happy Thanksgiving.
22:10This is like it's the it's the end all to
22:13the be all and the fact that the Boston
22:16Celtics aren't playing on Thanksgiving Day
22:19or the day before gave me a chance really to
22:22come and see my 90 year old mother Bessie
22:24Maxwell.
22:26So it was a good good time for me to kind
22:29of get away and kind of get my self recharged
22:32for this this next part of the season and
22:36this is going to be chaotic and you know,
22:38the fact that the Celtics are playing the
22:41in-house the the in tournament game versus
22:45Chicago on Friday and then turn around and
22:48play an important game again on Monday in
22:52Cleveland.
22:53I don't think it gets any better than this
22:54on the schedule.
22:55Yeah, it's perfect man.
22:56I'm glad you got that time got the extra
22:58days.
22:58Like you said, man, you don't have the game,
23:00you know, right before so you kind of had
23:02that extra time to spend it with your family.
23:04Well, let me ask you this then let me ask
23:06you about the stuff in a dressing thing.
23:10What's the difference?
23:11How about let me ask you this.
23:12How about how about the how about the
23:14Fakers right now?
23:15What's going on out there?
23:16You've been up on them because you know,
23:18that's that's the team you're covering right
23:20now. What's happening with them?
23:22What do you mean?
23:22I can't reach to the Fakers.
23:23I'm like, I don't cover that.
23:25What you mean?
23:26The Fakers out there and man, did you ever
23:29think there was going to be such a colossal
23:31bus down in Philadelphia?
23:34No, man, that that's that's a crazy story,
23:36especially when you got Paul George trying
23:38to calm everyone down and saying that.
23:40Oh, no, it's we'll turn this thing around.
23:42My god, you guys are 3 and 13.
23:44What do you mean?
23:4613 and your Christmas Day gift is in Boston
23:51versus the Boston 7.
23:53That's the gift you want.
23:55That's the one you want you.
23:56I mean, is that how you're going to turn
23:58your season around right there?
23:59So I mean, there's some is some stories
24:01in the NBA right now that part of them
24:04don't make sense.
24:04I tell you what, I love the way Orlando
24:06is playing.
24:07Yeah, I'm surprised at me.
24:09Maybe I'm VP.
24:11Yeah, maybe Milwaukee starts to play
24:13a little bit better.
24:14They're on the open up.
24:15They're 7 and 3 in the last 10.
24:16So they're in the open, but I looked
24:18at the game that that just happened in
24:22Charlotte where my little ball dropped
24:2450-50 on and we gotta say our your
24:27our condolences right now to our buddy
24:29Grant Grant.
24:30We have them on our podcast Grant Williams
24:33out for off of the season with with torn
24:38ligaments in this knee for ACL.
24:41Yeah, man off of the air and that's
24:43the that that is I don't know.
24:46I guess he's gone to stride to the season
24:48next was too bad.
24:49Yeah, I think that's the that's the one
24:51of the worst injuries.
24:53You can have as a basketball player
24:55as a football player.
24:56You can rehab pretty quick, but your
24:58quickness your lateral movement and all
25:00that stuff is dealing with your leg
25:02and to try to come back only good thing
25:04it happened early in the season.
25:06He's out for the entire season.
25:07So he can try to rehab a little slower
25:11coming back.
25:12He does have a couple years in this
25:14contract.
25:15So, you know, what do you know?
25:17We'll do that.
25:18Well, we got to get him back on a podcast
25:19for sure, man.
25:20But yeah, I'm gonna get get well soon
25:21grand on just unfortunately part of
25:23the game, but I know we talked about
25:25this last episode a couple episodes
25:27ago Max, but this these injuries man,
25:29they're stacking up at what point
25:31does the NBA address this in what
25:33form or way or fashion?
25:34I should say like I just it's not
25:36making sense.
25:37How do you address?
25:39I mean, what do you address?
25:40How do we add a week or two?
25:42You know, how injury injuries are
25:44injuries.
25:46They're not even much Max.
25:47They play too many games per week
25:50per week.
25:50That's just look at this.
25:52Look at this.
25:53When Gordon Heywood got hurt.
25:56What game was that?
25:58Game one game one.
26:01It just happens.
26:02Yeah, unfortunate, but it happens.
26:04I don't think it has anything to do
26:05with the schedule, but it just
26:07happens.
26:08Now, you know, there's not a lot
26:10you're going to do about it.
26:11I don't think that, you know, but
26:13by parlaying the games, you know,
26:15you try to not play a guy here and
26:17all this other stuff, but injury
26:19if injuries happen, the injuries
26:21going to happen.
26:21It's going to happen.
26:22Yeah.
26:24All right, Max.
26:24He's that's the case.
26:26I mean, I just I just hope things
26:28get better next season or whatever
26:30the case may be because I mean,
26:31I'm not saying that like this is
26:32going to be I mean if this
26:33continues to be an ongoing issue,
26:34I think there's something that
26:36it should be investigated at least
26:37by the NBA.
26:38How's your boy chat hungry and
26:39doing right now?
26:41He's on the mend see and then they
26:43just lost case and Wallace, you
26:44know, I mean, it's just I don't
26:47know.
26:47I just feel like the injuries are
26:48stacking up for every team.
26:49It's not just, you know, a guy
26:52here or guy there.
26:53Yeah.
26:53It's also stars as well, but it's
26:55just every team right now is
26:57dealing with more than more than
26:58a couple, you know?
27:00Well, yeah.
27:01Is he still a month and a half
27:03away?
27:03Probably.
27:04Okay.
27:04Well, you say all that.
27:05Well, why is LeBron James still
27:07playing and hadn't been hadn't
27:09had a let me knock on wood any
27:11kind of major entry and he's
27:13only been ahead of this for
27:15years.
27:16He's he's older than dirt.
27:17So how does how does that
27:19happen?
27:20She's been ahead of it that he
27:21doesn't that how you get ahead
27:23of injury.
27:24He's been he's been taking care
27:26of his body on a different level
27:27the past 10 years.
27:29It doesn't make any difference
27:30injuries injury.
27:31Like you think Grant strong as
27:33hell with his legs.
27:34Sometimes it's an unfortunate
27:36slip.
27:37It's a turn something happens
27:39like that.
27:40So no, I don't I don't I don't
27:45think an investigation is going
27:47to do any good when it comes to
27:49not what I will say is this.
27:52I think that players should rest
27:56a little bit more during the
27:57offseason to heal.
28:00I think if there's one thing I
28:01would say said do put the
28:03basketball down go to the beach
28:05with your family.
28:06Let no hold on lifting what
28:09these guys go 24 7 me.
28:12So you go you live with
28:13Williams.
28:14No programs and working programs
28:16and playing the tournaments.
28:18When do you get a chance?
28:20Look at look at Tatum's life
28:22this year.
28:23What happened?
28:24What was his break this year?
28:26He plays until almost July then
28:29goes right from there to start
28:31to get ready Europe to go to the
28:33Olympics has whatever it was in
28:36the Olympics.
28:37Couple of weeks later.
28:39You're in the garden trying to
28:40get your first, you know, getting
28:41your first ring right back it
28:43back in the season or the
28:45training camp.
28:46Yeah.
28:46Yeah.
28:46So I'm just saying I don't I
28:48don't know what it is the time.
28:51I understand what you're saying
28:52about players but entries are
28:54going to happen and part of the
28:56game.
28:56Right.
28:58I want to ask you one one other
29:00question and this is sports
29:02related.
29:03Have you ever seen anything like
29:05Saquon Barkley what he did that
29:07jump up in the air move the guy
29:09tried to tackle him.
29:11You ever.
29:11I mean is that one of the
29:12greatest greatest plays we've
29:15ever.
29:15I mean I don't even I don't even
29:18know any plays that had ever
29:20been like compared to anything.
29:22Right.
29:22Yeah.
29:25It was like something out of a
29:26video game that's exaggerated.
29:30Yeah.
29:31I mean I love that.
29:32The thing which was just as
29:33amazing to me was looking at the
29:35reaction of his teammates on the
29:38sideline.
29:40You can see him in the distance
29:42but then when he jumped up in
29:43the air and the guy didn't
29:45tackle it his teammates just
29:48jumped.
29:48They were like oh my God.
29:51It's I say I don't think I've
29:54ever seen anything.
29:57You know I always say sports is
29:58so crazy you might see anything
29:59one day but what's what's next
30:03for a player.
30:05Football or just in general.
30:06Just so what you got so flying
30:08up in the air.
30:09What do you do.
30:12I don't know Max but I think the
30:13basketball equivalent will be
30:14something something that's going
30:16to happen from Victor when my
30:17uncle like some of those like
30:19dunks and blocks that we saw
30:20last year like he's going to
30:21take it to know he's going to do
30:22one of those like space jam type
30:25of blocks where like his arm
30:26extends over the back.
30:28What is it.
30:28I don't know man.
30:29That kid's unreal and he's still
30:31growing.
30:31Like that's what's crazy about
30:32it.
30:32He could still grow.
30:33He's only you know I mean early
30:3520s.
30:36So it's unreal that that's that
30:38the fact that you're there and
30:40you're able to OK see a rival
30:43that must be really nice to see
30:44that big fella come in and what
30:47he's doing you know just just
30:49some of the teams are playing
30:50right now you look at you know
30:51you still look at a team like
30:53Denver or you're away from
30:54winning the championship and
30:56they don't look like anything
30:58like they have during that
30:59particular time.
31:00So you know the season's gone
31:02and it's going on and what do
31:04you think of Minnesota.
31:07I feel like they've sort of
31:08taken a step back.
31:09I know still.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Yeah.
31:11Yeah.
31:12Randall and you know losing to
31:14the Celtics the other day
31:15something's happened down by 20
31:17something that one day they came
31:19back.
31:19They had a chance to win it but
31:21they did.
31:22Right.
31:22Exactly.
31:24Yeah.
31:25In the day they didn't.
31:26So Nas Reid at the buzzer.
31:28Yeah.
31:29And I don't even know if Nas
31:30Reid actually got that shot off
31:32before.
31:33I think he left his fingertips
31:35after time had expired.
31:39No.
31:40All right.
31:40Well that's going to do it.
31:41This episode of the Cedric
31:42Maxwell podcast.
31:43Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
31:45Yeah.
31:46Thank you for your support for
31:47tuning in and special special
31:51thanks and of course have a
31:52great great holiday with your
31:54family and friends.
31:55Max I'm glad you're back home
31:56with it with the fam.
31:57Tell mom I said what up you
31:59know out about me and just the
32:02way it's the end is to all of
32:03you.
32:04Hope you have the happiest
32:06Thanksgiving and you know say
32:08one of those was turkey legs
32:10for me.
32:11OK.
32:12Because I like to slice and
32:13dice and the pie and the cake
32:16you know is it is a good is it
32:18for Cedric Maxwell.
32:19It's a good 10 pounds come to
32:20some place.
32:21So
32:23thank you very much.
32:25And we'll see you a little bit
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