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The Boston Celtics are ridin’ extreme after worthwhile their league-leading 18th NBA championship, and former star Celtics hooper turned employees broadcaster Cedric Maxwell is guaranteeing the world is conscious of the place the best franchise resides — and it’s not L.A.!
Maxwell, a 2x NBA champ with the Celtics who was named Finals MVP in 1981 (he carried out in Boston from 1977-1985), joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities actions TV current (airs nightly on FS1) following Beantowns 4-1 sequence victory of the Western Conference Champion Dallas Mavericks.
And, in case you thought the Celtics wouldn’t degree out they’ve now obtained additional ‘chips than their rivals on the West Coast, you might be mistaken (the Lakers have 17)!
“To get one different banner after being tied up with the Fakers, it’s fully nice to bypass them now,” Maxwell said.
Cedric even known as out some Lakers legends by establish … James Worthy, Magic Johnson, and Michael Cooper sooner than hitting them with Steph Curry‘s signature “Good Night” pose!
Maxwell wasn’t carried out trolling the Lakers devoted … then poking pleasant at their in-season match banner hanging extreme above Crypto.com Enviornment.
“The Lakers are actually tied up,” Maxwell joked. “They put that mid-season banner up, it appears to be a bit of wierd up there. They do have amount 18 within the occasion that they want to be technical about it!”
Speaking of what actually went down on the hardwood, Maxwell just isn’t making an attempt to be all ears to anyone saying the employees had a simple journey to the Finals (critics are saying they’d a simple journey).
“Lastly, it is advisable to play the teams that are sooner than you,” Cedric said. “The proper out of the west was Dallas. The Celtics carried out all the best out of the east.”
Maxwell moreover gave youthful Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla his flowers. After solely his second season on the helm — assuming the operate after Ime Udoka was fired following his scandal — Cedric said the 35-year-old is solely getting started.
“Being certainly one of many youngest coaches ever to win an NBA championship, that’s as cool as a result of it’s going to get,” Maxwell said. “He was telling me sooner or later sooner than he regarded up all the bangers, he said, ‘You understand what, I’ll win actually certainly one of these one days.’ And I said fully!”
The good news for Celtics supporters is the celebration is solely starting … and Maxwell’s gonna benefit from every second of it.
Ear muffs, Lakers followers!