Celtics Legend tells a George ‘Ice Man’ Gervin Story

About this episode

Cedric Maxwell and John Zannis discuss various NBA topics including player recoveries and trades, while Maxwell shares a personal story about his time with the Celtics.

On this week's show Cedric Maxwell and John Zannis talk about Jayson Tatum's recovery from achilles surgery, Baylor Scheierman's shooting woes, Marcus Smart's heel turns and skinny Luka Doncic. Also Max reveals that his grudge against the Celtics for trading him before the 1985-86 season will NEVER die. Join this channel to get access to perks, exclusive content, rate games, moments, footage and LIVE NBA Legends Q&A and AMAs with members! Start on link below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJOKseXd--YsDaUsOt06gA/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Cedric Maxwell

Guest: John Zannis

Topics covered

• Celtics
• NBA
• basketball
• player recovery
• trades
• player performance

Keywords

• Celtics
• Jayson Tatum
• Marcus Smart
• Luka Doncic
• George Gervin
• NBA
• basketball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston Celtics

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