“They act like guys were just walking about the court punching people” Draymond Green slaps Celtics legend Cedric Maxwell with ultimate reality check
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Cedric Maxwell and Draymond Green
Draymond Green‘s exploits in Game 2 drew a lot of criticism from the Boston Celtics, but none was harsher than Cedric Maxwell, the former Finals MVP for the Boston Celtics. Maxwell, a two-time NBA champion with the Celtics in 1981 and 1984, slammed the warriors forward for provoking confrontations with Grant Williams and Jaylen Brown. At the time of their era, Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors have faced a lot of criticism, and Green has a reputation for responding to it.
Cedric Maxwell’s comments after Game 2.
Following Game 2, Cedric Maxwell and NBA great Gary Payton discussed Draymond Green’s short altercation with Jaylen Brown, which almost resulted in technical fouls. Maxwell was taken aback by the whole thing. According to Maxwell, Green would have been knocked out for his behavior in his day. Maxwell had this to say about Green: “I am going to be as clear as I can. That s*** Draymond was doing? During the 1980s, he’d got knocked the f*** out.” Maxwell recommended to fellow NBA veteran Gary Payton that being aggressive and talking trash was fine, but it may lead to a corrective brawl.
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Draymond Green responds to the NBA veteran.
After the Warriors’ Game 2 win against the Celtics to even the Finals at 1-1, Green acknowledged he heard what Maxwell said. “One thing that baffles me about the ’80s or ’90s, when basketball was ‘so much more physical,’ is some of the guys that be talking weren’t the guys that were punching people. They act like guys were just walking about the court punching people.”, Green said in the post game press conference. He also added: “Comparing the physicality of the game and everybody acting like they were just the most physical and brutal enforcers, it’s like everybody acting like they shoot the ball like Steph Curry today,”
Maxwell was asked about Green’s comments on NBC Sports Boston on Tuesday night. The former Celtic, like Green, thought the whole back-and-forth entertaining. The NBA veteran had meaner words for Draymond Green, stating: “Draymond wasn’t even born when I was playing. Let me do the math here. Draymond, ask your daddy who I was.”
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