Paul Pierce (’08), who was in Boston less than 24 hours after finding out he was honored as one of the NBA’s greatest 75 players, caught up with Max before a Celtics game. Click the video below to watch the interview in its entirety.

Robert Parish (’81, ’84, ’86), ‘Tiny’ Archibald (’81) & Kendrick Perkins (’08) are featured as well. Click here to listen to the full episode.

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Parish is a 4× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997), 9× NBA All-Star (1981–1987, 1990, 1991), selected to the NBA 50th & 75th Anniversary Team and has his No. 00 retired by Boston Celtics.

0:00 Parish’s thoughts on the NBA 75 Team
1:18 Young plays deserving of All-Star bids
2:53 Will both Jaylen Brown & Jayson Tatum make the All-Star team?
4:00 Will Rob Williams ever make an All-Star team? + What’s his ceiling?
4:50 Chief’s advice for Rob Williams
7:50 Parish’s Longevity in the NBA and his advice
10:45 Mid Range Shot Comeback? What skills should modern big-men develop?
12:30 Most important moment in NBA history + the Future of the league

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As the 2021 NBA Finals last stop was the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks, CLNS History Channel has decided to chin-up and remember happier years, when the Finals were an annual occurrence in Boston.

Our spotlight has been to celebrate the 1981 Boston Celtics title as May 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of the oft neglected Banner 14.

1981 was the year of firsts for current NBA Legends and those players that would soon reach legendary status.

First time champions on any level:

• Larry Bird
• Robert Parish
• Tiny Archibald
• ML Carr
• Chris Ford
• Kevin McHale
• Cedric Maxwell
• Gerald Henderson
• Coach Bill Fitch
• Terry Duerod

The 1981 Celtics tipped off the first of five Finals appearances and 3 titles during the Larry Bird era.

This news report can also be found on CLNS History Channel as a pop up short here – https://youtu.be/i8wWVtYpBtE

Past segments can be found here

Welcome to CLNS’ NBA History Channel.

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Parish was a guest on the Cedric Maxwell Podcast on CLNS Media and talked about one of his famous run ins with Jordan during a practice back when Parish was a Bull in 1996-1997. Parish and the second unit beat Jordan’s four straight times, infuriating the Bulls legend and Parish let his airness hear about it.

“I asked him, ‘how do you like that ass whooping we just put on him?” Parish said. “He took offense to it because clearly no one ever manned up to him, challenged him. He said if I wasn’t careful he was going to kick my ass.”

The locker room dynamic in Chicago was talked about at length in ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance.” Parish says his time with the Bulls was nothing like playing with Larry Bird and the Celtics in the 1980’s. According to Parish, Bird led by example and rarely raised his voice or physically bullied teammates.

“I told (Jordan), I’m not in awe of you,” Parish said. “I played with some the baddest fellas that walked on the court, and I reeled off some names. I walked with Cedric, Bird, McHale, Bill Walton, Tiny, how am I going to be in awe of you? He looked at me like I slapped his mother.”

Parish’s admonishment of Jordan got MJ off his case, but it spread through the rest of locker room room unopposed. Derrek Dickey later told Parish his opposition to Jordan shocked him.

“I was a champion when I got here,” Parish said. “With all due respect to Rodman, Scottie.”

Maxwell agreed with Parish’s assessment of the Celtics locker room. With all the conversation on Jordan’s leadership style and its merits, Max and Parish remembered a team that told each other how they felt, but never had confrontations.

“Michael could definitely wear on you, very vocal almost to the point of being confrontational. He’d get right up in your personal space talking trash.

“That’s one thing I was liked about us (1980s Celtics) we respected one another. We talked a lot of trash but there’s always that respect. And i think that’s where Michael crossed the line. He didn’t always respect his teammates but he demand perfection. I feel if you’re going to demand perfection you’ve got to give some respect, let your teammates know you give a crap about them and that’s something I always though he lost sight of.”

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Parish was a guest on the Cedric Maxwell Podcast on CLNS Media and talked about one of his famous run ins with Jordan during a practice back when Parish was a Bull in 1996-1997. Parish and the second unit beat Jordan’s four straight times, infuriating the Bulls legend and Parish let his airness hear about it.

“I asked him, ‘how do you like that ass whooping we just put on him?” Parish said. “He took offense to it because clearly no one ever manned up to him, challenged him. He said if I wasn’t careful he was going to kick my ass.”

The locker room dynamic in Chicago was talked about at length in ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance.” Parish says his time with the Bulls was nothing like playing with Larry Bird and the Celtics in the 1980’s. According to Parish, Bird led by example and rarely raised his voice or physically bullied teammates.

“I told (Jordan), I’m not in awe of you,” Parish said. “I played with some the baddest fellas that walked on the court, and I reeled off some names. I walked with Cedric, Bird, McHale, Bill Walton, Tiny, how am I going to be in awe of you? He looked at me like I slapped his mother.”

Parish’s admonishment of Jordan got MJ off his case, but it spread through the rest of locker room room unopposed. Derrek Dickey later told Parish his opposition to Jordan shocked him.

“I was a champion when I got here,” Parish said. “With all due respect to Rodman, Scottie.”

Maxwell agreed with Parish’s assessment of the Celtics locker room. With all the conversation on Jordan’s leadership style and its merits, Max and Parish remembered a team that told each other how they felt, but never had confrontations.

“Michael could definitely wear on you, very vocal almost to the point of being confrontational. He’d get right up in your personal space talking trash.

“That’s one thing I was liked about us (1980s Celtics) we respected one another. We talked a lot of trash but there’s always that respect. And i think that’s where Michael crossed the line. He didn’t always respect his teammates but he demand perfection. I feel if you’re going to demand perfection you’ve got to give some respect, let your teammates know you give a crap about them and that’s something I always though he lost sight of.”

Subscribe to Cedric Maxwell Podcast on CLNS Media for the full discussion. 

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