{"id":1517575,"date":"2022-06-30T13:41:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1517575"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:41:37","slug":"cedric-maxwell-admits-he-felt-like-he-was-involved-in-the-nba-finals-after-all-the-noise-with-draymond-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/cedric-maxwell-admits-he-felt-like-he-was-involved-in-the-nba-finals-after-all-the-noise-with-draymond-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedric Maxwell Admits He Felt Like He Was ‘Involved' in the NBA Finals After ‘all the Noise' With Draymond Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cedric Maxwell felt like he was back in the 1980s. The former Boston Celtics<\/a> forward and current radio announcer for the team recently said he felt like he was “involved in the series” after some back-and-forth jawing with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green that lasted throughout the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Game 2 of the NBA Finals when Green did whatever he could to antagonize members of the Celtics,<\/a> Maxwell was caught on camera after the game talking to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Payton. During that conversation, Maxwell told Payton that Green would've gotten knocked out<\/a> if he pulled his antics in the '80s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That led to a series-long dialogue between Max and Green that the former Celtic deemed as “overload.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cedric Maxwell blasted Draymond Green after his Game 2 antics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors celebrates a three-pointer against the Boston Celtics during the first quarter in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals at TD Garden on June 16, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. | Elsa\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Celtics stole Game 1 of the Finals on the road, putting the Warriors in desperation mode for Game 2. Nobody took desperation to a level like Green, who resorted to playing a mental game since his actual basketball performance hit a new low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the first four games of the series, Green had more fouls (18) than points (17).<\/a> He was such a liability that coach Steve Kerr had him on the bench during crunch time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Green happened to be on the court \u2014 especially in Game 2 \u2014 he got in the faces of the Celtics players, trying to get them off their game. He got carried away after he landed on Jaylen Brown after fouling him. When Brown attempted to get up, Green tried to pull Brown's shorts down.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what I was supposed to do there,\u201d Brown said, per\u00a0Sports Illustrated.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSomebody got their legs on the top of your head \u2026 and then he tried to pull my pants down, I don\u2019t know what that was about but that\u2019s what Draymond Green does.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the game, Maxwell told Payton, \u201cThat (expletive) that Draymond Green was doing? During the 80s, he\u2019d get knocked the (expletive) out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Game 5, Green called out Maxwell and Payton for their comments in a video captured by CLNS Media. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxwell recently said he felt like he was ‘involved' in the series after the beef with Green<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Draymond called out GP & Cedric Maxwell for Game 2\u2019s postgame comments

Payton: Could you stand up for your damn self?

Draymond: But F\u2014 that. He can\u2019t come to you like he got a friend, talking about me

Max: I can talk to you all I want to pic.twitter.com\/7uDsgLio5t<\/a><\/p>— Josue Pav\u00f3n (@Joe_Sway) June 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>