McHale's most amazing quality is that he when he reminisces he always talks about the other people with so much reverence, and not a word of it is contrived.

Ced and McHale are great players and even better people. Two of my favorites.

Your team from back in the day would dominate today hands down. You guys would look like the dream team.

These guys truly care about each other and have formed such a strong bond. As a Celtics fan, I remember watching their games in 1980s. I was at a Celtics game in Oakland one year wearing my Celtics jersey when Cornbread walked through the crowd and engaged me in a brief chat. Good memory for me.

Beautiful conversation between these two brothers. Clearly they respect and love each other. ☘️🏀

Growing up a Sixers fan, I absolutely loved the Sixers/Celtics Eastern Conference Championship Series. I know I’m getting old, but it’s just not the same as it was back them. Sunday afternoon games on CBS was absolutely awesome!!!!

I was a hardcore Lakers fan but secretly a Kevin McHale fan also. That said, didn't know he was such a talker. I mean, you ask him a question and go home and come back the following day and he would still be talking. We have a saying in Puerto Rico for guys like him and I quote: " YOU NEED TO SMACK HIM ONCE SO HE COULD TALK AND 400 TIMES SO HE COULD SHUT THE HELL UP". Thanks CORNBREAD for having him. I've been watching your podcast during the past couple of days and along with JAMES WORTHY, this has been one of my favorite interviews. Stay safe brother.

This is why I love the Celtics. Love Bird but the whole team was special.

Kevin McHale is totally a class act.

Big, white, Irish guy from Hibbing, Minnesota goes on to be one of the greatest NBA players ever, and a part of one of the greatest teams of all time in the 1986 Celtics! That '86 team was special and destined to win the title. Even had the Lakers made it past the Rockets that year, they would have still come up short. I'd say Celtics in 6! That team was so balanced, healthy, and they had depth with Jerry, Scott, and Bill coming off the bench. Great memories! Thanks!

Coming from someone who knows Kevin personally, i promise you he is as genuine as he appears. Competitive, funny, personable, and most of all a solid and genuine Christian.

Cedric Maxwell should be in the hall of fame

Two very genuine, truth-speaking guys. And they really have such massive respect and affection for one another. It's fun to watch the connection between them. I loved watching both of them play. Two front-court players with overly long arms who could have such impact both offensively and defensively.

McHale got his reverence as one of the greatest post players ever Cedric Maxwell's got to be one of the most underrated players ever put Walton on that front line and the comeback on the great great 76ers team

Cornbread. One of the most underrated celtics of all time. He was a great defender and butter from 16 ft in. He had a smooth shot and alot of low post moves.

I love these interviews with these. Old school players so much. I miss the 80's and 90"s so much

This was the basketball was truly a mans sport. Two legends. Thank you brothers for this.

The love, appreciation, and admiration here made me smile the whole video :)

Many years ago when I watched the NBA, these guys ...the Celtics were my favorite team, and remember Cedric Maxwell and Kevin McKale very well. It was fun to watch, and these guys liked each other. Team loyalty.

"Cornbread." One of the all-time greatest nicknames in my opinion! It killed me when the Celtics traded him so he couldn't be part of the '86-'87 champs. As great as Kevin McHale was on the court and I don't have to tell anyone just how could he was because his credentials obviously speak for themselves, he is just as fun to watch and listen to now. He tells some of the greatest stories, too, especially about, as he so affectionately calls him, "Birdy!"

Huge respect for Cedric who used his opportunity to promote another and thereby fulfilled more purposes than one! That inspires me so it was really a gift to me as well as to his teammates.

What a great conversation to share. Thanks Max and Kevin.

These guys are like a brotherhood..They all speak so well of each other and are always laughing about the good times they had as a team..

As a hard core Laker fan since the 70's I hated this guy...fast forward to today how I miss his style of play! He is one of the all time great forwards of the game!!!👍

Max, ml, bird, mchale, ainge , DJ, parish , KC all had championship heart and savvy ......epic series

The Celtics have had a history of great players, but even better, they have had a history of great platers making great TEAMS.

These 80s teams, lakers, philly, celtics, pistons...listening to them talk about their teammates, those guys really respected each other

What a great comradely between Kevin McHale, Cedrix Maxwell, and the Celtic's of the 80s. Some of us guys lived that in high school sports. Team sports with a great group of people stays with you for the rest of your life as something good and positive and happy in life. It is just something that is special. You just get really close to people emotionally when working toward a group competitive goal.

I have watched the Parish, Mahorn, and Mchale interview today. The 80s-90s was the golden era!

A team with these 2 guys must have been a lot of fun.

Just found this this cast and it’s a blessing. As a Worthy and Dr J the only jersey I ever owned was 33. My mom hated Parish cause he never smiled and that’s probably why I liked him. To hear Kevin speak on Parish I wish ma was still around to share with. Hail to the Chief !

Cedric, you are a class act! Love the podcast

This was great. Two Celtic legends!

I loved the early 80’s Celtics. Cedric was my favorite. If there was a loose ball he put it back in. Offensive board, he got it. Defensive board, he got it and started a fast break.

Kevin Mc Hale,Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson,Robert Parish, Larry Bird, Bill Walton. Team magic. Coach K.C.Jones.

My goodness Max hardly got six words in. Good guest. Kevin can talk. Good show. Good show.

No one bled green more than Cedric in the 80’s. His despise of the Lakers was second to none. And we loved him for it. The man with a thousand moves as Cousy use to say.

Great guys, great teammates - thank you both!

Love listening to these two. What great stories and honesty. Could listen to hours of this

EXCELLENT interview all around. Thanks to both!

I was a freshman at Indiana State when MSU beat ISU but what a pleasure to watch Larry and follow him and you guys thru his and your careers.

I remember Larry Bird saying Terry Durod was the best one on one player he had faced

I remember all these days with Bird, Parish & McHale; The Unbeatable THREE. I used to love watching them play. These times are not the same as back then. It was so much better. All these new talking heads and young kids don't match up to how it used to be

One of the best interviews I've ever seen! Loved every minute of it.

Legendary!

Two of the greatest players to ever pick up a round ball. Great interview Max!! I don’t think I ever heard him say a bad word about anybody. All complements!!!!

"The we before me." has been the Celtics philosophy since Red Auerbach arrived in Boston. He wouldn't be too pleased by the way the current C's play. Hopefully they'll figure it out sooner than later.

So glad this happened. Awesome stuff!

Wow!!!! Thanks Max and Kevin, I'm 61 and from Lawrence, Ma and watched you guys growing up. The old Boston Garden, we were so high up you needed binoculars to even see you guys play. This was just pure fun and remenisionn with old friends. God bless us all.....

GreAt discussion Max and Kevin, golden memories...

Cedric Maxwell - My second all-time favorite Celtic behind Dave Cowens. They should make an instructional video on footwork with only Cedric Maxwell. He was beautiful to watch.

Thank God for being able to watch the NBA during this teams years

Love the interview. Loved the NBA back in the 80s as a preteen and teenager. My nickname on the court was BIIIRRDD! whenever i made a shot. Of course, the ONLY thing i had in common with Larry Bird was the color of my skin. But I loved sports, was never the best player, but i always loved that moment of being discounted and making them pay for it. 😊

Any more first rate men like Kevin and Cedric still in the league today? Don’t think so.

McHale played in the post no one plays in the post the same.

Love how happy they are reminicing!

Thanks again for all those great memories! I'm the same age as you guys and I'll never forget those years. Thank you Max and Kevin.

Oh man this was fun!!!!!! I started watching Celtics games back in 1979 and I’ve never stopped. This team with Ainge, DJ, McHale, Bird and Parrish were fricken awesome, then you had these incredible players coming off the bench (like Maxwell Sichting and Walton) made them more dangerous to play against. I remember the other team would score and Bird would throw a full court pass to whomever for an easy layup. Bam bam score!!! Yup they were fun to watch!!!!

I love this...thank you both for this! 🙏❤️

This was great!!!

Damn I love both those guys.

Thanks Max!

Good Job guys. Nice to hear these stories. God Bless you. 💯👍

I enjoyed that enormously. Beautiful Conversation. Thank you

Hated these boys as both a Pistons and Lakers fan, mainly because they were such great players and kicked ass on the court...Ballers!

I love it I grew up watching you guys respect

I would love to see Kevin McHale work with Robert Williams in the post Robert Williams to diet two-time defensive player of the year has got some offensive skills need someone to show him how to use them

Too many teams equates to players artificially creating 'super teams' instead of them organically happening like with Boston, Detroit or LA.

Awesome interview!! Great teenage memories for me.

2 time Defensive Player of the Year in the SCC

YOU GUYS ARE CLASS CLASS CLASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT interview!! Cedric Max UNC Charlotte 49er--He was Jordan's favorite player growing up..MJ will tell ya himself

These guys could have won 5 titles but 3 aint bad hehe miz all of you I wish nobody gets old so we can still watch a great team today.

The is GOLD!

I want to thank you too for everything you've done your summer My Heroes who helped me through a very bad time not to mention badasses on the court be some love from Charleston South Carolina

'and my god there's too much overdribbling'. Agreed

Cornbread broke my heart cuz they kept beating my Sixers 😂

McHale is a basketball mystic.

LOVED Tiny! Talk about a great player.

Another great one!!

Absolutely great hour! I enjoyed every minute. Bravo. Classic.

Very cool to hear Lonnie sheltons name Sadly he passed away in 2016 . I went to the same high school foothill high in Bakersfield ca Lonnie held school records in high jump and hurdles I believe . Very neat to hear his name here

Thanks Cornbread & Kevin

Love this conversation. So interesting.

My Team! GOAT!

Agree with McHale. Scoring is easy compare to winning the game. Players lose sleep the night before the game thinking about winning the game not piling up points.

Outstanding ! Thank you. 👍👍👍👍👍

Tiny and Dennis were so great!

Great show

this is great story for a basketball fan not just celtics fan

Loved it

Loved this

Just hearing them breakdown the mechanics of the game The game back then was at its zenith , awesome team concept .

I'm a Laker fan, so you know i had to watch this 🎥🍿🏀

Mr. Maxwell…eastern NC and kinston OG. Basketball heaven pride.

I’m turned off with today’s NBA.. Love the 80s & 90s

Excellent!

Beating the Lakers in 84 was an amazing feat indeed. They have Magic who is the best point guard of all time and Kareem the TRUE GOAT. Plus Worthy and Michael cooper who was like a young kawhi leonard. Hawkins coming off the bench.

Man I’m feeling old.

I've really been trying to correct the narrative about the Lakers / Celtics of the 80s and how that was actually Jabbar's team for awhile now, and Kevin comes about the closest I've heard to saying what I've been saying at the 36 minute mark. A lot the B.S. about Magic stems from his Game 6 performance in the 1980 Finals when he filled in for Jabbar and went off for like 40+ and helped LA win that championship. But the thing no one ever mentions is that Game 5 was the big game of that series. It was tied 2-2 and Jabbar carried LA to a win in Game 5. Not only did Kareem have 40 points, 15 points, and 4 blocks, but Philly's two big men, Dawkins and C. Jones, combined to shoot 13 for 34. Magic shot 4 for 13 in that Game 5. For Celtics fans imagine if Larry Bird averaged 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks shots in the NBA Finals his team won... and Magic won the MVP. That basically sums up Jabbar in the early 80s. Kareem is the NBA's all time leading scorer who had won MVP, scoring title, and a championship before Magic played a game in the NBA. What is Magic known for? Assists. Imagine someone trying to convince you the best player ever was the point guard for Philly the night Chamberlin scored 100! That's the con of Magic Johnson. Magic wasn't even the best player on his team yet to this day people will look you in the eye and say he's the GOAT. It's ridiculous. I'm not saying he wasn't a special player - he was. But he was also the type of player who would snap his head for a look-away pass after the ball was already by the defender. Meaning it was a lot of show and not much substance (who needs a point guard to be able to hit an 18-foot shot anyway?) Consider the Lakers of that era: When LA faced a team that had a Hall of Fame center - they lost. When the other team didn't have a hall of fame center they won. Do you understand? If a team could somewhat match Jabbar's production at the Center position, LA was an average team. Most teams couldn't match Jabbar, so LA dominated.