Reggie Lewis/Cedric Maxwell

[Amy Beauregard <amyeb88@yahoo.com>]

Hey everyone,

I wasn't trying to start a controversy. I received a
bunch of emails about this. Reggie's number was
retired for the wrong reason. My personal belief was
that it was a total PR move by the C's. At the time of
his death, there was a lot of finger pointing: at the
C's (how could they push him like that?), the Doctors
(how could they clear him?), Reggie (Did he or didn't
he?) and his widow. It was a lousy time and the C's
announced they'd retire his number. Well intentioned,
but how many championships did he contribute to? Ok,
since the answer his none, what were his career
totals? Unfortunately, we'll never know, since he was
cut down entering his prime. He was really coming into
his own. Derrick Coleman was too at that time and he
turned out to be a stiff. Reggie might have been
traded, retired or whatever. He might have improved
significantly. We will never know, although I am
fairly certain he would not have led the C's to a
title. 

What I do know is that Max played a big part in
leading the C's to two titles. He was the 81 Finals
MVP and dominated the Lakers in game 7 of the 84
Finals. He was hurt the next year and was in Red's
doghouse for not coming back hard/fast enough. He was
dumped to the Clips for Walton, who was the key to the
16th title. What we do know is Max was a huge factor
in the early 80s success and the scary thing was he
sacrificed his offense so Larry/Kevin could get
theirs. I don't know how Red feels about him, but I
think that the time has come to retire #31.
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