Re: Maxwell's number is going up

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I liked Max's play, no doubt about it. My question is..............how many
jerseys are to fly above the Fleet and what's the criteria? Soon we'll need
air controllers. Maybe some socks would suffice in certain cases??

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Beauregard" <sb@maine.rr.com>
To: "celtics list" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:38 AM
Subject: Maxwell's number is going up


> Maxwell's number is going up
>
>
> By Shira Springer, Globe Staff, 4/11/2003
>
> efore last night's game, owners Wyc Grousbeck, Steve Pagliuca , and Bob
> Epstein told former Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell his No. 31 will be
retired
> in a ceremony at the FleetCenter next fall. The news left the 1981 NBA
Finals
> MVP in shock, while others around New England were wondering what took so
> long. Maxwell will become the 22d Celtic to be so honored and the first
since
> Robert Parish in 1998.
>
>
>
> Was it too long in coming?
>
> ''That kind of stuff is really petty and that's not my decision to make,''
> said Maxwell. ''It's more of a gift to people who wanted to see my jersey
> retired because I've had hundreds of people ask me, `Why wasn't your
number
> retired?' I always say, `It's not my choice. It's not my decision.' My
> standard answer was, `When is Elvis coming back?' So, apparently, he's
coming
> in the building today.''
>
> Over eight seasons with Boston, Maxwell averaged 13.7 points and 6.6
rebounds
> per game. He is still the Celtics' all-time leader in field goal
percentage
> (55.9 percent), and he was the team's season leader in free throws made
(574
> in 1978-79) until Paul Pierce broke the mark with his 575th freebie of the
> season last night in the second quarter. He now has 581.
>
> But Maxwell still holds the season field goal percentage record (60.9
percent
> in 1979-80). He posted his best career numbers in 1978-79, when he led
Boston
> in most statistical categories, including minutes (2,969), free throws
made,
> rebounds (791), and points (1,518 for a 19.0 average).
>
> ''My career, my numbers, and everything I've done for this organization
speaks
> for itself,'' said Maxwell.
>
> Finger news
>
> It was a mix of good and bad news for Tony Battie last night. Despite
having
> his left pinkie and ring finger taped together, Battie said he was ready
to go
> against the Sixers after injuring his hand Wednesday night in Washington.
> Battie got his hand caught between the backboard and Kwame Brown's hand.
>
> ''It's going to hurt,'' said Battie, who also suffered a mild left ankle
> sprain in the third quarter last night. ''It's still swollen, still sore,
> still red, still sore as hell, still can't make a fist, but I'm ready to
> go.''
>
> Heel news
>
> Philadelphia coach Larry Brown talked about the University of North
Carolina
> head coaching vacancy. Brown, a 1963 graduate of UNC, has been mentioned
as a
> candidate for the job.
>
> But Kansas coach Roy Williams appears a clear front-runner for the job.
''I
> don't think they're talking to anybody [else],'' Brown said. ''I'd be
pretty
> accurate on that. They want him pretty badly, so what are you going to
say.''
>
> But if Brown got the call, ''It's tough for me. I hear my name, but I
don't
> know where I'd be on the list. They've passed me up one time. It's been a
bad
> two weeks for me [with the speculation]. But I have a job I'm comfortable
with
> and I've been treated unbelievably from a coaching standpoint.''
>
> This story ran on page E11 of the Boston Globe on 4/11/2003.
> ) Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
> sb@maine.rr.com
>
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