[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Maxwell's number is going up

At 02:02 PM 4/11/2003 -0400, Stephen Beauregard wrote:

      Dan, I honestly think this is the last number to be retired by the
Celtics, until/unless PP has a full career here.
Last one for a while anyway, with PP not necessarily the next even if he does stay IMO.

 Let's face it: MAx would have been retired many
years ago, had he not been in Red's dog house (wonder if he will show for this
night). Criteria?
Mmmm, immediate thought when they announced it at the game was 'did Red die?'.
Anyway, Steve- you left off the key one, especially in the face of Dan's crack: not just playoff contributions but actual playoff MVP to a degree that consensus is they have one of those banners directly and specifically because of Max putting them on his back. On any other team such a person would be the only number retired without question. There's also a pretty general belief that he's a classic Celtic in that he was a great player who'd undoubtably have much flashier stats and could have been the star on another team if he hadn't been willing to take a back seat to the incoming front court stars for the good of the team.

Kim