CELTICS LEGENDS REUNITE: Robert Parish w/ Cedric Maxwell, 1-hour, Unfiltered (full)
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- 30 years removed from the era when both Robert “Chief” Parish and Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell were roaming the parquet together, and winning titles, they reunite for a looooong discussion on CLNS Media.
Cornbread has become a master at turning a formal interview into a casual discussion and it shows no better than in this podcast episode with one of his closest friends and the man he dubbed, “The Chief.”
Discussing a variety of topics, Max easily disarms Parish and the two rap on as if they were still hoisting banners at Boston Garden.
Show Topics:
Catching Up
Michael Jordan: The Bully
Len Bias
Reggie Lewis
Robert Parish Speaks Out on his Run In’s with the Law
Leadership Comparison: Larry Bird vs Michael Jordan
Max and Chief back in College
The NBA Today vs the Golden Era of the 80’s
Dennis Rodman
Bill Fitch
Phil Jackson
The Big Three/The Big Four
Red Auerbach
Back to Jordan, The Last Dance
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There's something so special and enduring about those 80's Celtics teams. Great players, great teams, great men.
Nice to hear Robert talk so freely and happy. Cedric does a good job.
Agreed
Coach Red said no one man can beat 5
Chief says don’t kiss no Ass!!!
Mainly because I was young and dumb and didn't know very much, but it wasn't until the 1986 Finals that I realized how good Robert was and how important he was to our success. Kevin McHale obviously was a great defensive player, and he made 6 NBA All Defensive Teams. Parish made none. But that series against Hakeem, not only Kevin but Bill Walton as well, they couldn't do anything to slow Hakeem down. I remember being kind of stunned by that - not because Robert was doing a good job - but how much trouble he was giving McHale and Walton.
I had watched Robert outplay Moses Malone in the playoffs the previous season, but it wasn't until that series against Hakeem that I started to truly appreciate what he meant to the Celtics.
Parish wasnt a flashy player. He just got the job done....period!
I agree. Underated. Great hands, amazing off the ball., always finished, knock down short jumper. Just goes to show how GREAT Hakeem was. He embarrassed EVERYONE, including David Robinson. Hakeem is on my all time 5(as a 4) with Bird, MJ and Magic.
As a Lakers fan, I am glad to finally get to know and give respect to the Chief. Super honest. Love this interview!!
This is one of the best, if not the best, sports interviews I have seen. "I played with some of the best MFs, that ever walked on a court, and I'm supposed to be in awe of you?", and Chief started to name names. I laughed and grinned through 75% of this interview. Good stuff.
@wmden1 My favorite was 9:00 "And not to mention Cedric, don't ever forget, even though he dropped 63, we stepped all in his ass, did we not!? I rest my case Ha ha ha!"
@@seanogrady2629 Agreed. I have used this fact, when somebody gushes over Jordan, a few times. Nobody gives him much grief over it. Wilt Chamberlain did the same thing, more often, plus pulled down well over 20 rebounds, and many declared him a "Loser".
I was always impressed by how Robert played. No matter what happened, 99.99999% of the time he kept his cool and just played on. No dramatic reactions or antics or excuses. As a 15 year old watching the Celtics in 1983 and on, that was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen in life at that point. Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox was also that way.
I love this podcast. Watching the heroes in your youth revealing their lives as ordinary mortals is just fun.
Best Parish interview I've seen... Max relaxed him.
You guys are the best ever!!! My Celtic team of the 1980s is my favorite athletic team!! Love me some Parrish, Maxwell, Bird, Ainge, Walton, and Johnson
Ainge bearly did anything tho .
Dont forget Mchale
ML Carr was always a fan fav in Boston too during those years. whether getting a key bucket, rebound, block, steal, or just waving his towel on the sideline, he would make the Garden erupt.
As a die hard Laker Fan since the late 70's I hated the Celtics, now looking back, how I miss the Celtics of old!!! We had great series back in the day.!!!
@@TheDON914 "DUMBASSERY" IS YOUR MONIKER!!!!!!!!!! NO DOUBT.........
This is one of the best of it's kind. A classic interview! Cedric brought out the character that is ROBERT PARISH.
"He's looking at me like I'd slapped his mother." Priceless.
Yep!!
Robert Parrish is a funny 🤣 Guy with a wonderful since of humor. I always enjoy watching any of the Celtics of the 80's. We were watching a Bunch of Hall of Fame Players on our Boston Celtics and I lived in Dayton Ohio and the Celtics was my favorite Team.... Go CHIEF!!!
I was a huge Celtics fan of the 80s! And I'm from the outskirts of Seattle, WA growing up with the Seattle SuperSonics of the late 70's, so not fond of the hated Lakers despite the magnificent Earvin "Magic" Johnson & the Showtime era that took the West by storm.
The Beatles of the Celtics frontline in the 80's: Bird, McHale, Parish & Maxwell played Ringo! Which Cedric admitted was a pretty good gig!
Anyone, basketball fan or not, can learn something from this one. Much respect to the OG's for taking the time to drop some of that wisdom upon us.
I was a Lakers fan growing up but I am thankful enough to have grown to appreciate the greatness of others as I have gotten older. The Celtic teams of the 80's were truly great teams and you two were definitely great players. I enjoyed watching those classic Laker/Celtic matches and I enjoyed this video.
Yep. As a DIEHARD Celtics fan, I couldn't have been happier to know that Bird and Magic became such close friends and had sooooooooo much respect for one another. I still say Magic-Bird is the greatest sports rivalry ever among 2 athletes.
@@mikes3827 I would agree. This kind of competitive rivalry turned to friendship always reminds me of the one line in Lou Gehrig's farewell speech - "When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something."
Diehard Celtics fan here and couldn’t agree with you more. Those were fun times and we had the privilege of watching the best teams and players battle at the highest level quite a few times.
@mike s Gehrig is my favorite athlete of all time.
I was and still am a Lakers fan. I started watching pro ball with the Lakers team that featured Chamberlain, West, Goodrich, &Baylor. I rooted for the Celtics also because they were coached by Bill Russell who I believe was the first Black coach in the NBA. I hated the organization when I learned how racist Boston was-some fan had literally placed a bag of shit on Russell’s bed in his newly purchased house! BUT I always respected individual players of that team-Hondo, KC Jones, Archibald, Bird, McHale, Parish, DJ. and Max. Plus I learned so much about the game from the master, Red Auerbach. He had a feature at halftime of NBA games called Red on Roundball. When I started to play myself, I pretended to be JoJo White! The basketball played by the Lakers and Celtics was the best version of team basketball I have ever seen. And this from a Chicagoan and HUGE fan of the goat MJ! Thanks Cedric for this interview. Love you two guys…
Never heard from "Chief" before
Truly a man of honesty,principle,and great dignity,as well as humor.Just discovered Cedric's podcasts.Great fun!
What a good guy. Its a pleasure to relive the glory days of these great players. I love Roberts take on the bulls players and how they went along with Jordan's style of leadership. If you notice none of those guys on the bulls seem to be friends. The Celtics on the other hand really seem to love each other
Bro, this is seriously one of THE BEST interview videos I have ever seen. The fact that I'm a hardcore C's fan makes this video even better. What makes this video so great is that it is obvious that there is a genuine deep respect, friendship and brotherhood that these two men have. I'm a huge Chief fan and there was so much that I didn't know about Chief that came out in this video it was awesome. Max did a great job with the interview. Like when I found out how Chief not only stood his ground w/MJ in practice but gave him a bunch of s*** talkin as well!! Mad respect!! It felt like you were just comfortably sitting around a table at someone's house w/Max & Chief talkin about all their experiences together and apart as NBA players and just straight up cool dudes. I'm an even bigger Chief fan than I was before. His level of self-accountability and just pure honesty makes it clear that this great and legendary NBA HOF'er is funny and insightful, but more importantly, a man of great integrity. Great job Cornbread...another awesome video bro!!!
I did not know robert is this fun of an inteview. Straight shooter.. I like it when he let michael know that he kick jordans ass in practice.
Lol. He’s great.
These conversations show the strong teammate bonds. Thanks Max and Robert.
You all were the best frontline ever in basketball. Larry Bird was my favorite but i loved you all and i used to think how awesome you all played the game together.
Wow....Cedric happens to be an EXCELLENT interviewer ! GREAT Questions & Topics !
First time I've ever heard Chief talk and open up. What a joy. Great all time Celtic miss the 86 team.
Every player on the Celtics were my favorite player at every position. I was born where Chief went to college, he was one of my favorites growing up
Man, another great interview. I too was a Lakers fan during the bird/magic era and was treated to one of the best decades of basketball. With these interviews, I have gained a greater respect for cornbread and especially liked it when the Chief stood up to Jordan. Yes, the Celtics followed Bird's lead by example! I am enjoying the history lesson, please interview more guys from that era. I also enjoyed the Worthy interview!!
Also, the assessment of all of the other players and coaches was priceless!!
I loved this interview.Robert Parish was always kind of low key.This is great to see him speak.The Chief 🏀
It’s great to see these two Great Players again! It remains me of all the great memories they gave us over the years! Thank you both, from the bottom of my heart!
It's really a testament to Red Auerbach that he assembled men like these guys. That '80's team was made up of such deep dudes. Each one of them is interesting, intelligent and talented both on and off the court. Seems like the earlier teams were similar (Russell, Cousey, KC, etc).. Great interview, Cedric and Robert!!
When you successfully build and retool so many teams you probably know how skills and personalities mesh together. 16 Title winning teams he was directly responsible for.
Great to see the love these men have for each other. Watched the whole podcast just to see their interaction. Really good.
Like 2 Kids that haven't seen each other in years getting back together. Awesome
Parrish is crackin' me up !! This is a fun interview.
Thanks, best interview of Robert "Chief" Parish I've ever seen!
Robert Parish has the best laugh 😆 great video 👍
So glad they brought up Reggie Lewis. He was becoming a favorite of mine.
Robert, I don’t know if you read these things but when you both were talking about James Worthy and not knowing who's watching you my dad took me to a game you played in with the Warriors against the Celtics at the Hartford Civic Center in, I think 1978. A couple of things I remember was Rick Barry bitching at the refs the whole time, him getting into a fight with Sidney Wickes underneath the basket we were sitting behind, and then him flipping us all the bird while leaving the court when both him and Sid got ejected.
I do remember you. Because I was ever so happy when my Celtics traded for you. I saw you and just knew you were going to be a good player for us,
Legends giving a legendary interview. Two of the best quotes: 1) The only time you should kiss some butt is during sex (lmao) 2) It's not just about the skill, it's about the WILL. ---forever bleeding Green.
Cedric has a great interview style. I'm really enjoying listening to his stuff! ☘️🏀
Absolutely phenomenal. Up close, personal and real. The Chief!
I'm an even bigger fan of the "Chief" after hearing the Jordan story
I loved it, too. Chief is a calm guy, but he is not anyone's punk.
I watched that game and I loved it. He kept trying to hurt Parish and Parish put the beat down on him.
So true.
He was a famous teammate of Michael Jordan.
not for being a teammate of Michael Jordan, but he was famous and he was his teammate.
What a series that was against Detroit! Parish spanked Lambier like a yard dog! Miss you, Parish!
Robert is keeping it real. 💯
Great Interview. The Chief was always at the top of my list for greatest centers ever! What a great gentleman. I think the Sixers should hire him right now for Embiid. The Robert Parish off Season Training Program for Joel!
Too bad those practices weren't filmed! I think my favorite memory of Robert was that comeback against Atlanta in 1986. I remember watching that game with my brother and like trying to convince ourselves they could come back and win it, but not really believing it until Robert hit a couple of tough turn arounds then we were like oh yeah it's on. And KC Jones talks about the locker room at halftime where Chief was saying "They're slamming us, then they're talking about it, then they're slamming us some more." And how each word he seemed to be getting angrier and angrier. Ha!
This was solid. Great to hear these legends share some great moments with us fans. Never was a huge Boston Celtics fan but always respected them. Robert was a beast. Very quiet dude but put in the work and played some great basketball. Loved the story about Jordan. Classic. Thanks for sharing brother Maxwell. Great podcast.
I absolutely loved this!Thanks Corn & Chief!
Man. I ended up watching this entire interview. And it was great.
One fabulous, but under appreciated basketball player.
Appreciated enough to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
@@Nagy50Magyar over due.
Parish has a mean right hook. That's what Laimbeer says.
Lol
Hahaha he hit him like a girl c'mon let's be real here
Robert's won championships with Bird as a leader of the team and one with MJ as team leader and prefers Bird's leadership. Not surprising.
By 1997, he sat on the bench the majority of the season and collected a ring. During the Celtics era, he was the 3rd best player.
I’m old enough to remember and cherish all the memories of these wonderful players. They were and still are real men, my heroes!
Yes! Nice to hear someone who doesn’t worship at the alter of Michael Jordan.
Edit to add: the “ass whoopin’ “ story starts @ 6:16 😉
( MJ took it personal 😂)
That's why Larry Legend is the best and then there's the rest!
People tended to never mess with Chief. Even the "Bad Boy Pistons" did not dare to come to Laimbeer's aid when Parish hammer fisted him. What he left out as Rodman put it. "Michael never talked like that to Robert again"
Aside from being 7' and just always looking mean on the court, he was involved in life long martial arts training. Just happened to be one of the nicest most disciplined guys to ever play.
Yea, I know. I'm a basketball nerd 🤓
@@user-lf7nf3kl7t great observation and you’re right! He was a quiet zen master! I loved when he decked Laimbeer! He had it coming!
Yep. Thanks for the heads up on the time. I think I'll watch it again, for about the 6th time.
This was a fun podcast to watch. For those of you like me that saw the chief play, he wasn’t this animated like he sounds here in this podcast. The man was all business on and off the court. He played the right way and he has my respect even though I cheered for the Lakers during Robert’s playing career. Good stuff!
What a great podcast and so glad I found it!!
I grew up in the late 70's/80's and LOVED the Celtics, and worked at the Garden and met Chief very briefly well after the game.
Cornbread and Chief, loved them!
Two very good guys here. Thank you!
Love, Love, Love the Chief. I'm from Shreveport, La. and I watched him play all through high (Woodlawn High School) and college. how he was blocked from playing the NCAA tournament will attending Centenary College. Him and Bill Russell who's West Monroe (less than 100 miles from Shreveport) are the reasons I became a Celtics fan. One of the greatest Celtics (and NBA players) of all time.
Nice talk by Max with Chief. Love❤️ the Boston Celtics from Hondo, Cowens, White to the Bird, Parish, McHale, DJ, Maxwell era. They were my heroes. Nice that Max guested in his podcast a teammate with the Celtics, Robert. Now we have known better about the Chief. We look forward to have as guests the other Celtics of the 84-86 ch team in his podcast. Stay safe Max and Robert and God bless🙏.
This was one of the best interviews I've heard. The punking of Jordan story was epic. Maxwell is a great interviewer and Chief a great interview . Well done gentleman. I grew up on 80s bball. The first series I remember was the 1980 Finals, I was 7 lol. Tape delayed NBA Finals. Now it's in prime time and it sucks
Surely, one of the best sports interviews EVER. This video has it all-honesty, introspection, humor, and love -it should be shown to all journalism students to illustrate what a perfect interview looks like.
D.J. Was critical for Bird. They were in a different universe. RIP.
What a podcast. This was too awesome....
This was SO GOOD!! Chief and the ‘86 Celts are the greatest team of all time!! “Jordan dropped 63 but we still stepped in his ass!!”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Look all those HOF'S ON THAT TEAM 5 OF THEM JORDAN DID NOT HAVE SHIT ON THOSE BULL'S TEAMS.. CELTICS NEVER REPEATED OR 3PEATED IN THE 80'S
@@anthonykyles4310 because look at all the prime HOF competition the Celts played. Please, McHale was a bench player for most of the time, and Chief wasn’t near as good as Kareem and others, Larry made them all Champs. Jordan took notes, believe it.
This is the best, straight forward and down to earth conversation that I may have ever heard. I very much enjoyed this interview.
Love to see this in my feed. Nuff said.
Wow what a great interview. It was finally nice to see Robert Parish after a long long time he is one of my favorite players for he don’t smile so much and his lips are never dry. There always Vaseline up. I have a picture with him when he came to New Bedford meet and greet he smiled and got a little laughter from him when I told him my name is Twinkles he told me who names their kid Twinkles little did he know that’s my name. Thanks for being honest about your life and the mistakes you made. Your apology is accepted. We live and learn and grow older and mature. Just sad that no one hired him for anything and he is right if he was a different color he would of went on with his life with other options. And even tho he was a person who kept to his self and what ever may have happened along the way team mates need to look out for team mates. We all have a past in ourselves we may not have liked or proud of what we did long as we owned it and learned from it. I wish him well in all he may do or doing. Lots of love coming your way Twinkless
Absolute instant classic. Thanks!
If I had a show or a podcast Chief would be my first 3 guest. I would call and call him m him. No prejudice in my body. Chiefs one of my favorites of all time. He deserves tremendous respect!!! Nuff said!! I will say though that the comment he made about being black is not correct at all. He just waited to long to get involved with broadcasting. The best shows on tv or the internet today are hosted by former black players. Chief was and is a great man. I honor him with nothing but respect!!!
Amazing, enjoyable and informative interview! Two of my favorites and two of the GOAT players! Thank You both!
Mike Barber
Columbia SC
Cedric, Chief, I was a basketball fan who supported the Lakers and respected your Celtics. You represented the team game concept. The game is now played by gifted " celebrities " to whom idol worship/ endorsements take precedence. Michael Jordan was the image Big Business needed/ created to milk the idol worshippers in exchange for this floor show.I no longer see commitment, respect, hard work and pure love of the games. I thank you guys for your contribution to my beloved game that I still play and coach @68yrs. Love, respect, blessings my beloved brothers. 🙏
Great interview!
Great video Cornbread. You’re a good interviewer. I just subscribed. I’m looking for more of your podcast now
Lot of people dont know this , but back when Len Bias passed his mother said( at a speech in Norfolk ) that Michael Jordan was one of the first to send the family flowers . MJ was watching and knew his abilities and possible greatness .
As a kid in the bay area. I was fortunate enough to Parrish play with Golden St. and watched him with the Celtics , consumate professional and quietly always had numbers at the end of the night and one of my faves
"Even if he dropped 63 we still stepped on his ass"...love me some Jordan but this one is great because it is true..lol..great Robert Parish
He’s an idiot. They were a stacked team. And Mj was a rookie back then! And how much was Parish score???
@@aljilhano5822 ok since you love mj and yes he's tied for number 1 for me with 2 other guys. Compare what MJ did his rookie year to what Bird did his rookie year. Everyone wants to argue that same point, but refuse to look at the argument year for year
cornbread's podcasts are all priceless treasures!!!chief opening up completely uncensored!!!
Robert is a Class act, so funny to see him tell it like is, when Robert speaks it is understood it is 100%, la verdad, thank you Cedric for a top notch pod !!!!
Man, this was priceless.
Cornbread's gotta have ML Carr on as a guest.
Heading west on the Mass Pike and we passed Robert Parrish. We slowed down and he pulled up along side our car. I held up a Basketball and he smiled and slightly nodded up and down. Then I held up a small pipe and his smile went ear to ear and he moved his head up and down fully. Love him.
Wow that was a great interview.
Really great stuff!
I'm a sixers fan, hated the Celtics back in the day, but I love this
endless gratitude love respect beloved brothers
Thank you for the memories, Growing up in the late 80's and through the 90's I didn't know how special that time period was. I rewatch the 60's through the 90's games and I lamented the degradation of the league's quality.
Watching these guy sin Boston was just incredible, and fun as all heck. Miss those days and that version of the game.
Fastest 48 minutes ever, this was an absolute delight from start to finish.
We love Chief ! He has an honesty and person ability that is unmatched...another great interview Cedric!
The old Charlotte coliseum now that's home right there.....
I love that MJ story! He said "he looked at me like i slapped his mama!!" "I ain't in awe of you! I was champ BEFORE i got here and played against some of the best killers eva!" I love it!💯🏳️
Great Interview. Fantastic!
Robert you are The Man. Loved the Jordan story.
great interview! - not about skill it's about will -Chief
Love hearing Parish, and getting a glimpse at his personality. That said, I need to know what brand luggage he used in the 80's. It must have been of good quality, because it held-up to some serious traveling by the chief.
Never has a tall man taken so many steps to cover such a short distance. 😇
Wow! What a great animated interview!
Robert is so right about altercations with a woman. They can hit you, throw things at you but you cannot put your hands on them or you will be in the wrong. Some women will take advantage of that.
Wow! Two of my favorites from back in the day.
we had some horses!!! he!he!he! got to love it!
great interview.
Love Robert’s laugh!
OMG The Chief cracked me up in the 86 Celtics documentary when they were discussing Don Nelson/The Bucks when he said he was a better coach then KC.
"THAT PEEEEEEESED ME OFF! I STILL GET MAD THINKING ABOUT IT NOW........" That Stoic ass look followed!!
Great to see cornbread and chief together again.
This was the best podcast i love the 80s celtics. They were the best
This is great to hear the Chief talk so much and go into so much detail. You have to give Red a lot of credit for the trades and moves to get all these talented players.
LOVE IT! LOVE IT LOVE IT!! 😍
Awesome!