Cedric Maxwell does not get splitting Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum Boston Celtics narratives

Champion Boston Celtics alumnus Cedric Maxwell knows a thing or two about how frustration between players can shake up a title-winning roster, having found himself the odd man out after an injury shifted perception of his satisfaction with playing for Boston among his teammates. But as Maxwell has said for years, that perception did not align with his own reality as a Celtics player, resulting in his trade to the Los Angeles Clippers. Now a Boston broadcaster, Maxwell did not have the sort of platform Celtics star Jaylen Brown does now, and could not directly address those issues in such a way when personal appeals fell flat. But after a kerfuffle of a similar sort sparked by Brown's post-series loss streaming and some comments by friend and mentor Tracy McGrady, Brown was able to tamp down those narratives. To Maxwell, however, the fact these narratives exist at all still confounds him, which he spoke about in a recent interview.