Why NBA Needs Super Teams Challenges of Repeating as Champions

On this week's show Cedric Maxwell and John Zannis talk about how hard it is to repeat in today's NBA. Max details what went wrong with the Celtics in 82 and an all out mutiny in 1983. The two also discuss the NBA's desire to kill the Super team and how that's hurting the product. Plus, there will be a new face of the NBA once the NBA crowns a champion, Nikola Jokic's best player comp and Max vs Draymond Green...who was the better player and who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame? 0:00 - Welcome 1:33 - Hardest part about repeating as Champions? 3:43 - 1983 Season 6:46 - Joe Mazzulla head coach comp 8:12 - Bill Fitch 10:35 - Super Teams in NBA 17:20 - Face of NBA 22:00 - Anthony Edwards 24:36 - Max predicts Indiana will win it all 25:55 - Prizepicks 26:48 - Nikola Jokic 33:26 - Start, Bench Cut 33:45 - Start, Bench Cut: Nikola Jokic, Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon 35:38 - Future of Warriors 41:04 - Wrapping up Catch it all on the latest episode of The Cedric Maxwell Podcast. Make sure to

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Why NBA Needs Super Teams Challenges of Repeating as Champions is an episode from The Cedric Maxwell Podcast by CLNS Media c/o North Station Media Network.

This episode is 46:14 long.

This episode was published on May 22, 2025.

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