Chuck Cooperstein, Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell preview Celtics-Mavs in Dallas

Which brings us to our full court press here in Dallas tonight one of our favorites to Cooper's team the voice of the house mavericks. Star of the with an -- amusing this team when Tony says Monique Monique says the star of the -- thirty for thirty just means that old. Told them it's I've learned that accident that and a thousandth game and I was out there and all I think it was. This means the world as we have to work a thousand -- that's that's no big deal. This is while soccer -- Jurassic week here for dousing it we have -- lakers on Wednesday so here tonight. Throws brewers into the mix. By the mavericks but it does this team the mavericks team the best chance of the dinosaurs. To still the you know reading oxygen. -- in the draft experts. Laughs it's well politically. I love how hard they play I love how they just let nothing. Did in the way of what the republic businesses. I love how pop has been able to work young guys it's the mix. And and plays unafraid and obviously when you've won four titles you can do things that a lot of people do. Like the game they played here against those will be installed starters -- team and played the reserves all but like nine seconds the rest of the way put that game to overtime in threes. I really like their -- like the way they play having said I like the mavericks I think. We haven't really seen. The mavericks in the form that ultimately I think we will see that in that we -- the -- for about two games and in the want to west got hurt he's been played fantastic year. Who really bad injury list Wednesday against Denver so I I think -- always said in Poland the fact that. The mavericks have really taken on defense and we know they -- school -- at the school. And they have. Is that really experience that goes along with that I think it's the charitable normally the Western Conference I was speaking you talk about the historically team obviously there it is dog. With last year's we. That account that take him off Leo. Because there by the question -- great talent. -- go to school -- what you tell bigger immigrants well you you tell me because I'd I'd never had that issue because we all saw the -- numbers in the playoffs. Were better than they were the regular season but he he was the moment in the playoffs but he'd never really got a lot of help well let me let me. Accurately gonna give text background. I don't think that you follow me here read your Dirk defender is essentially chart which at that understands that. Again in this in the world to take an exam politics about ten years ago Max made the statement that Dirk. As the house was better than. Larry Bird it was at that stage of his career and now thing that Boston you know -- I'm thinking about the whole. And Kennedys but at that obviously it's stuck with him for a long time to the point where this that your story. After the Golden State lost the Dow's loss in 07. Many people including Danny Ainge called me. To comply because max's voicemails full of this is the next best thing they could do was call me try to try to make this point but. What does it mean to -- can finally. Finally get that I think that everything.

An -- he plays the way it has always played -- you know he achieved one goal. By beating Germany two Olympics and carrying the flag that was huge huge deal to him. But listen every great player wants a championship and nobody wants to be the one known as the best player never win. So when you finally to win one. And then -- in how they won who'd they'd be how he played. He was it it was really a very complete. Moment where essentially if you think about him on this -- again it. Is that you you had their cut did that with his supporting cast compared to other important advances over the years exactly. They're -- more than though I don't know what that is why I think it was that the the -- at the moment for him -- that you. I think to I think it you know the first one defines you would in in so many ways that I think also just. How quickly how brilliant he was note twelve of the 21 gave you scored in double figures in the fourth quarter Italy. -- game which scored forty against Oklahoma City as fifty shots. Built -- the Ford ordered to do that there were so many amazing things that acceptable way. And -- finally win it and then you know everybody haven't so what's followed with a afterwards if it. It -- it was a player and that people in the aftermath also other than the singing at the parade and does he goes all the -- the goofy side of him -- that it made him seem really human. Really likable and an and a champion at the saint are one of the things that you know I really like about does that and from I've been there. But what do the time to have a team that's not so good. As a broadcaster. The islamists that you know that -- words you see that magic and every night you'd think that the team could be attributed to how has it affected you as a broadcaster well. You know I'm a little different view is that we're there right but we'll -- to overdose given is that this is this is -- that the -- smuggler my watch about when he comes here to where I like the my hands in the pockets of things too big to put your pockets. But that deal for me. It's different because my team's war. My team win fifty games every year my team ghost of the playoffs every year I haven't had the the 25 win season. With a toll would seats on the most incredibly spoiled adults are. That America's literacy but when you get to that level even with a fifty games in going there and moved him. But now the go to the ultimate it to win it it's still has to be somewhat different than -- yes indeed it's. You know you always dream about the potential you to read it as a player. Right you've dreamed of winning a championship will what you want it wasn't a whole lot better definitely absolutely and that's what this wasn't the reality was so much better. In the dream and then you know that molded that night you know in the locker room back -- the and on South Beach and in the parade in the rally. You'll go to the White House to do all these things that you would you. And -- that that the watched people do you can and you don't think that your gonna do it in that you finally get to do whatever it was it was incredible and it's been the most fluent in. -- I think you -- with the mavericks have really done it very well -- banner raising. The rings and how -- handed out the rings in you know when when Tyson Chandler comes here a couple weeks the next. It's going to be just a rousing ovation with JJ got his when when the team got there is packaging replete -- There people fell in love with that team they hate the fact he was broken up but that a lot of people understand it was a -- was a function of what's gone on since June the twelfth report from a generate.

From a standpoint of someone who has been here so long and in this city we do have fathom the mavericks and this is. -- whatever you want about him outside of Dallas that Mark Cuban is at the forefront of this. Making this franchise in this extraordinary cowboys down at a time that the Rangers are our World Series to a World Series team. That now in this generation. You know you have created we have start with a new team thirty years ago you don't have those the heritage and legacy and now. Here it is a generation later a championship and his team beat consistently one of the elite teams Mark Cuban has done what he -- enough to do.

You know. When the mavericks' first came in the league they got good pretty fast so by XPX -- there about a six year period from 1980 war. To 1990 were where they were pretty good where they were eligible lakers they took the lakers to seven Western Conference finals. In 88 mark wires or maybe maybe they waited. But you know that the nineties were just that the total arcades uses -- good for Bob mortal like the only. A hundred a 197. 507 in that period of time they -- the worst franchise in in the deck were the clippers -- that anybody professional sports. And then to see -- bounce back like this and they'll be in this building it's good for seventeen consecutive sellouts tonight. No but the Celtics coming in here just and no in the there's a better militant raised up there it's it's really quite well with elect to a formal -- it. He's he's good Amy's good the Big Easy easy easy it leaves me alone let's let's do a thing you know these. But he I know he's he's debating that of the people who really do work in sales that. It sell sell sell and get the name of the mavericks out there. Because we your account and you'll always like that -- you'll trying to get the entertainment dollars so he wants them rescued -- do that took over standard -- that Dallas Mavericks thanks for her thing you know listen here courtside tonight so. Out of this commitment few and far between we was doing. -- our conversation with a head coach what we were very quick trip or the -- that next heading for the Celtics and mavericks in Dallas on the WEEI Celtics radio network.