Considered one of the most colorful characters in Celtics history, Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell came into his own in his second season in Boston after being drafted 12
th overall from UNC Charlotte in 1977. That year he would lead the NBA in Field Goal Percentage, an achievement he repeated the season after. Maxwell would now be joined by Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish and while those three would become the core trio of the team, it was Maxwell who was the MVP in their Finals of the 1981 Championship. The clutch shooter was also a member of the 1984 Title, and he would finish in the top ten in VORP three years in a row (1978-79 to 1980-81). Boston will always remember "Cornbread" whose number 31 was hung to the rafters in 2003.
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