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The last few months have been full of criticism for the Charlotte Hornets most recent all-star, LaMelo Ball.

For a second straight season, Ball played less than 40 games in a season, opening him up to questions about his drive to play and maturity. The questions were taken to a whole new level a month ago when he, along with the Hornets, was sued by a Charlotte mother who claims that he ran her son’s foot over and broke at last year’s ‘Purple and Teal Day’ in October.

On Tuesday, Cedric ‘Cornbread’ Maxwell, the radio analyst for the world champion Boston Celtics joined the Kyle Bailey Show and pointed to Ball’s maturity as something that will be a key to Charles Lee having success. “Ball ​is ​going ​to ​have ​to ​be ​more ​engaged, ​more ​committed ​making ​his ​teammates ​better. ​I ​mean, ​he ​is ​showy. ​He’s ​flashy. ​At ​the ​end ​of ​the ​day, ​can ​you ​win ​with ​him? ​And ​that’s ​going ​to ​be ​a ​big ​question ​that ​you’re ​going ​to ​have. You’re ​commit ​to ​him ​financially, but how ​can ​Charles ​help ​him ​develop ​into ​the ​player ​to ​be ​a ​facilitator ​and ​help ​those ​guys ​step ​forward?

To hear Maxwell’s full comments on LaMelo and Charles Lee and more on the Celtics title, listen to the full interview below and be sure to subscribe to The Kyle Bailey Show wherever you get your podcasts.