@Classicbasketballdvds Starks had NBA jam Bounce &more hops where he elevated high up on his jumper which made him more efficient in the mid range and a more solid above the rim finisher in traffic. While Max was strictly faster off the dribble getting into the open court relying on momentum to get his finishes at the rim
I always thought MAX had a few screws loose tho. LOL. Tripping his team-mates in the air during a practice ??? That's some retard high-school crap,he was much TOO for that non-sense and wanting to fight another nba player because he's busting your &&&,I think it's pretty silly,but,this was very common back when MJ was playing tho. LOL. Oh,I forgot about him going into the stands after a fan,but,that fan did make fun of his still born baby tho. So,I can give MAX a very big pass for his actions.
Motherfucker who you gloving with that misshaped ass head? Your momma Jordan half.0. My half is still better than your 100 sucka. Your PF is limp like Schrempf. Disrespect my rook again and find out. Pow wow blow Yao.
"Mad Max" Vernon Maxwell he was the only Player I saw run right up to Michael Jordan and let him know ain't no punking Mad Max, he was a 6'4 ball of athleticism, jumped high, ran fast and could shoot the basketball, we need that "Boston Strangler" Andrew Toney, Mo Cheeks and Ricky Pierce all forgotten 80s and 90s Players!
Mj was a bum. Dude had one special skill, jumping high for a long time. If I could jump and hang In the air for 12 seconds I'd be smoking everyone too. Takes no skill to do. If bird , magic, or kareem had that jumping ability, no one would have ever heard of jordan
THAT'S THE WORST TAKE OF ALL TIME @@kenw2225 😂 the games GREATEST COMPETITOR was a bum, two 3Peats 🏆🏆🏆/ 🏆🏆🏆 was a bum, 30.1 ppg BEST OF ALL TIME, 5 MVPS, 6-0 6 Finals MVPS come on man, you can't be serious 😂
As a Houstonian and watching Olajuwon his whole career, one of my favorite teammates was Vernon Maxwell. He was often the fire in the Rockets. He was good enough to be an all-star but he sort of lacked consistent excellence.
I've always heard that Maxwell lit 🔥 Alvin Robinson up and out played John Starks in that same 1988 summer camp that solidified his draft spot with the Spurs.
24:30 I know Marv Albert had to be objective, working nationally for NBC. But, we all know he's a Knicks guy. I'm amazed at how unbiased he could project himself to be, there.
Great breakdown video of MadMax. He was wiry athletic lighting fast in transition with beyond 3point range. He was a more toned down John Starks playstyle wise but when Max was mad or focused he looked like a allstar
Max was really GOOD, on both sides of the ball, but very streaky on offense. However, as you said when Max was on, he was on, absolutely a great role player I didn't like my Chicago Bulls to deal with regularly lol!
Said by. SUNS reporter after the 1993-94 Playoffs: Of greater concern, was Dan Majerle's inability to guard smaller, quicker players. He was no match for Houston's Vernon Maxwell in the playoffs."
I'm soooo glad I grew up in The 80s & was able to witness 80s & 90s basketball. They were skilled but played like grown men. Even pick up basketball was the sh@# back then.
I can't believe you didn't bring up the time he had to get bailed out of jail during a playoff game for pulling a gun on somebody for taking "his" parking spot at Luby's Cafeteria.
I read somewhere on YT, I forget which team he was playing for at the time after Houston where he faked an injury so he didnt have to travel to a road game in Orlando where there was a arrest warrant issued for failing to pay child support payments 😂😂
Dude you gotta do a video on Rik Smits. He was the first 7 foot 4 center in the 80s and '90s era who had good footwork as well as soft hands around the hoop. 2nd all time in Pacers history in scoring and 3rd all time in rebounding... He was on some really good Pacers teams with Reggie, Dale and Antonio Davis, Schremp, Chuck Person etc....he averaged about 15 and 6 for his career
Love your videos bro, I watch all of them. Have you put any thought into doing a video about Brandon Jennings, Charlie Ward, or Cliff Robinson? (I know some other channels have done videos on the latter two, but you're still the best.)
All of them, for sure, both Cliff Robinsons, actually. Just got a long list of suggestions/guys who I personally wanna do videos on. So I don't exactly when I'll get to those suggestions. But they're all on the list
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American, male, and heterosexual (showing what prism I view the world through). I WAS rooting for the Rockets in 1993-94, after the Sonics got knocked out of the playoffs. I loved Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe, and Sam Cosell, and glad they all got rings.
Mad Max was a tough and hustle player that could hang with the best and be one of the best trash talkers too Definitely a streaky offensive player but if he’s hot then he’s hot especially in the clutch
In 1996-97, three teams suffered the Northwest Ignominy: The Spurs, Nuggets and Grizzlies, all went a combined 0-24 against MY two favorite teams, the Sonics and Blazers. Come on, 24 games, and they couldn't get ONE win? Those teams got wins over the Lakers, Celtics, Suns and Jazz! (The 4 teams I hate, for good reason: They KILLED the Blazers)
Bro you played 16 mins in the playoff game and went FG 1-7 3’s 0-2 FT 1-1 Points 3 AST 1 REB 3 PF 1 TO 1 I don’t remember a DRASTIC cut like you claims after the Drexler trade in the regular season either! Yes you weren’t starting anymore but your points per 48 was almost identical. The actual difference was 6 mins a game so really it was your EGO that got HURT by not starting 🤷🏼♂️ Don’t take my word for it up the box scores and do the math yourself. Before the trade (and suspension) GP Min Points Points per 48 44 33.68 14.11 20.10 After GP Min Points Points per 48 20 27.78 11.58 20.00
His stats are horrible and advance stats including defense was terrible. Reminds me of the Antoine walkers, Ron artest types that can make a clutch shot or take over but can be so bad in a playoff series
As a Sonics fan in 1992-93, I WISH the Clippers would have eliminated the Rockets, and especially wish the Lakers would have eliminated the Suns. The Sonics could have made the Finals, had that happened.
Hey man, I love the forgotten player profiles. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate it!
No, you keep up the good work.
Another AWESOME VIDEO!!! I recently moved to Huntersville, NC and see Vernon shopping at our local Food Lion. He is a great dude, humble and genuine.
That's great to hear, and I appreciate the support!
one of my fav players back then. He was athletic too. He was like John Starks wit the toughness and unpredictability
@Classicbasketballdvds great point I've been saying that for 30yrs. They were both feiry and emotional competitors
@@carlwallace1129 big factz...they were very similar, tho Mad Max was a lil crazier imo lolz. He was wilding at times
@Classicbasketballdvds Starks had NBA jam Bounce &more hops where he elevated high up on his jumper which made him more efficient in the mid range and a more solid above the rim finisher in traffic. While Max was strictly faster off the dribble getting into the open court relying on momentum to get his finishes at the rim
@@carlwallace1129 werd
I always thought MAX had a few screws loose tho. LOL. Tripping his team-mates in the air during a practice ??? That's some retard high-school crap,he was much TOO for that non-sense and wanting to fight another nba player because he's busting your &&&,I think it's pretty silly,but,this was very common back when MJ was playing tho. LOL. Oh,I forgot about him going into the stands after a fan,but,that fan did make fun of his still born baby tho. So,I can give MAX a very big pass for his actions.
I love your channel cause I learn so much about players I've only heard about.
Trying my best to tell all these guys stories In a respectful way! I'm glad you're able to learn something from them
Maxwell vs Payton? The trash talk must have been legendary.
Motherfucker who you gloving with that misshaped ass head? Your momma Jordan half.0. My half is still better than your 100 sucka. Your PF is limp like Schrempf. Disrespect my rook again and find out. Pow wow blow Yao.
Perfect Player to demonstrate that analytics dont really matter if you can hoop!
Facts
@@Mressey3 great point
"Mad Max" Vernon Maxwell he was the only Player I saw run right up to Michael Jordan and let him know ain't no punking Mad Max, he was a 6'4 ball of athleticism, jumped high, ran fast and could shoot the basketball, we need that "Boston Strangler" Andrew Toney, Mo Cheeks and Ricky Pierce all forgotten 80s and 90s Players!
But MJ cooked him all the time lol
Mj was a bum. Dude had one special skill, jumping high for a long time. If I could jump and hang In the air for 12 seconds I'd be smoking everyone too. Takes no skill to do. If bird , magic, or kareem had that jumping ability, no one would have ever heard of jordan
@@kenw2225 so are there clips of you doing better? 😀
Rick mahorn had mj fearing for his life….
THAT'S THE WORST TAKE OF ALL TIME @@kenw2225 😂 the games GREATEST COMPETITOR was a bum, two 3Peats 🏆🏆🏆/ 🏆🏆🏆 was a bum, 30.1 ppg BEST OF ALL TIME, 5 MVPS, 6-0 6 Finals MVPS come on man, you can't be serious 😂
As a Houstonian and watching Olajuwon his whole career, one of my favorite teammates was Vernon Maxwell. He was often the fire in the Rockets. He was good enough to be an all-star but he sort of lacked consistent excellence.
@timmyg831 Great point.
He put on a ridiculous shooting display for me at San Antonio spurs camp in 1988.
I've always heard that Maxwell lit 🔥 Alvin Robinson up and out played John Starks in that same 1988 summer camp that solidified his draft spot with the Spurs.
I was waiting on him to make a Vernon Maxwell video 🔥🔥
Me too 🤣🤣🤣👍💯.
@khalidcarter25 I've been waiting a couple yrs for this video.
Damn great video and channel! I love revisiting my basketball history
24:30 I know Marv Albert had to be objective, working nationally for NBC. But, we all know he's a Knicks guy. I'm amazed at how unbiased he could project himself to be, there.
Great breakdown video of MadMax. He was wiry athletic lighting fast in transition with beyond 3point range. He was a more toned down John Starks playstyle wise but when Max was mad or focused he looked like a allstar
Max was really GOOD, on both sides of the ball, but very streaky on offense. However, as you said when Max was on, he was on, absolutely a great role player I didn't like my Chicago Bulls to deal with regularly lol!
Maxwell going to fight a fan in the stands nearly a decade before Artest although no riot occurred
Great video coverage 💯 Iam elated Vernon came full circle and got the help he needed to live a successful life
Mad Max was wild!
Edit: Also, love the channel!!!
Appreciate the support!
Besides Dennis Rodman… Vernon Maxwell is that one player I really enjoyed watching. He was that dude you don’t want to mess with.
Great video! Thanks man!
Meet him in Charlotte about 10 years ago. Down to earth and very approachable
Vernon Maxwell was a sharpshooter who was a fiery competitor and creating memorable moments.
Thank you 😊
Vernon and Hakeem on NBA Jam was my preferred team! He was always hitting three's!
@Rockhead84 yea, I'd always choose the rockets and remember Maxwell used get up really high on his jumper like Starks 👍
Gratitude
there would've never been a clutch city without mad max
They wete in 95 with Drexler. Bye weird
@@chrisschaeffer9661 my point exactly. it started in 94 with vernon on the squad.
laters clown
Said by. SUNS reporter after the 1993-94 Playoffs: Of greater concern, was Dan Majerle's inability to guard smaller, quicker players. He was no match for Houston's Vernon Maxwell in the playoffs."
Respect to all the forgotten ballers
vernon is a real 1
Mad Max thanks for helping Houston win a championship.
I think Michael respected how crazy Vernon Maxwell was, fun player
Do Jon Sundvold! Growing up, i enjoyed watching his game. He moved well without the ball and his quick release shot is fun to watch!
6:20 Dwayne Schintzius dunk! I've never seen him dunk before!
My man your thinking on the same wavelengths as me! So im guessing a video about Horace grant is next? Also Rudy gay just retired
I'm soooo glad I grew up in The 80s & was able to witness 80s & 90s basketball. They were skilled but played like grown men. Even pick up basketball was the sh@# back then.
I can't believe you didn't bring up the time he had to get bailed out of jail during a playoff game for pulling a gun on somebody for taking "his" parking spot at Luby's Cafeteria.
I read somewhere on YT, I forget which team he was playing for at the time after Houston where he faked an injury so he didnt have to travel to a road game in Orlando where there was a arrest warrant issued for failing to pay child support payments 😂😂
Dude you gotta do a video on Rik Smits. He was the first 7 foot 4 center in the 80s and '90s era who had good footwork as well as soft hands around the hoop. 2nd all time in Pacers history in scoring and 3rd all time in rebounding... He was on some really good Pacers teams with Reggie, Dale and Antonio Davis, Schremp, Chuck Person etc....he averaged about 15 and 6 for his career
Love your videos bro, I watch all of them. Have you put any thought into doing a video about Brandon Jennings, Charlie Ward, or Cliff Robinson? (I know some other channels have done videos on the latter two, but you're still the best.)
All of them, for sure, both Cliff Robinsons, actually. Just got a long list of suggestions/guys who I personally wanna do videos on. So I don't exactly when I'll get to those suggestions. But they're all on the list
Outside of Dumars, there might not have been a player who gave Mike more fits than Mad Max.
Gerald Wilkins.
@@LajaHigginshell no 😂
@@mehkibrown5346 he Gerald Wilkins was called the "Jordan stopper".
@@LajaHigginsdoesn’t mean he stopped him 😂.
@@LajaHiggins Ron Harper did a better job on Jordan be serious Gerald couldn’t hold his jock strap 🤣.
27:15 Kenny Smith 3-Pointer, Game 1 at Orlando!
He was great shooter and player but he was ,mad max on the court
And off of it 😂😂
From my hometown Gainesville. My high school girlfriend from his hood Sugar Hill. His first nickname was Vernon "Hawk" Maxwell.
"Shaheed Muhammad's on the Gemini mixer
Peace to Derrick Coleman, Mad Max and the Sixers"- Phife
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American, male, and heterosexual (showing what prism I view the world through). I WAS rooting for the Rockets in 1993-94, after the Sonics got knocked out of the playoffs. I loved Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe, and Sam Cosell, and glad they all got rings.
Mad Max was a tough and hustle player that could hang with the best and be one of the best trash talkers too
Definitely a streaky offensive player but if he’s hot then he’s hot especially in the clutch
Idk if you have a video of him but I would love a Iso Joe Johnson video❤
Hell yea, I rember him he was tough!
Vincent Askew better pay him his mf money 😂😂💯
Great ❤
Great job !!! Please keep going! How bout… waymon tisdale popeye jones blue Edwards ,god Shammgod,Trent tucker,
The poor mans sprewell
But Mad Max had his own style of play through.
@andresdelportillo9917 Max's game resembled John Starks alot more.
@@neal6473 getting Hakeem some water ?
I choose mad max over spree all day. Vernon maxwell easily beats jordan, i don't think spree can do that.
I saw Vernon Maxwell as a Rockets fan, enjoyed his game and contributions thoroughly. But he is nowhere near Sprewell in skill and talent.
Oohhh Yeeeaaahhhhhhh...Mad Max!! THIS is the one I've been waiting on!
@@JoshBeFreeTV me too . Since forever
Damn I definitely took that legs flying open for 3 from max in 93 it really works 💪 it looks wild but can be Quite effective If use right
Could have been so much better if he had learned to control his emotions.
Vernon Maxwell,was a Beast,all so it's not pernounced Buc holtz ,It's Buu holtz
These FPP’s keep getting longer and longer lol
🦍📈
In 1996-97, three teams suffered the Northwest Ignominy: The Spurs, Nuggets and Grizzlies, all went a combined 0-24 against MY two favorite teams, the Sonics and Blazers. Come on, 24 games, and they couldn't get ONE win? Those teams got wins over the Lakers, Celtics, Suns and Jazz! (The 4 teams I hate, for good reason: They KILLED the Blazers)
Even atc6 ft 10 Horace Grant got messed up getting between Mac and Payton!!!
3 months for a gram ... wth 🤦♂️
Jordan 🐊 cud never win against vernon maxwell 🚀
And that's not a lie
Bro you played 16 mins in the playoff game and went
FG 1-7 3’s 0-2 FT 1-1
Points 3 AST 1 REB 3 PF 1 TO 1
I don’t remember a DRASTIC cut like you claims after the Drexler trade in the regular season either! Yes you weren’t starting anymore but your points per 48 was almost identical. The actual difference was 6 mins a game so really it was your EGO that got HURT by not starting 🤷🏼♂️
Don’t take my word for it up the box scores and do the math yourself.
Before the trade (and suspension)
GP Min Points Points per 48
44 33.68 14.11 20.10
After
GP Min Points Points per 48
20 27.78 11.58 20.00
Decent player, but pretty much a piece of crap a as human being. Kidnapping and assaulting women ain't cool.
Mad max was the real definition of a dog on the court.
Love the pic of him between the 2 white girls … Lol
His stats are horrible and advance stats including defense was terrible. Reminds me of the Antoine walkers, Ron artest types that can make a clutch shot or take over but can be so bad in a playoff series
Spurs were smart Dumping This Isuot
Less crazy than Rodman
FAR more crazy than Dennis
Not crazy just unhinged 😂
As a Sonics fan in 1992-93, I WISH the Clippers would have eliminated the Rockets, and especially wish the Lakers would have eliminated the Suns. The Sonics could have made the Finals, had that happened.
He still hasn't matured much
He really was a real problem
But he wasn't a problem when the Rockets won there first championship.
I like Barkley gtfo Shove. Max didnt want Charles smoke
ThebRockets wete more than happy to to Swap him for Drexler!! Clyde way better than Mad max
I ?uess this were Russell Westbrook got his attitude from...""🤷🏽♂️🤭""