Comments on: Hey! Whatever Happened To: Vernon Maxwell

By: SAM JONES

SAM JONES — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:38:48 +0000

JUST TO PIGGY BACK ON DEE AND JAMES ABOUT HOW REAL V-MAX IS, AS ONE OF HIS HOME BOYS FROM G-VILLE, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. WHEN HE ENTERED UF HE WOULD ALLOW ANY OF HIS HOMIES TO VISIT THE DORMS AND HANG OUT IN THE COLLEGE SETTING WITH HIM. HE ALWAYS HAD A OPEN DOOR POLICY AND HE ALWAYS HAD YOUR BACK. I CAN AGREE THAT HE HAS MADE BAD DECISIONS AS MANY AS OF HAVE, BUT I WILL DISAGREE WITH THOSE WHO WANT TO CALL HIM AN OVERALL BAD PERSON. UF IS A BASKETBALL NAME NOW BECAUSE OF BILLY D BUT IT WAS V-MAX WHO MADE IT A CREDIBLE PLACE TO PLAY BALL. BEFORE V-MAX AND THE OTHER 2 M&M BOYS, MOTEN AND MONTGOMERY, FLORIDA BASKETBALL WAS GARBAGE. V-MAX IS THE NAME WE CALLED HIM BEFORE THE NBA.

By: james

james — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:01:56 +0000

I agree with the 3rd ward guy. I had a similar experience with max. He has a good spirit. As a teen he let me ride him 2 the the playground n he hooped wit us. He’s as real as it gets.

By: dee

dee — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:34:33 +0000

Oh by the way mad max held jordan to 9 points. the lowest point total of his carreer. he was also very flustered I’ve never saw jordan like that.

By: dee

dee — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:30:24 +0000

You can say what you want about “mad max” but he had a positive influnce on me. in 1993 when I was in high school in houston he used to just show up at the park and shoot around with us. After that he would give all of the grown folks beer and just leave. He was the only NBA player to come to 3rd ward and do this. regardless of what he did bad in life I owe my college and overseas carreer to him.

By: Caceena

Caceena — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:40:26 +0000

I totally agree with Edward. I followed the Rockets the entire time Vernon was with them. Vernon has the potential to pull himself up and come back. I would support him.

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:39:40 +0000

I feel bad that he wasted so much talent. Hew was actually one of the great players in the NBA during his tenure. You hate to see a man, especially someone with so much potential go to ruin. Michael Jordan once said that the two players that he had the hardest time scoring against was Joe Dumars and Vernon Maxwell. I wish that he would get back involved in the NBA because he needs to finish right. Once you are down, you don’t always have to stay down and society needs to allow him to come back up.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:33:28 +0000

great job Brian! I followed the Rockets during their “championship” runs - everyone knows that those aren’t true titals because if MJ was around the Bulls would have won in those years - but I didn’t realize/remember how big of a headcase Mad Max was off the court.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:21:26 +0000

Wow Brian, you made him sound more interesting than when he was in the league. I swear I thought he was just one of those guys you have heard of but can’t really remember anything great about him. I suppose he couldn’t really be the “bad-boy standout” being in the league during Rodman’s prime. Well done…

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:28:56 +0000

Old Mad Max! I remember that game and boy was that a site!