He fought Jordan and asked for his autograph! - The Vernon Maxwell 'MAD MAX' Stories on MJ!

[@shakirahmad5946]

The fact he brought his son to get a autograph after game is funny and shows it’s respect and just competition at the highest levels!

[@FIatIined]

I laughed so hard when Vernon said that Michael figured out that "turnaround shit". Lol

[@donjuan2067]

Man I was crying 😂

[@ghenyajordan5205]

@@donjuan2067 me tooo..😂😂😂😂

[@tattie_akembaeyubeh1051]

me too LMAOOO

[@jayceezinner3503]

He hated it😂😂

[@joepermenter7228]

He probably legitimately meant it due to the Olajuwon draft comparisons at the time knowing Vernon.

[@fredswain2391]

The fact that he'd bring his son to get MJ's autograph... In Air Jordan fit.. Is awesome! I'm sure MJ signed. Golden Era of Basketball.

[@16alfreder]

As a kid and a real MJ fan watching this dude I thought he was crazy but as a man I have nothing but respect for him. I thought he didn’t like Jordan but this was all psychological warfare. This was the NBA golden era

[@redriders7149]

I agree fully. As a kid mad max trully was a wild man to me. To try and go at MJ like he did. We knew vernon was absolutely nuts. But he's also a great dude.

[@jtremaine23]

That move by Mad Max at 3:38 is still one of the best moves I've seen a player make. I'm glad that got included.

[@algladyou]

I was just saying. He made a jordan move against MJ. Lol

[@brianmayabella5992]

I use the jordan move, to destroy MJ - Mad Max

[@johnnymcfaddenii776]

that was a slick move.

[@kahall850]

Cold move🥶

[@mr31owe38]

That bitch nasty omg 😂🔥

[@seansharpe8539]

Mad max, his nickname suits him so much.

[@NickSmithNBA]

💯

[@iFanchi]

Funny how the announcers say "Michael Jordan starting to come to live offensively, he has 28" 😅 Like having 28 was an off night for him.

[@newera5238]

👍😅😅😭

[@blinley43]

Crazy right

[@traceybean6064]

Lmao 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@rickmacdonald5575]

It literally was below his average lol

[@FortressofShred]

It was. That's what Bron fans don't get 🤣

[@Itschrisjamal]

So MJ really created the fade a way how Vernon said " he figured out that turnaround shit" 🤣🤣

[@johntom23]

😂😂😂😂

[@dc-mw9fd]

……. u think mj created a move that was done in the 50s and 60s?

[@Itschrisjamal]

@dc-mw9fd it ain't about who did it first, it's about who did it right .. they could of did it in the 1800s but MJ perfected it and no player today has mastered it like Mike

[@mabele7014]

And Vernon described it so poetically.😂

[@joewalters8165]

Always loved Maxwell.... Being a MJ fan I loved these matchups

[@topspot4834]

Same! Max, John Starks and Reggie were all fun to watch. Max probably did as good as anyone other than Joe Dumars in the 80s.

[@machavellicheese5556]

@@topspot4834 agreed 100%, All 4 guys you named playing Jordan was always going to be a good match up. I do think Dumars was just one notch ahead of Maxwell, Starks and Miller when it came to playing His Airness.

[@cedricbethea358]

Jordan's jump shot was truly a "jump shot" because his feet were almost at other players shoulders.

[@augustopaes4910]

MJ got the best out of everyone he played against. He had to bring his best out because everyone wanted to go at him. Greatness

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

And the ones who talked trash to MJ learned a hard lesson. Instead of him scoring 30 on you, he made a point to hang 45+ just to shove it back in your face. MJ had nerves of steel.

[@FuShengAlex]

Not Dream though.

[@thomashunter267]

You go after the King, you best not miss.

[@riffsthatkill2180]

​@@FuShengAlexor Bird

[@FuShengAlex]

@@riffsthatkill2180 yeah....notice how no Jordan loon will address either player

[@MoralesCorner]

Mad Max is what Pat Beverley thinks he is. And lets be honest he can come close at times. But it was a different kind of ferocity back then. You just love to see guys like Vernon Maxwell playing on your team.

[@woodsrdy51]

Mad Max, can actually play though, Pat Beverly is just bothersome.

[@blipblip]

@@woodsrdy51 There were 'a few' guys like that to be conservative. Of top of my head, the entire cast of bad boys, Xaiver McDaniel, Gary Payton, Barkley, Mourning, Starks and Oak just to name a few. Some are just out-right more nutty and in your face than the others, such as the entire cast of bad boys (with Lambieer, Rodman and Mchorn spear-heading the rest) lol. Pretty much of them would just go toe to toe in term to anyone physically and never backed down. It was the overall culture of letting physicality happens as part of the game back then that led to the existence of such breed. They still existed around and after 2000 as we can see some of those fires in guys like Rasheed Wallance, Doug Christie and Ron Artest. But the dirty plays were from that point on heavily punished. And now we see a lot of wannabe tough guys that aren't actually tough but they love pretending like one by showing off their guns after some and-1 plays.

[@woodsrdy51]

@@Username12665 I know about his history, I was no knocking hi., just stating the facts about the talent level between the two guy, I give props to him for his perseverance

[@donmiguelarkanghel9537]

Pat Bev can't back his talk up. Mad Max sure can play.

[@tonydillard339]

No disrespect, but Pat Bev is nowhere close to Mad Max! Sorry, he's intense and defense minded, but Not Mad Max!

[@soldierviejo8224]

Mad Max was a little Beast himself going at the G.O.A.T the way he did you can't help but respect his gangsta🔥🔥

[@mr.martyr8573]

“I just wanted to know if what they said was true…I wanted to see if it was true…..and yea…..yea it was true.” Lol

[@jaysimmons3795]

Bro that was funny as hell 🤣

[@erickscholl842]

That lay up, man, one of the best I´ve ever seen. Mad Max was so fun to watch

[@tommychew6544]

Really liked that you left the language in that one, that was definitely the feel of the times. I really miss the times of Magic & Bird and then Jordan, that was when basketball was at its best!!

[@dreswan1]

Agreed

[@marksark21]

Vernon was a great player. One of the best defenders who ever played the game.

[@JamesKlass79]

This is the best video ever! I laughed the whole time. He said he just stared at em during the lay up line 😆 🤣

[@smokeyowns26]

😂😂😂

[@lifeoverdoseent7150]

I’m from Houston and I was in the 10th grade during that time… Max was a wild wild man!

[@jackskillet]

he looks so young god bless him for being such a great challenger to MJ and then send in his son for an autograph decked out in JORDAN

[@soundsforhealth8346]

I could listen to interviews with Maxwell all day.

[@gatormark]

Good to see Vernon on these shows. I went to school with him from 9th grade all the way through college. Looks like he's still the same. Loved to fight. Crazy. But a good dude. Crazy good athlete. We ran track together, but he stopped after 9th or 10th-grade because he was playing football and basketball.

[@rommellboado4873]

Those days were brutal😍😍😍and MJ earned all the respects

[@TruthFLA]

I like how regardless of who they are what they achieved and how much trash MJ talk to them in the past, they all unanimously give it up to MJ as the GOAT. I'm sure that being crowned the GOAT by people who've actually played the game means a lot more than the fans saying it.

[@cyber6sapien]

FACTS!!

[@brennenjohnson7071]

MJ says this himself. He respects his peers’ opinions more than those from his fans.

[@bfinvestments5058]

Facts

[@gman2503]

BINGO💪💪💪🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

Bra. This fellow Aussie thinks ur work is fuckn sick. Tx for showing soft nba Stan’s today what real greatness is. No flopping, No superteams stacked with all stars. No 3 step jump shots. This was real bball, and MJ was the realist. Props

[@NickSmithNBA]

Thanks for the support 🙏

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

@@Username12665 u don’t know what I think. I’m not even talking about within the rules stepbacks. I’m talking Harden Embiid Young Poole like 4 steps

[@jayk7781]

I couldn't read "No flopping" and not think of Danny Ainge of the 1980's Boston Celtics. 😄

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

@@jayk7781 there was flopping… I mean MJ didnt flop.

[@jayk7781]

@@AnnhilateTheNihilist having grown up watching 80s and 90s basketball in Chicago. I knew what you meant.

[@DD-sw1dd]

That layup by Max at 3:35 was literally Max showibg MJ a glimpse of himself. Sick.

[@eddiegonzales8325]

You’re doing an awesome job in this 23 days of MJ! Greats vids/editing. Really have been enjoying them!

[@NickSmithNBA]

Thanks so much!!

[@Lord_Reepa]

Man did you see that fall ? He woke right back up and got back in the game wow nowadays they out for weeks

[@Jimmy-ik2kc]

Yeah,they may be carried off by a stretcher these days.😂😂😂😂😂

[@hahafalseflag5090]

this is so awesome lol.. The millennials don't know the fun we had watching the late 80's and 90's nba..

[@TheGr8-1]

Umm yeah we do…

[@leticiabioc9422]

Miss this era. It’s real men’s game not like now🥲🥲

[@LeftHandLane5]

I was actually at the Summit the first time they played and almost got into a fight we were so hype one of the best nights of my life

[@blinley43]

💯

[@DonKJB]

Watching 📺 the going out n hoopin!!! Game used to be so physical and tough-nosed at every level.. from blacktpp to the League. Love 80/90s hoop!!!

[@EdTheBearsFan]

Maxwell is as real and raw as they come. Funny as hell! Good video, man!

[@NeoViny]

That lay up from MM @3:42 is one of the nicest In history… And honestly: the one thing that should calm your poor soul when MJ turns around you and dunks: man, you have the beast seat in the house to watch!!!

[@AG1LA]

10:29 that fall of MJ was insane. No foul and he got up quickly, the man is tough. If that happened to Lebron, that would have been a flagrant , he'll be crying and will be out for the rest of the season. Real talk. Awesome video man, unfiltered, not for my virgin ears, Lol but regardless .

[@lifeallah8005]

Shhhh u know u cant mention lebron when he have his fan base on youtube lol…. We know lebron soft to b his size n wouldnt even last n this era of basketball

[@joycastorico2638]

I agree with you!

[@lifeallah8005]

@J Boukis lol lebron fans only started calling him the goat because he called himself that on the Shop

[@lifeallah8005]

@J Boukis Harper - curry Jordan - klay Pippen - durant Rodman - draymond Longley- whoever they center would of been Defense would of swept them And then the Bulls had a better bench

[@lifeallah8005]

@J Boukis 50

[@whome1636]

Mad Max is hella funny!! Loved this piece thanks!

[@NickSmithNBA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@artofsoul]

Elie, Thorpe, Smith, Cassell, Horry and Maxwell. Our role players are legends in Houston. My dad is a huge Mad Max fan and so am I. Those players were essential in our title runs.

[@JeffLcarz]

Houston was always deep in rotation. Thorpe was one of the strongest players back then with huge hands. For MJ to block his dunk, that was doing something.

[@bobbyelacoe7600]

These continue to take me back to my HS days. Watching Jordan play, it was so awesome to watch.

[@slanderman3296]

I always try explain to younger generation how it was then. I'm 36 so I was like 11 when he had his last bulls game. But I remember elementary WE ALL had bulls jackets. It was like the Beatles and elvis type of vibes. The organic vibe without the hype of the internet. Real hype

[@maxvl2832]

After ALL these years we are STILL talking about the greatest player to ever play the game in Michael Jordan!!!

[@brianburton5946]

We still talk about Magic, Bird, Wilt, all the greats. Thats usually how it goes in sports. Its not like Mike the only one still being talked about

[@maxvl2832]

@@brianburton5946 very true! I couldn.t agree more!

[@emblem2425]

Mad Max and Starks were my favorite 2 guards because of how they went at the God MJ. I'm sure MJ loved it because he thrived on anyone with the audacity to challenge him.

[@newera5238]

As a 76ers fan, I was a HUGE fan of Starks and Mad Max for that exact same reason. They would try to challenge MJ without fear!

[@freespeech515]

connection? They born in year of snake.

[@pp-vf8ls]

dont forget dumars

[@netomilt]

I've seen a lot of MJ videos and this is one of the best. Only a few people would go right at MJ like you did, and get away with it.

[@michaelcole4868]

Jordan's shot was beautiful!

[@uncomfortabletruth2988]

That’s what RESPECT looks like back then. Two players going at it💯

[@jd8606]

This dude mad max needs his own show. I can listen to his trash talk all day

[@maxismozark1124]

Wow, this video is amazing. Never seen those interviews before. Great job 🤙

[@NickSmithNBA]

Hope you enjoyed!

[@glenmenas9424]

Those Rockets/Bulls games were 🔥 back in the day! Mad Max!! Memories...

[@lifeallah8005]

N they said MJ had it easy n that era…. Mj went against the best players that ever played the game…

[@residentgomez]

I still sport my #11 Maxwell jersey. The only jersey you'd see more of at the Summit was Hakeem's. Mad Max was definitely an H town favorite.

[@tedoychorizo6434]

Mad Max: "I'ma get yo bithchass" 🤣

[@frankdaily7582]

I forgot about Vernon Maxwell! This was a great interview 👏. Maxwell is a funny cat too.

[@sn00per8]

LoL!! I liked Maxwell! He had no fear! Jordan respects that shyt! It made him elevate!! LoL!! But as we all know, you don't get crazy with the GOAT! Damn good story! And I love that there were no bleeps!!

[@TheBlackKakashi]

This is probably the main 23 MJ Stories that I watch the most. It’s so funny and makes you want to watch it over and over 😂

[@newera5238]

Mad Max was one of the players that got me into basketball 🏀

[@ej4346]

When everyone knows you don't talk shit to MJ, and he does just that every single time, you know why he's called Mad Max. 😅

[@joepermenter7228]

Easy equation: Olajuwon owned The Bulls + Maxwell don't give a fuck= Competing every single time.

[@roboninja3194]

I love Vernon Maxwell. He was so streaky but when he got cooking? He sure could light it up.

[@jonathanharris9321]

He was one of my favorite players and he lived up to his name Mad Max 😂 he was freaking crazy

[@frederickcook87]

Mad Max…. A national treasure 😃✊🏾😃

[@JCox964]

Being a Houstonian & a lifelong Rockets fan, Mad Max was it. Glad this video long overdue released

[@Iron2468]

I always liked Mad Max, remember watching him in the 90s. He was so tough 👊.

[@skittlezyflippelzdelosgerr3440]

He went after a fan long before the Palace in the Malice. As an original SacKings fan, I will always love Vernon. He can be clutch and light fire. Definitely got up for challenges.

[@blackjesus6433]

Vernon would've made Bron cry to the refs. 😢 🙏🏾

[@garrettchristopher3462]

Sho nuff

[@melanieedwards8252]

Like a baby

[@MonsterDeplorable]

Like a Girl Scout

[@mycitysucks8096]

Get off Lebron's nuts

[@dewaynethomas5925]

The LJ hate is real.

[@AQUAHUNTERSKAYAKFISHING]

Honest and raw but with respect for MJ. Great interview with Mad Max!

[@AfroCentauri]

Ironically, Mad Max and John Starks was on the same team with Jordan in that 94 Charity game lol.

[@b9479]

@@Username12665 van gundy wasn't lying though

[@R_Hall]

Love Mad Max. That was the best MJ props video I’ve ever seen.

[@andreamicucci2396]

8:27 crazy how mike with 28 was him "starting" to come alive 😂😂😂

[@muhammadsteinberg]

Coming from Chicago, I hated Mad Max and his antics. Dude was straight-up insane. Reluctantly, I have to admit he made the games fun and entertaining. I recall screaming at the TV as if they could hear me. In hindsight, I give him props for keeping the game exciting.

[@joycastorico2638]

max Vernon is one hell of a player and freaking honest to his mind about Michael.

[@rioinfinity8452]

I cried laughing at least 3 times and rewinded it to parts over 20 😂😅😮❤️✊🏾

[@ckfandor4300]

U got it right Mad Max. MJ is the best player you've played. The living GOAT

[@Rowdybeardown]

I love Vernon! Dude is hilarious!

[@Trandview]

Enjoying the series, and appreciate the trip down memory lane

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

As a Houstonian and a huge goat fan I use to love those mad max MJ battles! Vernon was one of only 2 guys that would try and aggressively D up on MJ single handedly and possibly the only player to have 2 way success against MJ . I loved him for giving that old college try..

[@granvillewalkerjr.8394]

Not only Vernon "Mad Max" Maxwell, but also add John Starks, Gerald Wilkins, Gary "The Glove" Payton and Joe Dumars to that cadre of diligent one on one defenders of MJ.

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

@@granvillewalkerjr.8394 I agree with the glove. I have him and Maxwell as two of the toughest defenders v MJ..Gerald Wilkins..not even, John Starks..very seldom, that was more hype and cause of where he played. I did love their enthusiasm and delusions though

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

@@granvillewalkerjr.8394 and yes I also agree with you on dumars.. he may have been MJs toughest defender

[@FuShengAlex]

Vernon only looked good vs Mike because he had the GOAT help defender Hakeem watching his back. He leaves Houston.....and his first game in Philly vs chicago MJ put 48 on him and Stack. Toughest jordan defender imho was Alvin Robertson. That dude was tough as nails.

[@OldHenryLee]

Jordan's a smart man. ... There's a certain level of crazy one just shouldn't F with. ... ⚖️ Maxwell's awesome.

[@eddievargas1357]

All the way from Mission, Texas my brothers and sisters I respect his brother and man I love the way he talks and thinks sometimes it’s hard to see what’s going on in front of you and most of the times we ignore it, but it takes a real man to see and understand what’s really happening in front of you pass the love for black Jesus

[@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092]

I remember him . He was a great player for Houston.

[@francisedwards4069]

Being from Chicago, I LOVED it when Mad Max played the Bulls. He seemed real

[@enousburris2094]

Love the video. Man a Chicago Bull vs Houston Rockets finals would have been epic in the 90's.

[@awbell14]

Would have loved to see The Bulls and The Rockets in a 7 game series. They had some good battles on the court.

[@redriders7149]

Str8 up....."THE GOOD OLD DAYS" of basketball. My favorite time period of pro sports period.....

[@redriders7149]

Funny, I just read a comment I wrote quite a while ago. Liked it and then realized it was my comment...haha.

[@iAmEdwinHamilton]

Jordan would have loved to have Max on his team 😂 somebody just as crazy as he was 😂

[@imjaded2005]

I Love the “ he talk to me like that on the court then bring his son after the game for my autograph…. Man that dude ain’t right.” (Vernon unintentionally got in his head.) LOVE IT.

[@peteperic5822]

Late 80s and 90s, NBAs best era by far

[@jasonz70j98]

Mad Max is truly loved in Houston and myself... He could PLAY and he would bring it also. Scrap with anybody and would take up for any of his teammates right or wrong... Vernon was HELL ! MUCH LOVE DAWG!!!

[@SirChefsVlogs01]

No need to say '' who's the GOAT?! ''.. Just watched the players (teammates at rival teams, players), coaches (Phil Jackson and rival coaches) who have seen MJ at his finest.. They all agree his a greatness as a player.

[@stanpressley4211]

Those great defenders allowed us too see how amazing mike Jordan really is.

[@USSOBRIEN]

08:07 How many guards going up to block a big man's ball? Not many, but if it's to be done Jordan gon try it 😆

[@AriJordan]

jordan had a 48 inch vert and was 220 lb of muscle lol

[@recordengin]

How can you watch something like this and you don't come to the conclusion that Mike is the Goat!

[@vernonleewarren280]

I am so loving these videos! Thanks bro!

[@NickSmithNBA]

My pleasure!

[@ev651]

Grew up and i loved Max! Wouldn't have one the titles we won without him

[@unchboy]

Mad Max looks like he can still suit up.

[@johndamper2934]

Imagine Vernon Maxwell, and Patrick Beverley going at it 😂

[@torrencemanley7952]

When you have the all time leading shot blocker behind you then you can seem like a great defender

[@TonyBrasfield-xn2zh]

Mad respect to mad max ! I use to love them days that was basketball man on man warriors every game to had to come with that shit! Alot back then played full seasons bumping n grinding ! Them baseline block out hand checking days ! I was no where near good yet I made myself good by modeling a lil price of ea player I took pride n defense rebounding n that baseline sleep on me n I would catch a rebound n throw it down on you use to love playing against the 6 10 guys physical basketball the good ole days! Good job mad max you brought back memories for a bro

[@perrygore7067]

This is the best in the series in my opinion. For Mad Max to give Jordan his props speaks volumes. Jordan earned his respect.

[@MC-cyh]

Vernon said it best. It was a dog eat dog game back then. He gave and he got. MJ never quit learning to be better. The 90's NBA was like street ball.

[@juan-josegarza7039]

Mad Max was one of them guys.

[@oronasundial]

Max had no fear in him whatsoever. But he also knew his team was just as good as those Bulls teams. That's the only thing that still gets me during Jordans two breaks from basketball in the '90s he missed his two greatest challenges EVER out west which was the '94-'95 rockets and my '98-'99 Spurs. BOTH team's we're good enough to beat Chicago in my opnion no doubt.

[@appleguy6708]

I’m a 80’s bulls fan and I remember the dudes who played well against MJ Vernon is up there with starks Byron dumars

[@carnevale366]

X-man

[@kingallah7911]

Knoone talks about Vernon Maxwell he was a great player a dawg the only dude that wasn't scared of MJ he was mad Max 2 time champion

[@hairjordan2620]

Despite Max being a very good defender MJ averaged 30 on 50% throughout the 17 games they played

[@hakeemolajuwon4352]

I think Jordan avg like 33ppg against Olajuwon's Rockets but was 5-11 against him from 84'-93'. What Maxwell had to do was force Jordan to drive into the paint where Olajuwon was, otherwise he was getting torched

[@irishpanic]

Dream would dominate the bulls though

[@sirm.a.r.s4640]

Isn't max 6 3 180? How the fuck is we glorifying this? Mike is 6 6 220

[@hakeemolajuwon4352]

@@sirm.a.r.s4640 Drexler was 6'7, 220lbs and he got the same treatment tho. Ewing was 7ft and was used to getting dunked on by 6'6 Jordan so I'm not sure what you mean by glorifying

[@sirm.a.r.s4640]

@@hakeemolajuwon4352 Drexler was an average defender not really a flex, Ewing can't move for shit and paint sat due to rules. Again not a flex. Jordan was a fucking monster for his time but niggas be talking like giannis, butler and kawhi was guarding him each game. Lots of average people and midgets in these games I watched.

[@tonystaz5082]

One of my favorite players ever Mad Max!!!

[@williamshereef2755]

MJ is the greatest ❤️

[@BruceWalls-jk1vy]

You got 2 Love Mad Max!!💯

[@Kbiggins1978]

Vernon would've been kicked out the league in today's game.