Vernon Maxwell Almost STABBED Hakeem Olajuwon In Locker Room Fight | No Chill with Gilbert Arenas

Before Hakeem Olajuwon converted, him and Mad Max got into so bad in the Houston Rockets locker room, Vernon Maxwell almost stabbed him!
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[@solephonic]

"them africans got them hard ass hands" "cut a piece of meat with them hands" lol

[@bdb7185]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oakland_510]

😂

[@shannonwells3427]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@pruuf1]

When he said “big azz Etonics” I lost it. 😂

[@bennisford1712]

😂😂💀 classic shoe

[@geebee44]

Them big ugly mofos... LMAO...

[@jmar5127]

EXACTLY!! LMAO it was like that Friday scene with deebo.

[@residentgomez]

@@bennisford1712 those were the ugliest shoes I had ever seen.

[@mambacommas3716]

Somebody give this man a podcast asap 😂😂😂

[@cornellhartfield8731]

No lie

[@cornellhartfield8731]

He used to come to San antonio hoop in the hood blow bud and everything

[@jasonrussell8088]

Yes please 😆

[@cameroncarter2433]

We trying I promise it’ll be here soon

[@popireal3628]

Get him and Gary Payton to team up. I might pay a subscription fee to listen to that sht. 😂 What I like though is OG kept it all the way real: He said “He slapped the sht outta me.” 😂

[@GHOST91141]

Kenny Smith been telling us for years that Vernon Maxwell was a wild boy 😂😂

[@pericopinero1035]

I remember hearing Kenny tell a story about MadMax trying to fight MJ when HOU played CHI. & then after the game Max showed up in CHI locker room with his son decked out in Bulls/Jordan gear expecting autographs. Absolute menace lol

[@enigmaticgenius7717]

@@pericopinero1035 😁

[@ACarter87]

Or ya know, Vernon told us/showed us, cuz we watched him 🤔 Didn’t need Kenny’s lame ass to force feed me info I already knew lol Good lord

[@flodging]

@@ACarter87 or maybe he was just sharing info for those who aint know shit about any of these stories. it aint that deep nigga.

[@graylonperson9012]

@@ACarter87 exactly I grew up on Vernon

[@DavidBagga]

Vernon maxwell is a National treasure. His stories are hilarious and epic at the same time. We need more interviews with him.

[@dr33kkclement54]

Fax 😂

[@thatnuccadp]

Him and Asante Samuel

[@dreny07]

We go to same barber he be talking that shit

[@jarmaincharleston7405]

Lol a national treasure oh my

[@808kicks2]

He was hella ignorant and couldn’t control himself he was a horrible example

[@mari21304]

You gotta be a special person to speak this highly about someone who slapped you. I gotta respect that.

[@applejack2911]

Loved mad max, great player

[@BiggaLew82.]

I mean they went through the most together at Houston and became the best. Its one thing to compete and come up empty like Ewing and the Knicks. But to actually go through it and win it all. You have a different outlook to the bad when that championship year makes it all worth the blood sweat and slaps😂

[@CSDonohue11]

Hakeem was loc'd out Mad Max not even afraid to admit He knows there's hardly anyone who could do shit about it if Hakeem wants that ass You're giving it up

[@mikeansley5306]

Hakeem "Kenny, bring me some water" Olajuwon.

[@footballhighlights7222]

🤣in his nigeria accent

[@mr.mr.4772]

@@footballhighlights7222 what other accent would he use?

[@jacobm6274]

"You know Africans got them hard ass hands" 😂😂😂😂

[@kingwolverine32]

Vernon got that lil boosie energy 😂

[@Kickzsince86]

Facts lol

[@2nvsolo451]

Frfr

[@joshuablack8221]

Don’t ever insult Mad Max like that 💯

[@dannydiazphoto]

Lil boosie got that Vernon energy. Get your dates right. 🤣

[@staceymarshall7016]

Dream slapped the hell out of me!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ellissmith23]

Forget the dream shake. The dream slap is where it’s at!

[@darrinjennings8663]

@@ellissmith23 😂😂😂😂😂

[@da11king]

The dream was gangsta lol

[@jaxjr121]

Dream hit em with that Will Smith joint.......

[@jamesrodney9542]

only a man secure in himself would admit that!

[@isaiahbeal8495]

MAD MAX If you know you know this man was an absolute no nonsense ball player

[@Moneyg73]

Straight up. Mad max

[@JustLikeHeaven77]

Vernon Maxwell was the soul of the Olajuwon era. He had every teammates back and loved to complete against the best 2 guards.

[@OG_UNC]

Thanks for the information never knew that

[@HT-sm9dm]

The guy shot under 40% lol he was a bum who shot way too much

[@hectorlopez1069]

​@@HT-sm9dm Yeah, he miss too much, but when he was on fire, he would put up a show. Him and Kenny Smith were good players during the Olajuwon era.

[@stringerbell8945]

Maxwell was a dog b4 the dog's

[@collllllll]

​@@HT-sm9dm to measure a players ability by a stat when you didn't watch him is unjust. You take Rodnam's ppg alone won't make you realize who he truly was. We can say that about lots of players like Duncan, Magic even Draymond. Some people you need to watch to understand their true value

[@thafollowthru]

😂😂😂 This might be the best story since "I'm Rick James BI*CH"

[@germainerashad1997]

Definitely need bro to be a regular on some kind of show

[@darrinjennings8663]

Big Facts 😂😂😂

[@accountant3847]

True

[@jeffreyhurst7231]

This is one of the funniest NBA stories I've ever heard. The way he tells reminds me of back in the day hanging on the corner with my homeboys when someone would tell one of those wild ass stories.

[@coolmoe3289]

Man Was Looking Down an Saw Some Big Ass Etonics Step in front of him.. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@michaelhertzman1028]

Hakeem is the best center to play the game. Perfect blend of offense & defense. He’s top 5 player of all time.

[@shanerobinson925]

Top 5 with 2 rings? He’s top 10 fasho but top 5 all have 4+ rings

[@rangerheir5821]

@@shanerobinson925 Shaq got carried in his own way. Put some respect on the Dream where it matters

[@MistaWordz]

@@shanerobinson925 If you give Dream a prime Kobe, Shaq, or Scottie level teammate throughout his prime or give him a team with 2+ other all-stars like LeBron, Bird, Duncan, Russell, Kareem, Wilt, and Magic had, he'd have a lot more than 2 rings.

[@mikeyesco8977]

Made shaq cry tears after that series

[@accountant3847]

I don't have hakeem in my top 5 respectfully 🙌🏽...but 1 thing we all can agree on is...if hakeem ever got good team, like mj's bulls, tim's spurs, steph's warriors, etc... hakeem would've easily be in the 🐐 conversation

[@4EvurPosters]

Hakeem easily the most skilled center of all time. Top 3 imo of centers ever

[@techwithreg]

Most impactful Center all time

[@ivorianking6942]

Skilled player

[@jabrilwebb5624]

@@ivorianking6942 Hakeem not more skilled than Kobe, Kyrie, Durant, or Tmac...but he top 5 skilled players of all time

[@ivorianking6942]

@@jabrilwebb5624 Yea that’s what I’m saying he’s up there with anyone when it come to skills. He taught all the top players what they know

[@moneymoney3235]

@@ivorianking6942 nope. All these players practice with eachother. They learn more from their coaches at practice than a few practices with old Hakeem.

[@thurstonflowers1743]

“Meat cutting hands” 😂😂😂

[@MIA58923]

Yoo he’s funny as hell!! Great sense of humor and was one of the real ones back in the 90’s

[@lionelt7882]

Imagine Draymond trying to run his mouth if dudes like this were still in the league

[@kwamecobb2281]

He would never!!!

[@tynaeadams3562]

And that is exactly what I been trying to get these younger fans to realize - all these cry babies and wanna be bullies would not have survived a season in the NBA in the late 80s and 90s - Charles Oakley, Bill Lambier, Derrick Colman and 50 other guys would bust yo head on the court and be ready for more off the court - crazy how some people looked at Charles Barkley as a tuff guy but he was not even considered to be a (so called bad ass) among those other guys - don’t get me wrong, if you cross Chuck the wrong way 🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️ or be ready to get busy - regular season games always had hard fouls here and there but playoff fouls in the 90s would get you put in jail now a days in the NBA - I am a 80s & 90s Bulls fan so I saw what a REAL FOUL looked like 🤣

[@datsapaddlin]

Lol he wouldn’t dare 😂. He would get slapped by his own teammates just like this situation.

[@FuShengAlex]

@@tynaeadams3562 and you omitted probably the craziest of them all Xavier McDaniels 😆

[@albertdaley9093]

You mean Jordan Poole, draymond dont be startin tbh like that he maybe gets in your head durin the game but stop it you confused

[@m.s.9535]

90's basketball 😂😂😂beat each other up at halftime then go out and when the game together. Those were the days of competition.

[@Patawon]

I’m doing the same thing if a 7 foot man slaps me out of my seat.

[@Ramses_VII]

Bruh right..now with those meat cutting hands

[@excaliburofthelevant5750]

The best two players of the last 40 years Jordan and Hakeem….

[@jjwilliams9171]

JORDAN>HAKEEM>KOBE>TIMMY

[@philrivera1163]

Jordan himself said Maxwell was one of his toughest opponents

[@MickeyEntertains]

Lebron

[@excaliburofthelevant5750]

@@MickeyEntertains Hakeem better than bron

[@MickeyEntertains]

@@excaliburofthelevant5750 just adding to the list bruh

[@rsdhillon4198]

"That's -- that's how he was before" - the hero we didn't know we needed,

[@anthonyjackson1938]

Give this Nicca a podcast!!💯👍🏾

[@cohamilton99]

Maaan!!! These stories are HILARIOUS and so dramatic! Keep ‘em coming🔥🔥🔥

[@da_jeezuss8922]

Akeem was wild. Completely different than Hakeem.

[@deelewis8061]

Hakeem was always his name. They just mispelled it. His mom got upset he didnt correct them. Then they started announcing him correctly

[@jay07261986]

@@deelewis8061 he was born Muslim??? I thought he adopted Islam n changed his name???

[@MrSuperman957]

@@jay07261986 He distanced himself from the religion for a long time before turning back

[@deelewis8061]

@@jay07261986 no

[@deelewis8061]

@@jay07261986 tht is not wht i said

[@prestonwingate7836]

This shit was hilarious you just can’t slap no grown man! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IknowMoreThanYou]

Dream didn't GAF😭😭😭

[@ramzap7]

Its so good to see and listen to this brother. Its funny how unvarnished truth is often spoken plainly and directly. I enjoy how this brother shares his truths.

[@KEubanks00]

Max is too funny. He needs a podcast

[@jamalmarsh2617]

Only a real 1 will admit getting the hell slapped out of him

[@Art211]

Mad Max was always crazy AF🤣🤣🤣 not shocked, but Hakeem slapped him..shocked by that🤣

[@206legend3]

Maxwell needs a slot on this show he’s hilarious

[@clarencedolan699]

He earned the title, “Mad Max”. Dude could ball, but a lil cray. I don’t know what he did at Florida, but they don’t even recognize he went there, and he was probably the best to play there. Good to see him doing well…..

[@zeezydoesit7416]

He snitched on the coach & some boosters for helping him buy Cocaine. Vernon Maxwell is a Gainesville, FL legend!!

[@gatormark]

He was fairly chill in college. We went to high school and college together although we didn't hang out. However, he always had that fighting edge.

[@leq6992]

He took money from agents so they erased all his scoring records

[@gatormark]

@Tru 319 who are you telling? I watched him play since 9th grade.

[@terrancemccray3439]

@@markpringle He grew up on Sugarhill not the place to be if you didn't live there or had family there. You correct aside that Hawk was chill !

[@2enchant]

Hearing Vernon tell this story reminds me of that scene in Coming to America 1 where one of the barbers said Dr. King punched him cause he thought he was someone else. This story of Dream is funny.

[@darrylgarcia6463]

Jesus Christ Eddie Murphy was at the top of his game in that movie

[@jus3278]

Dream and Max are the reason I fell in love with basketball and sports in general.

[@Vforfreedom]

Liar!!!

[@morecowbell235]

"I had a piece of glass, I was going to chase Dream and stab the shit outta him" lol! That should give you some insight into why the Rockets weren't intimidated by the bulls. You got Mad Max trying to stab teammates, starting fights with MJ on the court and Dream dominating the paint.

[@FuShengAlex]

And Dream was throwing hands at everyone back in the 80s lol

[@BLohse]

It really pained me to see Vernon's career with the rockets come to an end like it did.

[@johnmellos9946]

Mad Max is the type of person you don't meet often these days. Real person with humbleness, honesty, and funny.

[@FuShengAlex]

Humble? He still sounds as unhinged and ready to explode as his playing days 😂

[@kinginwitran_1634]

Hurry up and drop this gem

[@tiwanjones7678]

Maxwell a fool 🤣🤣

[@whatsthedeal7062]

Vernon Maxwell is about to be on Vlad tv real soon 😂

[@kendrickbell8525]

Man, MUST see TV.😀

[@linkercasas1004]

Mad Max need to be on ALOT more basketball podcast!

[@GoatedCulturePodcast]

I’m sure he’ll make the rounds … he just need to go on knuckleheads & all the smoke … then he can go chill

[@bennisford1712]

@@GoatedCulturePodcast facts 🎯🎯🎯

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Y'all say this about everyone lol

[@bennisford1712]

@@GoGetYourShinebox it's true... his stories are dope‼️

[@silewis9396]

You see him on Rex Chapman's pod?

[@elmayimbe5094]

Vern and GP were wild.

[@beaujac311]

El Mayimbe:. You could add Xavier McDaniel to that list too.

[@elmztana1201]

Vernon beat up Gp

[@FuShengAlex]

@@beaujac311 yep. They didn't come any more hot-headed than Mad Max and Xavier!!! Remember when Xavier McDaniels almost choked GP unconscious? Alvin Robertson was a wild one too. Trying to get at Shaq after getting snuffed and being restrained from like 3 of his teammates. He wasn't faking being upset he'd have really squared up with Shaq....lol.

[@beaujac311]

@@FuShengAlex All four of those guys were the real deal.

[@realitybites629]

@@FuShengAlex Zeke said Shaq picked on a wrong dude when he smacked Robertson. That cat is legit

[@coleone3076]

Super Dope interview

[@jayportalatin654]

Vernon from Gainesville, FL! Duval heights! Ain't the hood but good mentally with country boy swag! Vernon wasn't scared of nobody! Even Jordan said Vernon was his toughest opponent!

[@anonymouslakernerd7214]

He said his hands were so rough he could cut meat with them! 😂 😂 😂

[@theCHILLIntrovert]

Ok, now that was a good quick story 😂

[@rblu7916]

Damn V man, I enjoyed that story. Good job bruh. Good to see you

[@nicholasjenkins2957]

That was one of the funniest NBA stories I have ever heard 😅😅😅😅😅

[@phil5301]

I'm SO GLAD to see this LEGEND!!!! THANK YOU for bringing on Mad Max!! Htown and NBA LEGEND!! CHAMPION!!!💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonygilmore5969]

I remember rockets playing against my bulls. Mad max had hella defense on mike. Always wanted to see them in finals against each other. Lived in htown and chi during those yrs and loved both teams.

[@staxmantim]

Max told that story like it was yesterday, & I loved how Arenas was loving every minute

[@otfcleaning1617]

Real one 💯 Great job Gilbert !

[@propERganda1976]

Fam turned around and put himself back in that moment “FUCK YOU DREAM!”…😂😂😂😂😂

[@blvkmirror8388]

I love listening to the OG's of the game 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@_Jetski]

😂😂😂 we need more interviews with bro all the smoke

[@novisoprano1420]

He said the dreams hands, was tuff enough to cut meat 🥩 😂

[@d.felixphoto2260]

Mad Max and Pat Bev need a show together. Lol. They would have stories and experience from a perspective many may not understand

[@valjeanlee7060]

Hakeem does gets his love...he is considered by most to be the greatest center ever...

[@williamdavis9562]

Most skilled center ever? For sure. Greatest center? I'm not so sure. Jabbar and Wilt might have something to say about that. He is however my favorite center of all time.

[@marvinhunt1049]

MAD MAX!!!! WHAT TOOK ALL OF YOU PODCAST GUYS SO LONG?!?!?! THANK YOU !!!

[@Multiswagbeast]

I’d love to hear more locker room fights. I feel like everyone think these guys don’t scrap at all.

[@andyadams7806]

Dude is a NATURAL story teller ! Funny af!!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Sonics were the only team that could played better against the Rockets in the 90s. Sonics did so good against the Rockets.

[@Quinnlauren410]

I love Vernon’s storytimes 😭😭😭😭

[@jrose7381]

Where has this guy been this whole time. How does he not have his own show?!?

[@frostywarrior4649]

When someone say he slapped the shit outta me, someone slapped the shit outta you lol

[@jordanlamont2365]

Man V Maxwell Got to be one of the Realest NBA Dudes Ever! 😭😭

[@smcape1523]

Love this man.

[@timsmith1033]

He like that uncle at the cookout with no flitter

[@emmittcoley8592]

I met this guy downtown Utah,him, Iverson.Ratciff and Lopez they were playing The Jazz the following evening.All I wanna say is he will make you laugh.

[@sakmaestro7138]

"I was gon chase dream and stab the sh*t out of him" hahahaha dead

[@jcorona5457]

Vernon Maxwell is scary… I get scared for Gilbert just sitting next to him.

[@IAmNap_]

Gilbert crazy too

[@Dantana773]

Vernon Maxwell is one in a million I can see mad max picking up some broken glass about to shank the Dream for smacking him into the middle of next week lmao. He is honest about his perspective on what he has seen & done

[@FuShengAlex]

He clubbed Carl Herrera over the head with a dumbell as well after a practice that left him with 30 stitches🤣 And he went to Seattle and got into that wild brawl with GP that left Horace in stitches after he got hit with a dumbbell too...🤣

[@chblegendary165]

I remember when he played for the Sixers loved having him on my team

[@mookhamilton3474]

I keep saying somebody give this man a pod cast !!!! 😂😂😂💯‼️😭

[@jtremaine23]

And people always talk about MJ hitting Steve Kerr…they don’t understand fights happened with ALL teams in ALL eras.

[@jtremaine23]

@Aaron9 True...people don't bring up Isiah fighting Laimbeer or when Magic punched Nixon in practice (I think that's who it was). They only bring up who MJ swung at lol.

[@accountant3847]

It's crazy that zeke was like a boss for pistons... despite being short & smallest on the team, his teammates still respected & followed his orders/strategies

[@FuShengAlex]

Puhleeze JTremaine23. Jordan had it a lot easier in Chicago than Dream did with Mad Max. Mad Max also hit teammate Carl Herrera over the head with a dumbbell in the weight room and left him with 30 stitches.

[@jtremaine23]

@@FuShengAlex I didn't mention Hakeem. It's ok, it's not one of those debates of who had it tougher with their teammates lol. I'm sure they all had fights...that's all I was saying.

[@MoralesCorner]

Man said he was about to stab the shit outta Dream 😂😂😂 We need to hear more from Mad Max, he's a certified legend for real hoopers iykyk

[@blackgenius9874]

No bs he was my favorite in the league during that era. The J was pure and he was ready for whatever. That rockets squad deserves more respect

[@homerojimenez9533]

Hakeem is the greatest center of all time ... He competed at a time when there was legendary big men... He beat Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley either in the playoffs or NBA finals ... Facts

[@alisyed7659]

The Rockets had the best personalities in that 1993-1995 Team Mario Elie, Sam Cassell, Vernon Maxwell, Robert Horry, Kenny Smith, Clyde Drexler Otis Thorpe Hakeem Olajuwon is so soft spoken and intelligent when talking Talk to any of them and they are well Spoken, Intelligent, Funny Sam Cassell and Vernon Maxwell are my Favorite People on that Team

[@dayone2372]

Robert Horry

[@drowsycrow1738]

bring him back to talk about the nba and old stories im crying right now lmfaoooo

[@randymiller6665]

Vernon Maxwell is crazy as. Hell... but he's funny

[@slingblade8963]

would like to hear Hakeem's version of that story

[@anthonycollier1438]

That was funny As hell the way max told it

[@AshTan6]

Best clip/story 👌

[@ceojones7835]

I had no idea Vernon Maxwell was this funny 😄

[@pkillatwill4292]

I can’t stop laughing at this interview, VM is definitely from the streets…sounds like a gd coach from the 80’s..when nobody broke or tore anything, just got bruised up!! Sheet let’s go!!

[@zeysanchez6496]

Mad Max is a living legend salute to Vernon Maxwell thanks for all the great memories I've been down with the Rockets 🚀 since 92

[@maneiloveyall3672]

Mane this story got me rolling 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nebo888]

Went to a Sixers game during 95-96 season. There was at least 2-3 inches of snow on the ground. Mad Max drove his white Ferrari Testarossa, IN THE SNOW 🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@edwardhawkins3380]

Somebody please give Mad Max his own podcast! It would be funny as hell 😂🤣

[@isaiahluciano7006]

We need more stories lol

[@bigviconthamic9157]

Give up that gahdamn rocc😂

[@hotboy936]

😂😂😂😂😂 bro I would pay for his podcast

[@TheBaller3213]

What makes MAD MAX so funny is his country accent. I THOWED IT BUSS THE GLASS, the hell goin on in here MAX PLEASE PUT IT DOWN LOL

[@FuShengAlex]

Unlike a lot of guys from that 80s/90s era that kinda mellowed out since retiring from the NBA, Vernon sounds just as crazy and unhinged in interviews today as he was during his playing days 😂😂. Hasn't changed one iota.

[@weneeda5th]

Crazy story. Now we know why he wasn't around for that second chip. The Houston Rocket organization said "he was going to poke who?"

[@troofball4]

He's a two time champion with them

[@369pendulum]

@@troofball4 90% of people commenting are children who don't care about being right

[@hookemdagawd5607]

@@troofball4 they gave him a ring for our 2nd title but he quit on us during the 1st rd vs Utah. Left the team. I forgave him a long time ago but thats wat happened

[@weneeda5th]

@@troofball4 Maxwell was not a part of the Rockets' 1995 championship roster, quitting the team after a loss to Utah in the 1995 playoffs. Clyde Drexler, who Houston had acquired in February 1995, had taken away most of Maxwell's minutes and his starting spot. Just the facts.

[@realitybites629]

@@weneeda5th he part of the team that made became chanp so he still get that ring

[@straughterk]

If Dream smacked you. That means that you were really out of line.