I see by the comments, true basketball heads in the house. Besides athleticism, and talent, Mad max was Houston’s low key enforcer. He balanced out Kenny smith. One of my favs
True eventho Max had more range .Kenny was a more consistent spot up shooter overall.Furthermore Maxwell and especially Olajawan were scoring threats that drew alot of help when they had the ball or were in the lanes which freed up Kenny Smith and Horry even more.
Vernon Maxwell had all the tools in order to success, but one... He wasn't able to keep his things together. He had on & off court issues that affected his game when he lost his composure.
Agreed, he was so some timey ,like against some of the popular stars he would look to be more active on offense and subpar known players he would Not always stay focused, I've seen MadMax light up gerald Wilkins, out hustle and play Clyde Drexler along with having some big plays against Jordan in stretches, he would be tit for tat or be a wash against John starks ,but struggle against Sprewell, Petrovic ,and ReggieMiller somewhat.
The chip on his shoulder he carried was both a blessing and a curse. He was a late 2nd round pick. He was never supposed to be in the NBA, much less became a star. He had to earn it and fight for every minute of playing time. His toughness and fiery competitiveness made him successful, but also led to his undoing.
@@FuShengAlex true for the most part, early in his Rockets years I don't think he would have had a 51 point game nor a 45point game in 1991 if a Olajawan would have played those 2games sad to say for Vernon's #s because coaches made every one force feed the Dream and he was so 1on1 dominate that he would shoot over tripple teams consistently without kicking the ball out which bailed the defense out and those years they either missed the playoffs or were 1 or 2 rounds and done .They didn't start having success until max toned some of the wild 3pt shots down and when Dream started trusting his teammates alot more. Gradually Sam ,Horry and Kenny's confidence grew with his set shot along with Maxwell their emotional leader and The Dream's motivation that inspired the whole team to pull through. 💪
@@FuShengAlex ur right though because a championship is worth more in most lights than individual stats if u can't manage both on a high level and Vernon Maxwell at best was like a mirror image of John Starks but without all them NBA Jam dunks or hops but just as athletic and hard-nosed but maxwell's hops were more sneaky because he fell in love with forcing alot of long and off balanced shots.a underrated passer because of his wildcard shot selection overall he had to tone his shots down ride off the Dream to have success.
MadMax was a Fiery competitor,strong defender when focused, in his prime he was a westcoast mirror image of John starks ,both were (scrappy) streaky shooters and athletic. As second options Starks was more offensive aggresive and dependent on more to score to help Ewing however the most dominate Center Hakeem was more then capable of taking on the majority of the scoring load ,where as MadMax was the emotional leader that had a lesser co dependent role as 2nd 3rd scoring option considering the rockets role players had good synergy back then. MAX was quicker off the dribble at times but Starks showed more bounce consistantly,especially above the rim with contested dunks in traffic amongst bigs.However Max was wilder with his outside shot selection but more known for his clutch shots towards the end of games for a 2 or 3yr stretch in Houston.
@@asterisk911 indeed its South West but all of Texas is considered the South technically. I meant to say mad max was the western conference version of John Starks in that early 90s era ,that was a quiet buzz right before the rockets played the knicks in the 1994 nba finals..
