during the time hakeem and max played on the rockets the first round was never this much of a problem statistics are one thing results are another
So would you prefer I said 2 out of 3? 3 out of 4? It would depend. In the same division, when they'd play several times a year, I'm sure Yao would a a good game every once in awhile. If Yao were in a different conference? Dream would own him. Oh, and size matters in the sack. My wife's happy.
T-Mac would be left as a jump shooter only because Maxwell was so QUICK and could easily stay in front of him. But then T-Mac can shoot over ANYONE because of his 6'8" frame and high release. Only was T-MAc wins is if he has his J going.
Apparently you guys forgot the rule has changed in NBA and that kind of defense will get him 3 fouls in 5 minutes. He will be ejected in the first half after punching 1 ref in the face and kicking the other one in the nuts.
t-mac scored 40 somethin against jordan on the wizards. he was old by then but still a relentless defender. t-mac couldnt go at him but he could shoot over him.
Those were regular season victories. When it came to the playoff, winning time nobody could hold MJ. MJ himself said that Joe Dumars was the toughest defender he ever faced.
What's the situation here? If T-Mac is on his A-Game, I don't think anyone can stop him. Actually, T-Mac usually brings his best when he's going up against big name players or defenders. He's lit up Bruce Bowen the past couple of years.
Not if he gets bothered by the crowd at the free throw line......I agree...Max would shut Tmac down. DD
Kind of ironic to say that McGrady would "fake an injury" against Vernon Maxwell. If you didn't know, Maxwell faked an injury and QUIT on the Rockets during the 1995 playoffs. He was mad that the team found someone that was better than him... on the court and off of it. Of course, McGrady haters wouldn't know a damn thing about the history of the Houston Rockets to see the unintended irony in the options. Here's a lesson... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n23_v219/ai_16973793/pg_2 A Valentine's Day trade between the Rockets and Trail Blazers made Drexler a Rocket and helped Maxwell become paranoid. Maxwell talked himself into believing he was a lame duck. Now he is. When the trade came down, Maxwell was serving a 10-game league suspension for punching a fan seated in the 11th row during a game eight days earlier at Portland. At first, Maxwell swore he could share time with Drexler and learn to live with it. All of Houston wanted to believe him, maybe no one more than Maxwell himself. In reality, however, he was being consumed by a new demon called competitive drive. Occasionally, Drexler would spell Horry at small forward when the latter experienced chronic back pain. But that was only temporary. Maxwell sulked. Maxwell threw up bricks. Finally, Maxwell claimed to have a hamstring injury and was sent home a few hours before Game 2 in Utah in the Rockets' first-round series. The fact that Maxwell got into a pregame shouting match with the coach over playing time probably had more to do with what happened than a sore muscle. Rockets Coach Rudy Tomjanovich, who stands behind his players almost to a fault, suddenly could massage Maxwell's bruised ego no longer. It was ineffective and, worse, it was getting disruptive. Ultimately, how to handle Vernon Maxwell came down to choosing between Mad Max or the team, and the choice for Rudy T was a simple one. As it should have been.
hey i voted no AND i'm YOF AND i'm chinese. i don't have the stats but Maxwell may very well have held Jordan to 17 points in one game. Lets not pretend that he would be able to "stop" him on a consistent basis. Some guy like Max would be great on this team but lets not pretend that he's better than Tmac
Man, some of you have either a.) never seen Mad Max play or b.) seen Mad Max play and have gotten lost in nostalgia Maxwell was my favorite Rocket until he faked an injury and ditched us in the playoffs in 94-95. I loved all the technicals, the last-second 3s, and all the trash-talking. I laughed when Jayson Williams said in his book that "Maxwell scares 'em [players in the NBA] all." I supported him even when he punched a fan who supposedly said something about his deceased daughter, Amber. Later on it came out that the guy probably never said anything like that. We get local hero Clyde the Glide, and suddenly Maxwell starts pouting, and says he's got an injured hammy. Later, he's seen playing golf while the Rockets gut out an amazing series win vs. the Jazz. That's when I'd had enough. I loved watching Maxwell play, and he was my hero, but at the end the Rockets were more important than one guy. But let's not forget that Maxwell could play physical D AND take lots of risks on defense because he had a gigantic "mistake eraser," playing behind him. Your one-on-one defense looks alot better when the offensive player is hesitant to drive and take into the paint. Any player, including Jordan, would think twice before going into the paint vs. Hakeem. As far as answering the question...yes, I believe that Maxwell could harry TMac into one of those 7-25 type nights on occasion. But McGrady could elevate over Max anytime he wanted, and if his jumper is going down, it's game over. Also, when McGrady gets pissed (which happens way too infrequently) he turns into an offensive demon that no one can stop. Basically, the only person that can stop McGrady is McGrady. This was a great thread idea by the way.
Maxwell was mentioned too by Jordan (go read my chronicle articles). We never played the Bulls in the playoffs and no one could hold Hakeem in the playoffs so touche!
No one here is saying Max is better than Tmac, we're just saying that his nuts are much larger. oh yeah, Clutch City started when Max told his teammates to go out at F*** th e Suns at half time of game 3.
Jordan of the late 80s and early 90s was defensive player of the year Jordan. comparing Jordan when he's an old man to TMac when he was young is not fair. However, a 37 year old Sam Cassell can still school all our PGs !
