Mad Max Reunites with Hakeem, Nuggets FIRE Coach Malone & Unreal Austin Reaves Story

All The Smoke

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Basketball, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

MAD MAX returns! Vernon Maxwell recaps his hilarious run-in with Hakeem Olajuwon at Houston Rockets’ Legends Night.

Matt & Max react to The Dream getting denied after the Houston Cougars’ Final Four win and look back on the closing action from NCAA March Madness.

Plus, the guys discuss headlines from the NBA: Draymond Green’s Defensive Player of the Year ascent, Amen Thompson’s different level & Ja Morant’s latest troubles.

Then, legendary coach Phil Handy drops in! The 3x NBA Champion reflects on his recent conversations with JuJu Watkins & casually drops all-time Austin Reaves stories from his time with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Unplugged.
0:02.3	Brought to you by Draft Kings, the crown is yours.
0:05.7	Before we get this episode started, I want to shout out two of the best players that I ever got a
0:10.6	chance to play with and against who were just nominated for the class of 2025 Hall of Fame.
0:15.8	First of all, Carmelo Anthony, one of the best scores this game has ever seen.
0:19.7	Competitor, three-level score, strong,
0:22.7	athletic. His ability to make shots and hit clutch shots have been unmatched. So salute. And then
0:29.8	Dwight Howard, one of the most disrespected greatest players I've ever had a chance to play with
0:34.9	and against. I got a chance to play with Prime Dwight in Orlando. Just incredible on both sides of the ball. So just want to make sure I send
0:41.8	us some love and a shout out to both you guys. The enshrignment takes place September 6th. First bout,
0:48.8	no question. Congratulations, fellas. Man, welcome to the show, my guy.
0:56.1	Matt, Max, you was busy this weekend, man.
0:59.8	I saw you, I heard you ran into Akeem during who.
1:03.3	I seen you fly as ever at Stacks' birthday party, man.
1:04.1	What's happening with you?
1:04.9	You're back on the, Matt.
1:06.3	You're outside right now, Max.
1:07.7	Max is outside right now.
1:09.8	Matt, it was so fucking crazy out there. Houston, anytime I go there, man, this shit is like, oh, my goodness, man.
1:14.5	Well, I just, I can't talk about everything, but, um, I could put, I could, I could,
1:24.1	but it was a great time.
1:25.8	You know, great party, man. I had a wonderful time, man. You know a great party, man.
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