Mad Max UNFILTERED AT All-Star Weekend w/ Craig Hodges, Symba, & Jenna Bandy

All The Smoke

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Society & Culture, Basketball

4.7 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Last year's NBA All-Star Weekend gave us one of our most iconic moments: the Vernon Maxwell episode. Not only does it stand as one of our funniest and most-watched episodes of all time, but it also brought Mad Max into the ALL THE SMOKE family as a permanent part of the show. So naturally, we had to run it back with this year's live show at The Lighthouse Campus in Venice.

We caught up with Max to talk about how his life has changed since that episode and what he's been up to lately. We also sat down with Craig Hodges to discuss his record-setting NBA Three-Point Contest wins, Symba to break down his cutting-edge approach to breaking into the rap game, and Jenna Bandy to talk about her experience in the NBA Celebrity Game and how she built her career as a content creator.

This one is packed with laughs, completely unfiltered, in the only way ALL THE SMOKE knows how.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:23.7	All Start, LA, 2026.
0:25.9	First of all, I want to thank the Lighthouse.
0:27.6	This has been absolutely incredible.
0:28.8	The weather cooperated.
0:30.1	Give it up for the lighthouse, man.
0:35.6	Great location, great layout.
0:36.7	The weather's beautiful.
0:38.3	Everybody showed up today, man. Thank you, Draft Kings, for partnering with us throughout the weekend.
0:42.3	Shout out to Draft Kings. Stock X. We appreciate you guys. Thank you very much.
0:47.3	One of our newest partners, Backwoods. Like I said, you couldn't find two of the better partners right there to work with. and me and this, actually all three of us, to be honest with you. So shout out to Backwoods. And last but not least, Moneyline, download the Moneyline app. Visit moneyline.com to learn more. Moneyline. Make money easy. Fellers, what's going on? Max, you good? Max, you had a little bit of trouble getting here. Max, what happened, Max? They was fucking with you at the airport? Matt, don't start this shit today, man. God damn. Yeah, I had a little trouble getting in here, man. I'm sorry. But you made it. But you're here. I made it. Yeah, I missed the important.
1:44.2	I should have been here yesterday, but I missed the important date yesterday, but I'm here today. We're going to keep moving. Yeah, that's what we're going to do. Come on. Stack. Mix tape is out now. How are you feeling? Yeah, one time, one time, one time. What's up, y'all? Thank y'all for being here.
1:45.5	Once again, thanks to Lighthouse, man.
1:46.2	This shit is dope.
1:47.3	Christina, this shit is dope.
1:46.0	You did it again. We love you to death. But those flyers that y'all see, drop the project called Super Solid. They got a barcode on there. If y'all don't mind, download the project. Let me know what y'all are thinking. It's my wife's lip gloss line. I know y'all's, it's Valentine's Day, so go ahead and get the barcoe, get some lip gloss for your ladies. You did. Happy Valentine's Day out there to everybody. Yeah, to all the ladies. Happy Valentine's Day. I'd have had about six women come up to me and ask you, you had a Valentine's date for the night, Max. They want to know what's happening with old Max. Max, you got a Valentine's Day tonight, Max?
2:20.9	Never have. I don't have no date. I don't even know anybody in here, but the people that I came in here with. I don't even know anybody in this motherfucker, man. I got to start cussing now. God damn, now I'm tired of this bullshit. I don't know nobody in here. I know a couple of my homies came out here with their wives and stuff. But are you looking to get to know someone? Boy, you better know it. He said you better know it. You better believe it. So, Max, we're really at the one-year anniversary,
2:51.3	where we connected with you last year.
2:53.2	Jack made the call.
2:54.4	We were we in the Bay.
2:55.9	And it's been magic ever since.
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