sport news Ex-Rockets guard Vernon Maxwell, 56, reveals he nearly STABBED teammate Hakeem ... trends now
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Hakeem Olajuwon slapped teammate Vernon Maxwell at halftime of an NBA game? Maxwell lobbed a chair at the future Hall of Famer in retaliation? Police rushed in with guns drawn?
Maxwell, the fiery 56-year-old known as 'Mad Max,' swears it's all true.
As Maxwell told former All-Star Gilbert Arenas on the 'No Chill' podcast, the incident took place in Seattle when he and 'the Dream' were Houston Rockets teammates in the 1990s.
Vernon Maxwell (far left, far right) says he nearly stabbed teammate Hakeem Olajuwon (near left, near right) during a halftime dispute in Seattle in the 1990s
As Maxwell told former All-Star Gilbert Arenas on the 'No Chill' podcast, the incident took place in Seattle when he and 'the Dream' were Houston Rockets teammates in the 1990s
Maxwell was upset about not seeing the ball for much of the first half and confronted the seven-foot Olajuwon in the tunnel en route to the locker room.
'I probably got four, five points,' Maxwell told
