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Vernon Maxwell

Career (regular season)

GP
855
PTS
12.8
REB
2.6
AST
3.4

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) · 86 kg (190 lb)
Born
September 12, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Gainesville, Estados Unidos
School / club
Florida
Draft
1988: round 2, pick 47
NBA career
1988-2000 · 13 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1988-89 SAS 79 927 202 301 2,065 86 8 178 43.2 24.8 74.5
1989-90 SAS 49 340 141 146 1,118 42 5 71 43.5 28.8 62.1
1989-90 HOU 30 374 87 150 869 42 5 72 44.2 24.5 66.4
1989-90 TOT 79 714 228 296 1,987 84 10 143 43.9 26.7 64.5
1990-91 HOU 82 1,397 238 303 2,870 127 15 171 40.4 33.7 73.3
1991-92 HOU 80 1,372 243 326 2,700 104 28 178 41.3 34.2 77.2
1992-93 HOU 71 982 221 297 2,251 86 8 140 40.7 33.2 71.9
1993-94 HOU 75 1,023 229 380 2,571 125 20 185 38.9 29.8 74.9
1994-95 HOU 64 854 164 274 2,038 75 13 137 39.4 32.4 68.8
1995-96 PHI 75 1,217 229 330 2,467 96 12 215 39.0 31.7 75.6
1996-97 SAS 72 929 159 153 2,077 87 19 121 37.5 30.9 74.4
1997-98 ORL 11 81 13 12 169 2 1 12 33.3 23.1 88.5
1997-98 CHA 31 210 44 40 467 14 3 28 42.8 36.0 73.5
1997-98 TOT 42 291 57 52 636 16 4 40 39.9 33.0 80.0
1998-99 SAC 46 492 85 76 1,007 30 3 67 39.0 34.6 73.7
1999-00 SEA 47 513 79 75 989 38 9 53 34.5 30.0 73.0
2000-01 PHI 24 120 37 29 375 12 0 18 33.6 32.8 68.2
2000-01 DAL 19 81 29 20 285 9 3 17 31.6 27.7 60.0
2000-01 TOT 43 201 66 49 660 21 3 35 32.7 30.6 65.6
Career 855 10,912 2,200 2,912 24,318 975 152 1,663 39.8 32.0 73.3

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1989-90 HOU 4 79 12 17 159 5 0 6 37.0 30.8 52.4
1990-91 HOU 3 56 8 9 113 2 1 7 41.1 33.3 50.0
1992-93 HOU 9 126 22 32 308 11 2 17 40.2 23.9 87.5
1993-94 HOU 23 318 81 96 880 20 2 49 37.6 32.6 68.5
1994-95 HOU 1 3 3 1 16 0 0 1 14.3 0.0 100.0
1998-99 SAC 5 56 11 5 129 6 0 6 31.7 31.4 70.0
2000-01 DAL 4 4 6 5 43 0 0 2 20.0 0.0 —
Career 49 642 143 165 1,648 44 5 88 37.2 30.1 69.6

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion (2): 1993-94, 1994-95

Championship rings (2)

  • Drawing of the Houston Rockets championship ring, 1993-9419941993-94

    Maker: Diamond Cutters International

    Hecho en Houston por Diamond Cutters International y elegido por los jugadores frente a otro más barato que ofrecía el club. Oro de 14 quilates con unos 1,60 quilates de baguettes, 0,40 de diamantes amarillos y 0,15 de melé blanco (según la casa de subastas).

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    Houston Rockets

  • Drawing of the Houston Rockets championship ring, 1994-9519951994-95

    Oro de 14 quilates con dos trofeos Larry O’Brien de diamantes (unos 33 en total) y la inscripción «Rockets World Champions 94-95» (ejemplar de Calvin Murphy, según la casa de subastas).

    Description source

    Houston Rockets

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Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Denver Nuggets traded Vernon Maxwell to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Turner was later selected).

  2. · Trade

    The San Antonio Spurs sold the player rights to Vernon Maxwell to the Houston Rockets.

  3. · Waived

    The Houston Rockets waived Vernon Maxwell.

  4. · Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers released Vernon Maxwell.

  6. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

  7. · Waived

    The San Antonio Spurs released Vernon Maxwell.

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  1. · Signing

    The Orlando Magic signed Vernon Maxwell to the first of two 10-day contracts.

  2. · Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Vernon Maxwell to a 10-day contract.

  3. · Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Vernon Maxwell to a contract for the rest of the season.

  4. · Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    The Sacramento Kings released Vernon Maxwell.

  6. · Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

  7. · Trade

    In a 4-team trade, the Los Angeles Lakers traded Travis Knight, Glen Rice and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Jamaal Tinsley was later selected) to the New York Knicks; the New York Knicks traded Chris Dudley and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Jason Collins was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns; the New York Knicks traded Patrick Ewing to the Seattle SuperSonics; the Phoenix Suns traded Luc Longley to the New York Knicks; the Seattle SuperSonics traded Emanual Davis, Greg Foster, Horace Grant and Chuck Person to the Los Angeles Lakers; and the Seattle SuperSonics traded Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania, a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Eric Chenowith was later selected), a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Michael Wright was later selected) and a 2002 1st round draft pick (Kareem Rush was later selected) to the New York Knicks.

  8. · Waived

    The New York Knicks waived Vernon Maxwell.

  9. · Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

  10. · Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Vernon Maxwell.

  11. · Signing

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1988-89 SAS $0.1M
1990-91 HOU $0.3M
1991-92 HOU $0.3M
1992-93 HOU $1.5M
1993-94 HOU $1.4M
1994-95 HOU $1.8M
1995-96 PHI $1.0M
1996-97 SAS $1.0M
1998-99 SAC $1.0M
1999-00 SEA $1.4M
2000-01 NYK $2.6M
2001-02 NYK $0.5M
Career total $12.9M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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