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Maxwell Lewis : He Almost Quit Basketball… Now He’s in the NBA | DSH #1560
09 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: What challenges did Maxwell Lewis face as a late bloomer in basketball?
I started late, late bloomer. Growing up, I really wasn't just playing A&U and traveling. I was just a regular kid playing outside and just doing basic stuff. I never really got introduced to it. Once I did, I was already kind of late, but I got introduced to it late when I was in high school.
Chapter 2: How did Maxwell transition from college basketball to the NBA?
I played A&U my ninth grade year and I just got better once I played 15, 16, 17 U and then just went from there.
Chapter 3: What pressure does an NBA rookie experience in a professional environment?
I feel like I could play on any other team, any like the Rockets or the Spurs,
Chapter 4: How does Maxwell learn from veteran players like LeBron James?
But this is a good team to really learn.
Chapter 5: What insights can Maxwell share about the in-season tournament experience?
And they always say if you can play on a championship-winning team, you can play for any team. When playoffs comes, LeBron literally was like, that's when, like, it's no mistakes. It's perfect. That's when whoever's good on the team, that's when it shows, you know.
Chapter 6: Who are Maxwell Lewis's basketball inspirations and role models?
So playoffs is the real deal.
All right, guys. Max Lewis here today. Thanks for coming on, man.
Chapter 7: What funny rookie pranks and stories does Maxwell have from his first year?
Yes, sir. Not often a guest is taller than me.
How tall are you?
Chapter 8: How does Maxwell balance his hobbies, like video games, with his basketball career?
6'6". Oh, wow. Right there. 6'8". Yeah? 6'8". Damn. Did you hit that in high school, or did you keep growing after high school?
I'll say I kept growing. Like, college, I was, like, 6'5", when I came in as a freshman, and then, like, I left at, like, 6'7".
Damn. So you were still growing in college.
Pepperdine, right? Yes, sir. How many years did you play there? I did two. Okay. Two when you were out. Yeah. Was that the plan? That was initially the plan. I wanted to leave after my first year, but I had broke my wrist. It was like three games left of a conference. And I was I stole the ball, went up for a dunk and like landed like right on my wrist. And I was like.
Got to go back another year. So I did that and really took off after.
Nice. How far did you guys make it in the tournament?
We didn't make it to the tournament, but we were just pretty young. You know what I'm saying? It was just like six sophomores on the team, no seniors. We didn't really have like no real vets on the team. So it was really just us, but we didn't make a tournament run.
We were solid. So if you're not on like a big team, you could still get drafted though?
Yeah, yeah. Mid-major is definitely where it's at. I feel like if you're good enough and the GMs and those guys, they know if you're a pro or not. I don't think it matters on the level. You know what I'm saying?
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