Wendell Maxey

Wendell Maxey

Wendell Maxey has worked as a featured sports writer since 2004 with his stories and interviews on professional, college, and high school sports appearing on ESPN.com, NBA.com, SLAM Magazine/SLAMOnline, FoxSports.com, and USA Today, among other national newspapers and publications. Along with covering the NBA, Maxey spent four years as an international writer in Europe, scouted and recruited professional basketball players for Nürnberg Falcons/ Nürnberger BC, and also gained experience coaching high school and middle school basketball in Germany, and the United States. A published author, Maxey’s work has been featured in five books including "Called For Traveling: 20 Years of Sports Writing from The NBA, To Europe, and Back Again" released in 2026. In 2025, Wendell joined High School On SI to provide national coverage as a contributing writer.

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Ronnie Nunn sat on a white plastic folding chair at the back corner of the middle court at UNRNKD Hoops in Speedway, Indiana. Gently taking the pen in his right

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