Education
Newman Smith High School.
Newman Smith High School.
The 6"7" power forward played college basketball for the University of Cincinnati. After graduating from Newman Smith High School in 2001, Maxiell played college basketball for the University of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2005 where he was coached by Bob Huggins. After earning Conference United States of America Sixth Manitoba and All-Freshmen team honors as a freshman, Maxiell earned All-Conference United States of America second team honors in both his junior and senior years.
As a senior in 2004-2005, he led Conference United States of America in blocked shots (28 bpg) and ranked 18th in the nation.
His 91 blocks are the second-highest University of Cincinnati single-season total. Maxiell finished 11th on Cincinnati’s career scoring list with 1,566 points (13th in Conference United States of America history) and second on the University of California career chart for blocked shots with 252 (4th in C-United States of America).
He also played 129 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in Bearcats’ history, and started the last 77 contests. Maxiell was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 26th overall pick in the 2005 National Basketball Association draft.
On July 5, 2005, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Pistons.
On October 31, 2008, he signed a four-year contract extension with the Pistons worth $20 million, keeping him under contract with the franchise until the end of the 2012-2013 season. On June 29, 2012, he exercised his $5 million player option, returning to the Pistons for the 2012-2013 season. On July 18, 2013, Maxiell signed with the Orlando Magic to a reported two-year, $5 million contract.
On July 4, 2014, he was waived by the Magic.
On September 28, 2014, Maxiell signed with the Charlotte Hornets. On August 10, 2015, Maxiell signed with Tianjin Ronggang of the Chinese Basketball Association.