Who are Tyrese Maxey’s parents?

Tyrese Kendrid Maxey is a Shooting Guard and Point Guard for the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. He was picked by the team with the 21st overall in the NBA Draft of 2020. Despite being a relative newcomer to the NBA, he has shown promise and rapid development in his skills as a basketball player.

In the 2022/23 season, Maxey played 60 games for the team, and averaged 20.3 points with 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocks per game. He also shot 48.1% from the field, including 43.4% from the deep. In the same season, he joined Allen Iverson and Hal Greener as the only players from the 76ers to score at least 40 points in a game before he turned 23 years old. Furthermore, he scored nine three-pointers, which tied him with Dana Barros and Danny Green for the most 3-pointers scored in the history of the team.

Besides the NBA, Maxey helped team USA win the gold medal during the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Canada.

Tyrese Maxey’s Parents

Tyrese Maxey is the son of Tyrone Maxey and Denyse Maxey. The family has been tight through good and difficult situations.

Denyse is a healthcare worker who also serves as the Executive Director of Maxey Foundation. While she is not directly involved with basketball, she takes care of the backend operations. Nevertheless, she is grateful to have a son like Maxey and still loves him just as much as when he was three or four years old.

Denyse Maxey considers herself to be extremely introverted as compared to her fun loving and outgoing son.

Tyrone, his father, is a former collegiate basketball player who later chose to become a coach. As a coach, he trained high school basketball teams for seventeen years. He also coached and mentored his son over the years.

Tyrone also revealed that while training his son, he was initially worried about maintaining the balance between being a father and being a coach. Although he was stern on his son as a coach, his loving approach towards him as a father made it easier for him to train his son. Denyse also helped out as the mediator if some issues arose between them during that time. Nevertheless, they share a close and loving bond with each other.

What Nationality are Tyrese Maxey’s Parents?

Tyrese Maxey’s parents, Tyrone Maxey and Denyse Maxey reside in Dallas, Texas, United States. They are American nationals and African-Americans in ethnicities.