Maddox was the center of a major illegal benefits scandal while a student-athlete at Fresno State, creating NCAA rules violations.

Maddox was the center of a major illegal benefits scandal while a student-athlete at Fresno State, creating NCAA rules violations.

In the summer of 1998, before his final year of high school, Maddox had befriended an events promoter who ended up working on behalf of sports agents.

By the time he was playing for Fresno State, Maddox was flown to meet with agents in Las Vegas, Nevada and they came to a covert agreement.

In explaining his actions, he claimed that his unfamiliarity with NCAA rules let him to ask the agents what they could do to help his family; noting that "They let me know they could help me, they put it out there on the table: 'If you come with us, we can help your mom, brothers and sister with whatever they need.'

"[1] Maddox was suspended for the first eight games of the 2000 season after he admitted that he and then-USC forward Jeff Trepagnier were supplied with airline tickets to meet with the agents Ron and Ken Delpit of Franchise Sports.

Maddox' final game in the NBA was played on April 6, 2003, in a 114 - 93 win over the Orlando Magic where he recorded 1 assist, 1 block and 1 steal.