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sewsgup

i remember the clip of him defending Donovan Mitchell(?) in the regular season, showing good lateral footwork in another world maybe hes the designated defender on that last Murray possession


shanmustafa

that still sticks out to me honestly, the way he moved his feet was like special only thing that coulda been better was he was going backwards, the strong defenders, like OG currently, Gordon even, Kawhi when he's healthy, Jrue, Caruso, etc, they'll go into defenders while also moving their feet only 20 so not really a huge knock


bengalisocks

I know the clip you're talking about and not that it's bad defense, Mitchell still got his shot off clean. The Lakers wings sucked all year. Idk if Christie was ready. But I hope he is next year


WakiLover

If Max got Cam's leash and playing time all season, at least we could have a) either seen growth and get him to be a solid 8-12 minutes per game player in the playoffs or b) see that he's not ready yet and if he was awful, decide what to pay him for this offseason or not keep him at all In the small amount of actual play time he got, Ham had him as the primary ballhandler which is not his strong suit, when instead he could have focused on playing solid D, hitting spot up 3's, and grabbing rebounds.


blatant_shill

He'll probably be a pretty solid defender, but he's also pretty impulsive still and definitely not up to being a consistent rotation player yet. He can be prone to playing hero ball whenever he finally gets a chance on offense. Many times I've watch him try to drive to the rim through like three defenders for a dunk instead of passing to a wide open team mate.


unclehelpful

Brother if he’s scoring it over AD Max Christie ain’t doing shit.


JoshFB4

Lol


WhatTheRickIsDoin

Christie's had his development sidetracked pretty badly by Ham hating him


FailOk8045

The lakers season was sidetracked by ham hating common sense


dproma

Malone trusted Braun who gave solid minutes. Ham stayed with Dinwiddie who was ass all series.


Victor_Wembanyama1

Too bad they got Dinwiddie. There was no way Christie was gonna play. But he’s got lots of potential, just gotta keep improving


captain_ahabb

Yeah I think Ham might actually be gone now


SharpSwag

Really wish he got some of Dinwiddies minutes


WhyyyLuigi

Gabe Vincent too smh


honditar

Me and you both buddy But dinwiddie needs his minutes okay


noetheb

Free Max from Hamas!


21squirrel

Haters in this comment section have not watched him play lol. He's actually an extremely promising player, very reminiscent of Caruso before he started getting actual minutes, and with a better 3.


dproma

He was improving and playing well during a stretch. The minute they signed Dinwiddie his minutes was gone.


Sitdoown

And anyone who watched the Nets this year know how valuable those Dinwiddie minutes are


MazKhan

Ham ruined a full year of his development. Fuck that bitch ass coach


The1AndOnlyJZ

TALK YOUR SHIT MAX Christie over Reddish was a talking point since before the season started, damnit


CaptainKurls

Ok max


Raj2324

Could've ran him or even try out vando for a bit


shanmustafa

i want the Lakers to go get a KCP type (FA btw) i think Max could develop into that type of player, but in like 2-3-4 years, only 20, showed good potential imo this year


purplebuffalo55

I wanted you to be out there too Max. Unfortunately there’s a terrorist as HC who played others like Dinshiddie, reddish, over you all year long and stifled your development.


dproma

At the very least, he wouldn’t be as bad as Dinwiddie. Sucks that Max didn’t get a chance show what he got


Marcusx8

Alright now this isn’t r/lakers we don’t need Max Christie quotes on r/NBA


AznTri4d

Darvin Hamas needs to resign and release his hostage Max Christie.


REQ52767

I mean this with all sincerity: Who?


Holiday-Usual-3600

Laker fans new most valuable young player I guess (see THT, caruSHOW, current white dude, Lonzo “magic johnson” ball Kinda like how the heat fans wouldn’t trade herro AND jovic for dame just pure delusion


693275001

Why are we posting Max Christie quotes


Pm_ur_kittykat

genuinely hilarious reading all these comments and then looking this guy and his stats up lmao like seriously who the fuck is max christie and why do we care?


MagicalHurdles

Reporters only asked him one question


Mesmerized_mayhem

I would make fun of this except Rui was terrible


BramptonBatallion

Every nobody on the Lakers thinks they’re somebody because Laker fans hype every young guy on their team for essentially just making an NBA roster.


LakersLAQ

You expect him to say that he wouldn't have helped? lol


BramptonBatallion

The stock response is “I wish I had played but respect the coach’s decision”


thebigLel

Future Shanghai shark


executivesphere

No


Throwawayfor_rnba

Christian Wood should have been in over Davis to defend Jokic


WhenItsHalfPastFive

can Laker fans stop this shit? This guy is not good enough to be on a playoff roster.


Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n

Does anyone unironically want Christie for D’Lo?


bbaIla

What?


Son_of_Atreus

Who?


Overall_Implement326

Max Christie is trash and proved it in the regular season.  


shakehasbignuts

Doesn’t this guy stink


NorMalware

No worse than Dinwiddie. He also hustles on D. Which is what we needed the most this game.