Fox and Monk are going to be a challenge, and he'll probably end up switching onto Derozan some, we'll see how those two games go, on that front. Golden State is going to test him too. If he can hold his own in those games, Max might keep himself out of trade talks. Toklat will be back saying " See? I told yall!!"
man, these next few are huge, tbh. if we lose all three, it's like detonation time. if we won all three, i'd think we'd righted the ship, tbh.
I'm rooting for Max...we gambled on him this past summer and up until recently, he was basically a dud. I think if Christie can string together some games where he's containing the opposing guards and he's hitting open shots (9-11pts) and 3's, then he may have found himself into the starting lineup for good. We've tried DLO, Reddish, Knecht, and Gabe...and now it's Max Christie's turn to prove that he's a starter.
nice highlights! Has to do good for his confidence to be giving an all world offensive talent like that some issues scoring. Big props! We need this kid doing this every night.
Really cool. Gotta watch this guy a lot more. I thought he was playing Ja really well but Ja also looked kind of off to me. Maybe Max had a lot more to do with that than I saw. 6 for 21 speaks for itself.
Really impressive work by Max. He's in for a tougher assignment Thursday, so I want to see how he handles a similar guard but with better range and not as predictable as drive-at-all-costs Ja.
curious to see what the strategy will be. teams have been giving sac problems by kind of letting sabonis and fox go wild and clamping on everyone else. our problem is that derozan plays like prime michael jordan every time he sees us. hard to to stay home on three guys to that extent.
Max probably needs another year in the weight room to be able to defend more with his body and less with his hands , he's slowly getting there . He's building a reputation as a defender so he will get less ticky tack fouls called on him while Lu Dort is allowed to play rugby out there
He got such a bad whistle last year that I think it impacted his development, tbh. Guy couldn’t breathe on anyone.
Trevor Lane said something that I kind of agree with regarding Max- it was something like “we need a guy the Max Christie five years from now.” I don’t think it will take that long- he’ll be a starting caliber defender two seasons from now. It’s really his inconsistent long ball holding him back at this point. Yeah, he still can improve defensively, but I think he’s pretty reliable now.
