Has Max Christie Arrived? Career High 28 Points Helps the Lakers Beat Trail Blazers, 114-106

[@blacklogic-n9j]

LeBron has the most 30 point Laker games with 2 free throws or less .. as much as he's in the paint,these refs should be investigated

[@blackdragon6]

LeBron always had a bad whistle, him a few other players.

[@siba2379]

That's why I encourage his flopping 😊 it's the only way he can get calls

[@qualinteranzy7948]

Man this a crazy stat fr

[@deddiev1718]

He does not have the most 30 point games as a laker it’s Kobe. Lebron joined the Lakers in 2018

[@qualinteranzy7948]

@deddiev1718 😂😂bruh read the comment again most 30 point games with 2 free throws or less

[@nicklannister2063]

Hey fellas. Just discovered you and love the takes. Very even keeled and responsible way you guys discuss the game. Much better than the inflammatory corporate media.

[@LockedOnLakers]

Thank you. Glad you’re enjoying the show. AK

[@broderickjohnson1427]

Max is the perfect example of allowing young players proper playing time to show wht thy can do in live games, not practice or dleague...

[@hectorrosado5807]

True, Scotty pippen Jr. and Huff are playing very well with the Grizzlies

[@ThereallivinwaterTv]

Everyone says the same when the other guys have big games against low tier teams it's get rid of bron then they play a good team and face adversity.. .

[@broderickjohnson1427]

@ThereallivinwaterTv all I'm saying is the proper development of young players is crucial to a team's future whn u don't have a lot of picks, u have to be patient...

[@hectorrosado5807]

@@broderickjohnson1427 agree

[@gvngbvngiggy]

When youre trying to contend and barely scraping to make the playoffs you cant exactly afford regular playing time for developing players

[@hood_TheJoker]

max keeps getting better

[@schmitkeoriginals]

Max Island ... TOLDJA, everyone called me crazy for wanting AR/Max starters in PRESEASON!!! Now Lo is gone, and the Lakers have a DAWG in DFS. He's impacting the game without scoring. Just wait till he gets used to the offensive sets! 💯💯💯

[@wills.9422]

Lol lets come back to this comment after the hawks game..

[@bu2.0]

38 not 36 guys, great podcast ❤

[@Creamcity414]

Lakers media fans always do that to LeBron

[@blacklogic-n9j]

@@Creamcity414 😂It's clown behavior from two so-called professionals

[@deddiev1718]

ESPN stats are sometimes slow and change. Maybe they should s as lawyers say how many turnovers he has so you feel better

[@Creamcity414]

@ shut up

[@jvillarreal74]

People need to see truly how valuable Max Christie is, no matter if he scores a ton or not. Like Caruso as a laker, Max is always guarding the best perimeter stars, making them work hard for their points. Reaves is a better scorer, but he gives you NOTHING on defense. If you want to fill seats, you want Reaves, if you want to win titles, you want Max.

[@denniscasely-hayford3245]

Max Christie is him!!

[@brothernature8441]

Max is solid

[@victoriamaguire9847]

I love that you guys are integrating tequila etc.brother banter ❤ and always talk straight up 🏀😊

[@lengod2232]

We love the videos guys keep em coming

[@Murali_bala13]

I've been twice as exasperated as Andy about the lack of playing time for Max since the Darwin Ham days.... I'll go one more step....Max is the starting 2 guard for the Lakers and don't need a Bruce Brown or DMurray as many in media and Lakers nation have been advocating for.... They just need a backup big rebounding monster to backup AD and play along with him in certain matchups....

[@Be_Greateful_For_Everything]

Having Bruce brown doesn’t hurt

[@Gw19838]

Max played terrible early and is still not a good decision maker with the ball in his hands. A good stretch of games doesn’t mean that he’s the guy. He’s good but if you can get better, do it.

[@Murali_bala13]

He's young and a quick learner.. He'll be fine committing lesser mistakes by end of season.... Just needs the requisite playing time that's all, which he was denied under Darwin, that's all I'm saying

[@Murali_bala13]

@@Be_Greateful_For_Everythingif he comes without giving up anybody, then yeah....

[@Murali_bala13]

@@Gw19838 He's 21 yrs young and a quick learner.. He'll be fine committing lesser and lesser mistakes by end of season.... Just needs the requisite playing time that's all, which he was denied under Darwin, that's all I'm saying...

[@rickthomas9430]

Props to Max. I didn't think he'd ever turn into a worthwhile player and thought the Lakers overpaid on his contract...I was wrong.

[@PhillipP75]

It feels like there is a chance of being in the running of most improved player if he can keep this up… And when I say keeping this up, I just mean double figure scoring with stellar D… I don’t expect 20 something a game from him, he is the 5/6 option.

[@Oberonz1]

I hope he has arrived because I want to see this line up at least once, not permanent or starting but just let me see what this can do. Bron Point, Max 2, Cam 3, Dorian 4, AD 5, I just want to see what a switchy line up like this can do. Max can hold his on Offense with AD and Bron so you got enough O and then you got a hella defensive unit, fast and tough.

[@BurntToast8511]

Taking Austin out after hes been progressing really well as a facilitator? I understand his lateral speed hurts him defensively, but hess been incredible of late and its not a fluke. No way he gets removed from the line up.

[@hanzie2795]

Max should study Bruce Bowen's defensive game to increase his playing time.

[@buckbeezi6263]

lol i notice dat Brian was ok with Dorian scoring 3 points while providing good defense, but he was jus doin whole segments pointing out Cams lack of offensive production jus a couple weeks ago. I also notice how Andy seemed very excited explaining a couple of good plays Dorian made, but Cam does shit like dat all da time n da most he gets is an honorable mention. I’m always lurking ready to point out da hypocrisy just like I was here for da Bronny situation.

[@BurntToast8511]

Probably because DFS has better career offensive numbers + similar defensive ability to Cam. Which means his ceiling is higher and theres more to be excited about as he becomes comfortable with the offense. Cam will always be a very limited offensive player

[@Tracks980]

I still think DFS is a far superior defensive player to Cam. The energy and disruption, screen navigation and switch ability are all better with DFS

[@rodeljohnson236]

Cam has had plenty of opportunities on multiple teams and he shows up 30-40% of the time. He should be more consistent by now. He has been in the league too long to be so inconsistent. One day he is a dog on defense, but the next he is major negative. He was a shooter coming out of Duke so I don’t know what happened.

[@andiemali4841]

Cam can't navigate screens and makes too many risks jumping passing lanes making it 4 on 5 which you can't necessarily do all the time when the rest of the team is deficient defensively. Plus he gets back cut because he's always ball watching. And he's a shitty three point shooter

[@vk0208]

DFS only played like 10 minutes

[@mervinmontoya6768]

Mamba Max has arrived

[@tysonspalding465]

Reaves last two games can protect him anymore

[@Cobards24]

I like Jordan Clarkson to pair with Max/AR. Gives u dynamic scoring u need

[@djonyx6770]

Max should’ve been here last year if Ham played him but I remember Trevor Lane saying the lakers kinda needed to hide him last year to get him for a cheaper price on the extension.

[@DJJE928]

Max is finally hitting the wide open shots he should’ve been hitting. His shot profile has improved and he’s finally starting to take the semi-contested 3’s that affect the offense in a real way…… It was the blazers. He’s still not good enough to be a starter on a championship caliber team but, the train is off the rails now so we’re riding. Lol

[@martintramil8084]

New reality TV: Kinky w/DLo😂🤟💯

[@dennisknowles9293]

CINEMAX PRESENTS KINKY WITH DLO😂😂😂😂

[@jourdanzero9312]

dyson daniels will be a test for reaves and our ball handling

[@wills.9422]

Just put dyson down for 3 steals 😂

[@mobbgaming1881]

If Miami blows out up I’ll give my kidney to pair bam with AD

[@josephdaoud1268]

“My name is Maximus Decimus Christieus, defensive commander of the Lakers of Los Angeles, General of the JJ and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, LeBron Raymone James Sr. Father to a Fox, husband to some Hot B*tch. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” - Max Christie to Darvin Ham probably.

[@danyfernandez9888]

😂😂

[@TheCoachIce]

Corny

[@sovereignblu3987]

Took this from Laker Nation stream have some shame

[@jolli4116]

Darvin Ham said that MAX gonna be part of the Lakers future. He’s seen this on Max reason they signed him with that big contract.

[@garystanford5714]

Brian looks like Steve Wilkos with glasses

[@greenmonk941991]

Please don’t do the same thing they did with knect. He had a great game. We should praise that but I don’t think he will average more than 10 points. Please don’t trick us in thinking we don’t need big moves to contend with

[@wills.9422]

😂 overreactions be crazy don’t it .. blazers had so many lapses , they basically gave the Lakers the game .. i believe our fans are delusional because the blazers had like 4 str8 turnovers at one point and we’re making excuses about the refs 😂

[@LockedOnLakers]

He doesn't really need to average more than 10 points. If he gives you 8-12ish a night with the same level of defense, it's a big upgrade, and has significant downstream impacts. If he bumps that to 10-15 on a consistent basis, then you're really talking. But even at that lower level, it's a big difference. Thanks for watching! BK

[@Rhoneman]

Those refs were complete A-hats. Something is seriously wrong with that crew.

[@Rhoneman]

JJ is doing great as a coach, he is developing the players at a much better clip than anyone I can remember who has ever coached the Lakers.

[@KareemHenderson-t8l]

If your name not Bron AD AR Max and new guys obviously excluded everyone else should be available to trade especially rui he doesn’t work in jj system especially with Lebron

[@jvillarreal74]

I actually think he arrived in the second half of last season when they were rittled with injuries. They started playing Max more minutes, LA started going on a run during that stretch. Then D-Lo came back, they added Dinwiddee, &Vincent, pushing Max off the rotation, and LA started losing again. It’s a LeBron thing, he wants all offense, isn’t concerned with defense at all. But to win, you need to have defenders out there too to balance out the team.

[@maxsmart8954]

Max is inconsistent he is capable of 6 his next game…

[@Creamcity414]

He scored 38 for some reason, Lakers media fans, and everything they try to put LeBron down just a little bit too much for my liking if he scored 100 you guys would be like yay he scored 97 😝

[@jourdanzero9312]

5:00 😂😂

[@denniscasely-hayford3245]

Can someone explain to me why the philosophy of JJ Redick is for the team to jack up threes, when it is no necessarily the strength of the team? You live or die by the three. This is a flawed orientation in my opinion, especially when the three is not a high probability shot. Play to the strength of the team; duh!!

[@doriandd4648]

If Max had arrived, we would have seen It against Cleveland.

[@BurntToast8511]

Does it really work like that? Not sure…

[@kdnofyudbn5918]

trade Rui and Max stat.

[@swagg2much864]

Sports betting smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@seanm7553]

No

[@deddiev1718]

The greatest players of all time were good in the midrange it was the equivalent of going to the rim with defense

[@aaronwimbish9382]

Rui don’t fit

[@JizzleDaMan]

Vegas has to win fellas

[@AndrewPolander]

Trailblazers STINK!!!!!!!!!!!!! we really whooped them!!! LOL

[@AndrewPolander]

DFS won't help!!!!!!!!

[@BurntToast8511]

Youve passed that firm judgement after 2 games have you? 😂

[@AndrewPolander]

@@BurntToast8511 As a NETS fan I can tell you this first hand....he's overrated!!! That's why the Lakers got him for a bag of balls!!!

[@TheSpaceCoupe57Chevy]

They were too focused on Dis-Kenecht avg 4 points to let Max play Reaves cant even avg what Westbrook did with the Lakers but Westbrook was Trash

[@victoriamaguire9847]

Rather see you both on spectrum then the lookalike not brothers 😅with James Worthy etc

[@michaelcodelmar9547]

I would trade Rui, Knecht, Vando and Woods and the 2nd round picks for Kessler and Sexton...

[@JasonBrendan-td4qb]

Let’s trade Gabe for Robert Williams and Rui for Collin Sexton. Bring sexton, Knecht, vando and Robert Williams off the bench. Start AR, Christie, DFS, Bron and AD. Sign Lonnie Walker to an open roster spot to help with bench scoring. We need a backup center. We need another dependable ball handler other than Austin and LeBron. And we’ll need insurance for Knecht in terms of bench scoring.

[@georgegomez1394]

robert williams isn’t a healthy reliable option long term, id rather they try and get walker kessler, he’s young, still developing or nick richards, as for a backup attack first guard, colin sexton would be a good option or bruce brown

[@JasonBrendan-td4qb]

@ Robert Williams just turned 27. He’s not that old. Yes he has injury issues. He also has a lot of playoff experience and has played on good teams before. Unlike Kessler or Richards. If we can get Kessler, I’d be fine with that. I’m not sure we can get him.

[@georgegomez1394]

@ yea, walker kessler is a dream target, but a more realistic is probably robert williams, and nick richards since both are in more realistic trade talks

[@voltrondefenderoftheuniver2852]

Lonnie Walkers would be a good addition. Lakers need to open up a roster spot. Robin Lopez is also available as a good big off the bench

[@socalgolf9978]

Rui and DFS are trash

[@Chillguy9292]

No max has no arrived just one game relax, max has been trash all year

[@LockedOnLakers]

He hasn't been trash since being put back into the starting lineup. That's the point. BK

[@Chillguy9292]

@LockedOnLakers just keeping it real

[@KevanB626]

All that hype over Christie on this podcast in the offseason 😂. Let's pump the brakes on his arrival. He did this against a glorified G-League roster (which I've been saying Max should have spent more time in the G League over the past couple seasons, vs. being benched by the main squad). Do this against Cleveland, OKC, or Houston consistently, and sure I may stop ripping the kid. Hyping him up without seeing any tangible evidence of consistent performance on the court really didn't do him any favors in my estimation 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@alexduque3219]

You just go around typing out essays hating on Christie? 😂 Weird activity

[@deddiev1718]

You have to get the shot attempts to do anything

[@blacklogic-n9j]

@@KevanB626 Portland is not a G-league team ..they have quick athletic talent.

[@deekaymusiclover2481]

Ans you are.. ?

[@LockedOnLakers]

@@blacklogic-n9j They're super athletic and have some good players, but they're not a good team. BK

[@michaelcodelmar9547]

Arrived? It's just one game and against Portland. C'mon man .Looks like the DFS trade is a flop and Knecht is trash now ..

[@blackdragon6]

Christie been good for awhile now. So no, it's not just one game.

[@almightyglo9131]

How is it a flop your being a bit dramatic don’t yu think 😂 it his 2nd game he can adjust to a new system & learn his new role

[@jake-d8z]

knechts in a shooting slump and he’s a rookie, he’ll be fine. And DFS just got in the door, he may not be integrated into the offense yet but he’s contributing positively in other areas, too soon and far from a flop at the moment.

[@deddiev1718]

Knecht is fine. He needs more good looks. LeBallhog and his apprentice AR are not the sharing type usually

[@barefieldlarry721]

Yo bro why did you cut him off when he was venting about the refs . That's crazy just to talk about Dlo . Bro you are dead wrong on so many levels iam done with this show .