Max Christie

But I, I really, really want to see Marcus Sasser being the primary ball handler and initiator and see how he does in that s- in that scenario.

Right? Whether he's on the court with Kyrie or with Sergio or with Max or whoever.

I just want to see is he as good of a shooter as we think he is? Is he as dynamic as a, uh, playmaker as we think he might be? And i- is he going to be pesky at the point of attack like he possibly could be? So that's, that's, uh, my first focus over these next two games is gonna be on Marcus Sasser.

The second is Santi Aldama, right? Again, his, his spot is not at risk at all, right? I'm not saying that Marcus Sasser's is, but, um, S- Santi was probably the biggest name involved in that trade.

I really like his game.

I wanna see that he has a little bit more difficult of a time torching us than he has in the past.

So whether that's Max Christie or Caleb Martin or fill in the blank, I want to see us look competitive against somebody that, like that that would normally just rip us to shreds.

So that's my thoughts on tonight's preseason game against the Pelicans.

Yeah, uh, he's gonna provide great space, uh, you know, for, for, for Cooper Flagg to go and operate.

Another guy I like on this team, Max Christie, another guy who's only 23 years old.

He, he's, uh, a great sort of budding, like, three and D type of player, again, with really good size.

I like the size trend that's kind of, uh, going around, you know, with, with this, uh, you know, Mavs team.

They still have a pretty strong, strong front line.

I'm curious what we'll see from the likes of Marisha Shea and Max Christie as Kendall joins us here.

I just, Kendall, just started talking again about what we're seeing from the Dallas Mavericks.

I have the Dallas Mavericks as like a sleeper team this year.

I think that's okay.

in a game like this where you think about the context that the Mavs had and so I can't deny that he hasn't looked shaky right like that's just really the only way that I can put it is he's looked shaky has not looked like a confident all right that guy is going to be a starter for the Dallas Mavericks I can't look at him and what he's shown from us so far and say oh yeah Mavs got a steal he's going to be awesome he's 100% better than what Max Christie is right now I can't look at him and say that exact thing.

I think Max has looked more confident, both defending and with the ball in his hands and, you know, taking shots.

He went one for four from three, you know, it's not like he's been perfect, obviously, but I think he's looked more confident in that role.

I even saw Najee Marshall and Zachary Rizashe.

I saw Max Christie put bodies on guys at the point of attack.

Like, literally, hey, you might wind up getting the bucket that you want, but you're not going to get it easy.

You have to play through contact.

He was doing some standing on business type of stuff.

Um, I could go on and on about all the positives Right? Sergio de la Rea looked awesome.

Max Christie looks like he's taking a step up.

He's stronger.

He hit four of eight from downtown, and Toby the Wall, uh, 16 points as well, uh, off the bench in what was 23 minutes of play for him.

The starters tonight, uh, Zachary Richard, PJ Washington, Moussa Cissé, Max Christie, Najee Marshall.

Um, my biggest takeaway from tonight, uh, Moussa Cissé had a rough start in the first 30 seconds to the first minute of the game.

Uh, but the second quarter, much better with the energy, blocking shots, uh, and you saw what made Moussa Cissé somewhat of a fan favorite, uh, coming into this year with the energy and the hustle, and I thought he kind settled into the game, uh, especially in that second quarter there.

So, you know, Santi Aldama and PJ basically make the same amount of money.

The Mavs just traded for Santi, the previous regime traded for PJ.

Who knows who's gonna start there? Max Christie, Zach Edey, one team of, one group traded for Zach, the other one inherited, uh, Max, so, like, who knows who's gonna start there between those two.

Uh, and then you have other guys.

I obviously love the Mraz Johnson pick.

I really like Max Christie.

I think he's another guy who will benefit a ton from actually having a point guard on the floor.

Then the Zachary Rissach flyer, it's a fun one, at least.

You knew that was coming at some point, man.

Ma- Molly, on that note, we have Max Christie on our team that's a Spartan, and so he and I, he and I go back and forth just about-

Oh, cute

... daily between that rivalry.