- Lakers player who will shock NBA with breakout 2024-25 season
The Lo Angeles Lakers are coming into the 2024-25 NBA season as the only team in the league who did not make any free agent signings in the offseason. That means that they’re going to be looking for breakout seasons from key players. One player in particular that the Lakers should expect a big season from is Max Christie.
Christie is entering his third year in the NBA, and to this point he hasn’t really factored much into the Lakers rotations. As a rookie, he spent a lot of time in the G League with the South Bay Lakers. Last season, he played sparingly. But under new head coach JJ Redick, the Lakers should see Christie take on a bigger role.
Christie is entering his third year in the NBA, and to this point he hasn’t really factored much into the Lakers rotations. As a rookie, he spent a lot of time in the G League with the South Bay Lakers. Last season, he played sparingly. But under new head coach JJ Redick, the Lakers should see Christie take on a bigger role.
Simply put, he is probably the guard with the most upside on the Lakers bench. During the offseason, in free agency to remain with the Lakers. The team obviously is committed to his development. This is the year that their investment begins to show.
With Austin Reaves nursing an ankle injury, Christie got the start agains the Milwaukee Bucks in preseason this week. He had a solid outing of eight points in 15 minutes while shooting 2-of-2 from the three-point line.
Following Lakers practice on Saturday, Christie spoke about his comfort level with the starting unit.
“It felt comfortable, kind of just stepping in while AR was out, just kind of stepping into that same role and kind of being the utility guy,” Christie said. “I’ve played with these guys for two years now, so I kind of know how they play. . .what I can do to help them.”
