When did Max Christie get drafted?

Cormac Karl “Max” Christie Jr. is playing as a shooting guard for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA as of April 20, 2025. In the past, he has won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Brazil. He was also notable for being a member of the 2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Max Christie joined the Rolling Meadows High School in Illinois. He played varsity basketball for the Rolling Meadows Mustangs. As a senior, he averaged 24.0 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.1 steals per game and led his team to establish a record of 15-0 in their games.

Max Christie enrolled at Michigan State University and played 35 games of collegiate basketball for the Michigan State Spartans in the 2021-22 season. He was notable for his season-high 21 points against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2022. Throughout the 2021/22 season, he competed in 35 games for the Spartans and averaged 9.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 17 blocks and 18 steals per game. He shot 38.2% from the field, including 31.7% from deep. After that, he declared himself for the NBA draft in 2022, where he was eventually drafted by the Lakers.

Max Christie Draft

Max Christie was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 35th pick in the second round of the 2022 NBA draft. He entered into a two-year deal worth $2.74 million with the Lakers on July 8, 2022.

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Max Christie competed in 41 games in his rookie 2022/23 season with the Lakers and averaged 3.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. He played three seasons with the Lakers and scored 802 points, grabbed 340 rebounds and dished out 147 assists. In the 2024-25 NBA regular season, Christie was traded to the Dallas Mavericks and averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as of April 20, 2025.