{"id":5540,"date":"2023-07-08T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2023-07-08T05:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T09:21:38","slug":"max-christie-throws-down-nba-summer-leagues-best-dunk-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=5540","title":{"rendered":"Max Christie throws down NBA Summer League&#8217;s best dunk (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Max Christie continues to shine in the NBA Summer League, throwing down the best dunk we&#8217;ve seen since the event started.<\/h2>\n<p>Another night. Another Max Christie highlight. It&#8217;s now common to see headlines praising Christie for his NBA Summer League stardom which I can admit I didn&#8217;t see coming.<\/p>\n<p>Through his first two Summer League games, Christie was the Lakers&#8217; best player. He led the team in scoring in the first game with 17 points on over 50 percent shooting. <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/max-christie-looking-like-next-lakers-breakout-candidate\/\">And then he scored 25<\/a> in the second game, posting four rebounds and two assists on over 50 percent shooting again.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he continued his torrid stretch, posting 22 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and two blocks. Oh, and he once again shot over 50 percent from the floor and 3-for-5 from deep.<\/p>\n<p>And according to one Lakers Twitter account, he was receiving &#8220;MVP&#8221; chants during the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAX CHRISTIE TONIGHT<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 22 points<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 7 rebounds<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 2 assists<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 2 blocks<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 6\/11 FG<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 3\/5 3PT<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 +9 +\/-<br \/>\ud83d\udca5 MVP chants<\/p>\n<p>Comment your best nickname ideas! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hemIaGzOE0\">pic.twitter.com\/hemIaGzOE0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakersLead\/status\/1677547700504412160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Laker fans have seemingly fallen in love with Christie this offseason and they&#8217;re clamoring for more playing time next season. It looks like he&#8217;s earning it by expanding his game.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? Have you ever seen him throw down a dunk like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAX CHRISTIE TOOK FLIGHT \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BSTwjZQ1LB\">pic.twitter.com\/BSTwjZQ1LB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1677532709453987840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I know the answer is no. He was only in East Lansing for one season and showed some athleticism here and there, but he never put anyone on a poster like this. Max darn near ended someone&#8217;s NBA career with this dunk. He read the defense perfectly, blew by a help-side defender, and changed hands to dunk over the last line of defense in the paint. What a perfectly executed play.<\/p>\n<p>The more I watch Max Christie in Summer League play, the more I&#8217;m convinced that he&#8217;s ready to make that second-year leap. I once doubted him as an NBA prospect after an up-and-down freshman season at MSU, but I&#8217;m now fully buying in. He might just be built for the league after all.<\/p>\n<p>Christie has been dominating and now he can say he also threw down the best dunk of the Summer League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darvin Ham, play this man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[266,190,189],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-spartans","tag-max-christie","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}