The Los Angeles Lakers assistant general manager and director of scouting Jesse Buss acknowledged how high he and the staff were on Max Christie, via Mike Trudell of Lakers.com:
“We were looking at two or three players, all who we had first-round grades on. Max was highest on the board. But it was definitely close. There were a lot of talented guys left on the board. We felt comfortable with Max because getting him here with Coach Ham and his staff, Max is going to develop into a pretty good player, long term, for us.”
