{"id":85327,"date":"2025-07-23T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85327\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:19:10","slug":"former-laker-says-being-traded-to-mavericks-was-best-moment-of-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85327\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Laker says being traded to Mavericks was best moment of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a player on the Lakers is something most NBA players dream of.<\/p>\n<p>There are very few cities where the basketball scene is so iconic.<\/p>\n<p>However, one former Laker said the day he was traded away from the team was the best day of his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>What player said this?<\/p>\n<p>Former Lakers&#8217; guard, Max Christie, was the one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeACurtis2\/status\/1947725340391948381\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:who said this;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">who said this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was at a basketball camp recently and was asked what his favorite day in his NBA career was. He answered, \u201cIt was when I got traded to the Mavericks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christie was in the trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n<p>With two superstars exchanged, Christie being involved in the trade was kind of lost at first, but he&#8217;s quickly shown he was a vital asset that the Mavericks got back in the deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/boston-celtics\/news\/celtics-2025-draft-pick-tacko-fall-nba-draft-combine-measurement\/181d1eadc39277b8ae92b53b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celtics 2025 draft pick is behind only Tacko Fall in shocking NBA Draft Combine measurement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Celtics 2025 draft pick is behind only Tacko Fall in shocking NBA Draft Combine measurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Once he arrived in Dallas, Christie was given more minutes and, in return, gave more production on the court.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 32 games with Dallas in the 2024-25 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>Christie is still only 22 years old, and being traded to a team where he&#8217;s valued and can contribute more might be the best situation he could have been put in, over playing in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NBA NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being a player on the Lakers is something most NBA players dream of. There are very few cities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[6272,18165,1596,8604,224,52368,6650,57678,1260,62,57679,11019,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-85327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-celtics","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-luka","14":"tag-mavericks","15":"tag-max-christie","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-tacko-fall","19":"tag-the-mavericks","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114901336899827446","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}