Speaker 1: The volume.
Speaker 2: Hi, I'm slum and I know basketball. Today's guest is
Speaker 2: a sharp shooting rookie. His journey from being a three
Speaker 2: star recruit to getting drafted by the Clippers and becoming
Speaker 2: more than just Max his little brother is a story
Speaker 2: you won't One of the today on slum Nose is Cam.
Speaker 1: Christie, Cam, thank you so much for being here.
Speaker 2: Of course, I had your brother on the pod about
Speaker 2: a week or two ago, so it feels really cool
Speaker 2: to get two Christie brothers in within a month. So
Speaker 2: I'm really excited for that. Let's get into it. As
Speaker 2: a kid, what was your basketball game?
Speaker 3: Like? I would say it's kind of similar to what
Speaker 3: it is now.
Speaker 4: Just always been a I'm more of a shooter, been
Speaker 4: a good passer and a smart player, stuff like that.
Speaker 4: But I think it's always kind of it's kind of
Speaker 4: been the same, and I've just gotten better at the
Speaker 4: things I've always been good at.
Speaker 2: So yeah, and you probably grew right, yeah, just a
Speaker 2: little bit. When did you like hit that big gross Berg.
Speaker 4: I want to say it was like sophomore year like COVID.
Speaker 4: I think because I was, like I think I was
Speaker 4: six feet as a freshman in high school, and then
Speaker 4: I got like six four as a sophomore, so I
Speaker 4: think that was the biggest.
Speaker 2: One than them. It's funny because I feel like so
Speaker 2: many NBA players live out their height and I was
Speaker 2: reading like these articles about you, and every single one goes,
Speaker 2: he's a true six six, like just to like make sure.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I like legits, okay, legit Okay.
Speaker 2: So continuing on with you as a kid, who was
Speaker 2: your favorite NBA team and who was your favorite NBA player?
Speaker 4: My favorite NBA team was the Phoenix Suns, and my
Speaker 4: favorite player was Devin Booker.
Speaker 2: Okay, but growing up in Illinois, why was there a
Speaker 2: connection with the Suns?
Speaker 3: I just like Devin Booker. I don't know, I just
Speaker 3: like Devin Booker.
Speaker 4: And then I've always liked like Arizona is like a
Speaker 4: like a spot.
Speaker 2: So yeah, okay, did you like vacation there when you.
Speaker 3: Were I've been there a couple of times. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: okayeh nice?
Speaker 2: Were you a Clipperson, Like, did you like the Clippers
Speaker 2: growing up or what was that?
Speaker 3: Like? I mean they were just you felt yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, gotcha.
Speaker 2: So we spoke about Illinois a little bit just now.
Speaker 2: But I want to know what it was like for
Speaker 2: you growing up in Illinois sort of what the like
Speaker 2: AU circuit was like their your experience.
Speaker 4: So I played for the Illinois Wolves growing ups. They're
Speaker 4: they're an under armer team and the under armor circuit.
Speaker 4: So I played for them starting in eighth grade, played
Speaker 4: for them until junior, senior whenever you had to stop. So,
Speaker 4: you know, a great program. I still talked to a
Speaker 4: lot of my teammates from them, a lot of coaches
Speaker 4: from them. So it was, as you know, a great
Speaker 4: program for me.
Speaker 1: Yeah. How old were you when NIL was implemented? Was
Speaker 1: that during all you played?
Speaker 2: You or No?
Speaker 4: I think I think it started in what twenty twenty one? Yes, okay,
Speaker 4: so you had it, So I was.
Speaker 3: I was a junior in high school.
Speaker 1: So you get any deals like right off the bat, No,
Speaker 1: I did not.
Speaker 3: No, I did not know.
Speaker 1: Well they're coming, yeah, hopefully I like it.
Speaker 2: Growing up? What was it like to be thought of
Speaker 2: as Max's brother, being the younger brother of you know,
Speaker 2: Lakers player Max Christie. I feel like that must be
Speaker 2: sort of hard to grow up with an older brother
Speaker 2: in the NBA. But it seemed to work.
Speaker 1: Out for you.
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I mean it was definitely there were definitely
Speaker 4: some some frustrating things about it, but I think there's
Speaker 4: also more pros than cons, just because obviously, you know,
Speaker 4: we're really close and stuff like that, So.
Speaker 3: It didn't really affect that relationship at all.
Speaker 4: And I think it's just always I mean, it's cool
Speaker 4: to be able to say that you know someone in
Speaker 4: the NBA, and now we're both siblings in the NBA.
Speaker 4: So I think it did end up benefiting me so totally.
Speaker 2: Other than Max, what was your first interaction growing up
Speaker 2: with the pro athlete?
Speaker 4: I want to say, I don't know. I think I
Speaker 4: met I met Shaq when I was really young. I
Speaker 4: got a picture with him at airport. Yeah, I know
Speaker 4: it was very random. He was like triple my size.
Speaker 4: But I said, that's probably the first, like ever interaction
Speaker 4: I had with like a pro athlete.
Speaker 2: I would say, yeah, other than that, was there anyone.
Speaker 2: I mean, it doesn't have to be a pro basketball player,
Speaker 2: but just an athlete in general. That was sort of
Speaker 2: a mentor for you or you think like helped you
Speaker 2: get to the place.
Speaker 1: That you are now.
Speaker 4: I think it wasn't necessarily like a pro but I
Speaker 4: think Dee Brown held me out a lot. Okay, from Illinois,
Speaker 4: so he played it on.
Speaker 3: Obviously.
Speaker 4: He was really helpful for me and my brother going up,
Speaker 4: so he was. Yeah, he was definitely a little bit
Speaker 4: of a mentor for us.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So I want to talk about high school
Speaker 2: a little bit.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: You came from a pretty clouded high school class. I
Speaker 2: use the word clouded because you know, there's people like
Speaker 2: Mikey Williams and Brownie Jane, so I feel like are
Speaker 2: the epitome of cloud in basketball. I want to know
Speaker 2: what that was like for you, because I'm sure it
Speaker 2: was stressful to always have to sort of be in
Speaker 2: that shadow, you know, these famous guys in your class.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was always It's always funny because
Speaker 4: you would, you know, you would talk about it with
Speaker 4: my friends and stuff like that. Yes, it's like Brannie
Speaker 4: James obviously in the NBA now, but he has had
Speaker 4: a lot of fame back then. He still does same
Speaker 4: with Mikey and all those guys. I mean, it was
Speaker 4: definitely it was interesting for sure.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but to now kind of.
Speaker 4: You know, for me to be in the NBA and
Speaker 4: stuff like that and be on the same stage as
Speaker 4: a lot of those guys. I think it's pretty cool,
Speaker 4: and I think it shows, you know, my work ethic
Speaker 4: and kind of how you don't necessarily need the fame, Yeah,
Speaker 4: or to get where you want to go.
Speaker 2: No, totally. And in addition to Bronnie and Mikey, some
Speaker 2: other players in your high school class included Jared McCain,
Speaker 2: Cody Williams, A J. Johnson, Mantas Buzzellis who's from Illinois
Speaker 2: as well. Is there any stories that you have of
Speaker 2: interacting with them playing against them in either high school
Speaker 2: or a I used.
Speaker 4: To play with Matis all the time actually growing up.
Speaker 4: We've known each other for a long time now, so
Speaker 4: whenever we see each other, we still say what's up,
Speaker 4: checking on each other. But yeah, we used to play
Speaker 4: each other all the time. It was a lot of
Speaker 4: fun going up against them. So I think it's cool
Speaker 4: to see how much he's how much he's progressed. Obviously,
Speaker 4: you know, he's done really well for himself so far,
Speaker 4: So it's been pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when the Clippers play the balls in Matos, what
Speaker 2: do you think that that's going to be like for you?
Speaker 2: Do you think that's gonna be a little bit of
Speaker 2: an I made it moment, knowing you've known each other
Speaker 2: for so long.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it'll be cool for sure, especially for
Speaker 4: the people that have that have been around us, you know,
Speaker 4: when we were playing and stuff like that, for them
Speaker 4: to actually see both of us on the on the
Speaker 4: biggest stage. I think that will definitely be one of
Speaker 4: those moments.
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. Okay, So I want to talk about your
Speaker 2: sort of what your younger self would think about you now.
Speaker 2: I always think that that's a really fun question because
Speaker 2: especially you, I think you were underrated in high school
Speaker 2: and you know, the rankings didn't necessarily show like what
Speaker 2: you're going to be now. So what do you think
Speaker 2: the kid that was, you know, not even ranked in
Speaker 2: the ESPN Top one hundred would think, Oh, now I'm
Speaker 2: teammates with James harden Kawhi Leonard.
Speaker 4: I think he would be very proud, obviously. I think
Speaker 4: he'd be super excited and proud just just see how
Speaker 4: how far, like I said, are the work ethic has
Speaker 4: got me, regardless of being in my brother's shadow, regardless
Speaker 4: of not being the highest frank kid all the time.
Speaker 4: But yeah, I know, I think it'd be really happy
Speaker 4: with how everything turned out.
Speaker 2: So have you gotten any advice from James or Kawhi
Speaker 2: really anyone on the Clippers about what it's going to
Speaker 2: be like going into your rookie year.
Speaker 3: Just to kind of, you know, stay staving kiled. Obviously
Speaker 3: there's gonna.
Speaker 4: Be a lot of ups and downs, but to you know,
Speaker 4: remain true to yourself, not kind of let yourself kind
Speaker 4: of fall to the back or anything like that. Just
Speaker 4: remain who you are no matter what happens and take
Speaker 4: it from there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I would say. So.
Speaker 2: Okay, So now this is a segment especially for Clippers fans.
Speaker 2: So you're the new rookie here in LA on the Clippers,
Speaker 2: and so we're gonna play a game, well not really
Speaker 2: a game, but we're just gonna talk about you know,
Speaker 2: who is Cam Christina to get the Clippers fans. No, okay,
Speaker 2: what is your first basketball memory?
Speaker 3: Let's see.
Speaker 4: I think my first basketball memory is probably when I
Speaker 4: started playing first grade. We used to have this league
Speaker 4: called like Hyba or whatever. It was like a like
Speaker 4: a bunch of yeah yeah, rctly a bunch of young
Speaker 4: guys played. My dad was a coach actually, and I
Speaker 4: think I remember I remember that we won the championship
Speaker 4: for uh, for my first year playing. So I think
Speaker 4: that's probably that's probably my first basketball memory.
Speaker 2: Yeah growing up, where were you just a basketball player
Speaker 2: or did you play other sports as well?
Speaker 4: I played flag football up until you know, when I
Speaker 4: stopped I think fifth grade or something.
Speaker 3: I was very good though, I was very good running back.
Speaker 2: Some shocking information what I played flag football up until
Speaker 2: last year? Wow that Yeah, you know, high school varsity
Speaker 2: girls flag football. I really showed up. I was running
Speaker 2: the rout much safer than actually than tackle. Actually, when
Speaker 2: I was younger, I like really wanted to play tackle football.
Speaker 2: I saw, you know, like all those like movies or
Speaker 2: whatever about you know the girl that's on I really
Speaker 2: wanted to be that girl. And then I think one
Speaker 2: day I was in middle school, I'm watching the football
Speaker 2: team play. I'm watching them run, and like, oh, I'm
Speaker 2: not gonna do.
Speaker 3: Yeah no, it hurts a little bit a little bit.
Speaker 2: Too much for my Like, yeah, I think you pick
Speaker 2: this safely in basketball? What drives you? Not just in basketball,
Speaker 2: but in general.
Speaker 4: I would say just the the want to be the
Speaker 4: best version of myself. I think I kind of owe
Speaker 4: it to myself to work as hard as I can
Speaker 4: every day and to kind of get the most I
Speaker 4: can out of, you know, my potential and out of
Speaker 4: my life.
Speaker 2: So what is a story or a moment in your
Speaker 2: life that you were proud of that you want people
Speaker 2: to know? And again, it doesn't have to be basketball related.
Speaker 3: I don't know. I think there's a lot of a
Speaker 3: lot of moments I'm proud of.
Speaker 4: I guess I would say just getting drafted probably, I mean,
Speaker 4: that's probably the.
Speaker 3: Most proud, most most proud moment I have.
Speaker 2: So what was going through your head on draft night?
Speaker 4: I was definitely a lot of nerves, for sure, one
Speaker 4: of the more nerve wracking days in my life, but
Speaker 4: also a lot of excitement just knowing at the end
Speaker 4: of it all, I was going to be in the NBA.
Speaker 4: So for it to be on the Clippers and in
Speaker 4: the same city as Max too, I think.
Speaker 3: It's super cool. So I think it's really really good
Speaker 3: how that all worked out.
Speaker 2: That's definitely special. What went through your head when they
Speaker 2: read the name Clippers and you're like, oh my god,
Speaker 2: Max and I same city.
Speaker 4: All that, Yeah, I mean I was I was super excited,
Speaker 4: super stoked obviously to have two siblings in the NBA
Speaker 4: and then have them be in the same city as well. Yeah,
Speaker 4: it was super helpful for both of us and it
Speaker 4: made things a lot easier.
Speaker 3: Obviously.
Speaker 4: You know, we still talk to each other every day
Speaker 4: and see each other all the time, so I think
Speaker 4: it's been really cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, that's an amazing experience. Speaking of the draft,
Speaker 2: before it, you described your game as a sharp shooter.
Speaker 2: Can you give us more on that? Why was that
Speaker 2: the word that you used to describe yourself.
Speaker 4: I've just always been I've always been a shooter at
Speaker 4: something that I take pride in and going up middle school,
Speaker 4: high school, everything like that, I've always I've always liked
Speaker 4: to shoot the ball, and I think it's just been
Speaker 4: something that I've that I've always been good.
Speaker 3: I've had a knack.
Speaker 4: For just finding my shot and stuff like that. So
Speaker 4: I say, and that's always translated no matter what level
Speaker 4: I've played at.
Speaker 3: So that's probably why you know I said that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, like you said, you are a good shooter.
Speaker 2: But in nights when you aren't shooting, well, what do
Speaker 2: you do to stay locked in and not fall into
Speaker 2: a slum?
Speaker 3: You know, I just have to have to stay involved.
Speaker 4: There's a lot of other ways to impact the game
Speaker 4: other than you know, shooting and scoring. You know, there's
Speaker 4: a lot of play defense. You can you know, cheer
Speaker 4: teammates on rebound, stuff like that. So I think shooting
Speaker 4: is probably one of the stronger part of my games,
Speaker 4: but I think there's definitely other other facets that I
Speaker 4: can definitely impact the game.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean, it sort of contradicts my own
Speaker 2: question here because I'm curious, do you actually believe in slumps? Like,
Speaker 2: do you think that's real? As a Warriors fan, I
Speaker 2: feel like people always say, oh, you know, Steph's in
Speaker 2: a shooting slump whatever, And I always debate with myself
Speaker 2: and like, do I believe that he's actually in a
Speaker 2: shooting slumper? Is he just like he had a bad game?
Speaker 2: Can we just say that, you know?
Speaker 4: I think I think there's definitely slumps, but I don't
Speaker 4: really I think the really good shooters don't really let
Speaker 4: it affect them. I think they kind of just keep
Speaker 4: shooting no matter what. They just know that the next
Speaker 4: one's going.
Speaker 3: To go in.
Speaker 4: So I mean, I would say it's more so just
Speaker 4: an off shooting game as opposed to a slump.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's mentality.
Speaker 2: Don't get any slumps when I'm watching the Clippers and
Speaker 2: like if you miss a shot and be like, can't
Speaker 2: remember what we said goldfish men, Right, that's my soccer hood.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good one.
Speaker 2: I'm really bad at goldfish memory, but I think.
Speaker 3: It's it's very helpful. It's very helpful.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately, we are not goldfish, so we can't actually really
Speaker 2: do that, but if we could. All Right, So the
Speaker 2: Inuit Dome, you know, is the Clippers new arena. I
Speaker 2: feel like it's been all over social media with I
Speaker 2: know that there's a mural of all these you know,
Speaker 2: high school basketball jerseys in California, and there's like AI
Speaker 2: is implemented into the stadium and all this cool stuff.
Speaker 2: It's anyway so cool to be in the NBA, But
Speaker 2: what's it like to know that your first season gets
Speaker 2: to be the first season of the into it.
Speaker 3: It's really cool.
Speaker 4: Obviously when I first got drafted, I had heard about it,
Speaker 4: but I obviously learned more about it once I got
Speaker 4: here and stuff like that. I mean, it's a it's
Speaker 4: a remarkable facility. I mean, because we've been going there
Speaker 4: for the past like three weeks or a month, or
Speaker 4: whatever that may have been. So the practice facility and
Speaker 4: everything is on one spot. So it's it's really cool.
Speaker 4: I mean, it's just I feel like you have to
Speaker 4: go see it for yourself to kind of understand and
Speaker 4: the scope of it.
Speaker 3: I mean it's yeah, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 1: I think I'm going in October, so.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's it's wild.
Speaker 2: Have you been able to see any of the like
Speaker 2: you know, like food stamps or any of the like
Speaker 2: sort of touristy things there see the basketball part.
Speaker 4: I mean I've seen like they have like the stuff
Speaker 4: outside of the arena, like with the outdoor pickup court
Speaker 4: and stuff like that. So I've been out there. I've
Speaker 4: been to like the team store that's out there and
Speaker 4: stuff like that. When I was on the concourse, it
Speaker 4: obviously didn't have everything stocked, but I saw like how
Speaker 4: like they have this thing where you don't even need
Speaker 4: to pay or pay with your walk in and walk
Speaker 4: out with your stuff. I don't know how that works,
Speaker 4: but uh yeah, I think overall it'll be a great
Speaker 4: viewing experience as well.
Speaker 2: And speaking of teams stores, like I've always wondered this,
Speaker 2: are you going to buy your own jersey? Or you
Speaker 2: get it sent to you.
Speaker 3: I would hope that I could get one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think, like you know, when people have
Speaker 2: them hung up in their house, I don't think it's
Speaker 2: a big game war and Jersey like I like to
Speaker 2: take home.
Speaker 1: Don't you go buy it?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 3: You they're they're they're game war. Yeah, I think. I'm mean,
Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure they give you let me know.
Speaker 2: Because if you don't, that would be I mean, I
Speaker 2: feel like it must be. You know, with how big
Speaker 2: NBA contracts are, I feel like it'd be a pretty
Speaker 2: minimal Yeah, that is true, all right. So let's move
Speaker 2: on to your experience in LA right now. I think
Speaker 2: it's pretty exciting. I mean, I don't want to speak
Speaker 2: for you, but if I was an NBA player, I'd
Speaker 2: be pretty excited to get drafted to a city like
Speaker 2: La as opposed to some of the other NBA cities.
Speaker 2: So I gonna know what your like sort of first
Speaker 2: thoughts have been about La so far.
Speaker 4: I mean, I love it out here. It's it's very nice.
Speaker 4: You know, the weather's nice here right by right.
Speaker 3: By the ocean.
Speaker 4: There's a lot of different torsy things to do and
Speaker 4: stuff like that. Uh so I mean, I've I really
Speaker 4: enjoyed my time right here so far. I haven't really
Speaker 4: found a day where I've been where I've been bored.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So, do you have a favorite LA restaurant yet?
Speaker 3: I think I think Max said this too, but they
Speaker 3: say Mastros he did, he did?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, what's the order?
Speaker 3: I just get a steak.
Speaker 2: You're a steak guy.
Speaker 3: Yea.
Speaker 2: Do you have any new hobbies that you picked up
Speaker 2: in l A. I feel like a lot of LA
Speaker 2: stuff like pickle ball, right, surfing?
Speaker 3: No pickleball? No surfing.
Speaker 4: I guess I have started golfing a little more, but
Speaker 4: I wouldn't say I've picked up anything crazy yet.
Speaker 2: Okay, and then you know this is the classic l
Speaker 2: A question. Have you had any good celebrity sightings.
Speaker 3: I saw Sydney McLauchlin Lavron, I think I.
Speaker 2: Like the full name.
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, the track I saw her.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's cool where here?
Speaker 4: I saw around around where my apartment complex. I was
Speaker 4: a little bit because I've never really seen a gold
Speaker 4: medalist before.
Speaker 2: So I was pretty cool coming into the your dumb
Speaker 2: I feel like you're going to get to see like
Speaker 2: that's probably gonna be cool over and you're like, oh
Speaker 2: my god, celebrity. I feel like that would be that
Speaker 2: must be crazy. Yeah, going back to your rookie year,
Speaker 2: what are some individuals that you have for this upcoming year?
Speaker 4: I would say kind of just to to just improve
Speaker 4: as a basketball player and as a person. Obviously, as
Speaker 4: a rookie, you can't really you're not really guaranteed anything, yeah,
Speaker 4: in terms of you know how much you're gonna play
Speaker 4: or anything like that.
Speaker 3: So it's kind of just not really worrying too much.
Speaker 4: About that, just showing up every day and the main
Speaker 4: goal is to really just be a better basketball player
Speaker 4: and a better person than I was when I first
Speaker 4: got drafted.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I like that. So Tyron lou is going
Speaker 2: to be your coach this year, have you you know
Speaker 2: how much have you gotten to know of him so
Speaker 2: far or is there any advice that he's given you
Speaker 2: that is released to that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've gotten to know him pretty well so far.
Speaker 4: I've talked to him a bunch of times up at
Speaker 4: the facility whenever we're practicing and stuff like that, So
Speaker 4: I've definitely talked to him a lot. I'd say some
Speaker 4: of the advice that he's given me is kind of
Speaker 4: just like you know, like what my other vets were
Speaker 4: giving me, kind of just to you know, remain true
Speaker 4: to myself, not to get flustered or anything like that.
Speaker 4: Just remember that I you know, I'm here for a
Speaker 4: reason I belong and to just kind of ride with that.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think also, you know a lot of
Speaker 2: rookies probably go into their rookie year knowing nothing. I
Speaker 2: think you're in a special situation because your brother sort
Speaker 2: of just experienced it. What are you going to take
Speaker 2: away sort of from Max's experience that you want to
Speaker 2: do the same or what you want to do differently.
Speaker 4: I think I've already implemented a lot of things that
Speaker 4: that he learned his rookie year and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: I think it's been been really helpful for me to
Speaker 4: have just in terms of, you know, like I said,
Speaker 4: handling all the ups and downs on how to handle
Speaker 4: the adversity and stuff like that, and just being more
Speaker 4: prepared for what to kind of what to expect as
Speaker 4: a rookie.
Speaker 2: So yeah, what do you think it's going to be
Speaker 2: like the first time you play against Max?
Speaker 4: I think it'd be really cool. I'm definitely looking forward
Speaker 4: to it. But we don't play each other until like
Speaker 4: I think January. Really, yeah, we played each other. Yeah,
Speaker 4: wait a little bit, But no, I think it'll be
Speaker 4: really cool to definitely be on be on the same
Speaker 4: floor as him at the NBA level. I think it
Speaker 4: will be a really cool experience, So I'm looking forward
Speaker 4: to that.
Speaker 2: That's special.
Speaker 1: Other than Max, who else are you looking forward to playing?
Speaker 4: And if you're looking forward to playing Devin Booker and
Speaker 4: the Suns, obviously Steph and all those guys, I mean.
Speaker 3: Really really everybody, honestly.
Speaker 4: I mean there's a lot of a lot of great
Speaker 4: players in the league that I've definitely admired and grown
Speaker 4: up watching. So I'm really excited to just go out
Speaker 4: there and play against everybody.
Speaker 2: Really, yeah, how do you think that you're going to
Speaker 2: like refrain from being starstruck on the court, Like when
Speaker 2: Steph drilling up the ball. I can't imagine it's being like, wait,
Speaker 2: that's Steph Curry.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: No, there's definitely gonna be a time where I'm like,
Speaker 4: oh my goodness, like this is this is really happening.
Speaker 4: But I think it'll only last for a little bit
Speaker 4: because at the end of the day, it is just basketball.
Speaker 4: But no, it'll definitely be one of those times during
Speaker 4: and then definitely after the game I'll be like wow,
Speaker 4: like I really just did that.
Speaker 1: So no, for sure, have.
Speaker 2: You been given your rookie duties yet by your team
Speaker 2: or like is that real? And if so, what are they?
Speaker 4: I have not been given any rookie duties yet, but yes,
Speaker 4: I know for a fact that they Okay, they're coming.
Speaker 3: They are real, Yes, and they are coming.
Speaker 2: What do you do you have like a hunch of
Speaker 2: what they're going to be.
Speaker 4: I would assume it'd probably just be like buying people
Speaker 4: food for the plane or buying cards or stuff like that.
Speaker 3: I hope it's nothing too. Yeah.
Speaker 2: DeAndre Jordan told me his story where he I think
Speaker 2: wore like a door the Explore backpack maybe filled it
Speaker 2: with like smelly socks. So and that was the slippers
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 4: So yeah, No, Actually Kobe who got drafted last year,
Speaker 4: said he had to carry like a backpack like that.
Speaker 3: He didn't say anything about the socks though.
Speaker 2: Okay, but I know this is like a thing at
Speaker 2: a lot of high schools where seniors in high school
Speaker 2: where the like Spider Man backpack. Y. Yeah, I feel
Speaker 2: like you could make it onto league fits with like
Speaker 2: a door the Explorer.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, honestly, I don't think that's too bad at all. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I definitely will not complain about that one.
Speaker 3: I'll take it like.
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see that. Let's see how you style
Speaker 2: out there like that? Uh? Is there anyone in the
Speaker 2: league right now that you think is underrated and you
Speaker 2: want to show love to Max Christy? Okay, very sweet,
Speaker 2: but other than your brother, can you give us another answer?
Speaker 4: Let's see who's underrated? Obviously I grew up or I
Speaker 4: work out of the same place as Jalen Brunson. He's
Speaker 4: no longer underrated. Yeah, well, but I think he was before.
Speaker 4: For who else is there? I'd say, like.
Speaker 3: Maybe like a like a Grayson Allen, I would say, obviously,
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 2: You really are sun Set.
Speaker 3: Okay, I think he's got a lot better.
Speaker 4: He's a really good shooter, so I think he's probably
Speaker 4: one of the one underrated players.
Speaker 2: I like that. I feel like people always say pretty
Speaker 2: generic things, but I think that Grayson pull is a
Speaker 2: good one. I grew up, you know, watching Duke, so
Speaker 2: I feel like I've always.
Speaker 1: Really liked Tracy. That's a good one. You know Ball.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you know.
Speaker 1: Cas.
Speaker 2: What do you think you're gonna buy with your first
Speaker 2: NBA check?
Speaker 4: I mean I don't, I don't know. I already bought
Speaker 4: a car. Does that count?
Speaker 1: I guess yes, that counts.
Speaker 2: Okay, what type of car?
Speaker 3: I bought? A pors Tie CANi.
Speaker 2: I see you.
Speaker 3: Okay, it hurt a little bit, but it had to
Speaker 3: be done.
Speaker 2: But once like that actual check comes out, what do
Speaker 2: you think, like, are you gonna like go to like
Speaker 2: Walmart and like do the shock thing where he bought
Speaker 2: everything at the.
Speaker 3: Store now I will not Okay, No, Well.
Speaker 2: I have like a shopping list, like a wish list,
Speaker 2: so I can send it to you when you get
Speaker 2: to check, Like please feel free just like an Amazon
Speaker 2: wish list to check off the things you want.
Speaker 3: Yes, thank you so much.
Speaker 2: I really appre that. That's great. All right, Cam, It's
Speaker 2: been a great interview and I want to finish it
Speaker 2: off with a little cam Christi trivia. Okay, So if
Speaker 2: you're a guy, you're definitely a smart guy who thinks
Speaker 2: you probably know a lot about yourself, right, but Sloane
Speaker 2: also knows. Okay, I think Sloane may know. This is
Speaker 2: really weird hearing me talking the third person, But I
Speaker 2: think I may know more than cam Christie about Camp Christie.
Speaker 2: So I'm going to ask you some questions and let's
Speaker 2: see how you do. Okay, are you ready?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 1: Okay?
Speaker 2: You were picked forty sixth in the twenty twenty four
Speaker 2: NBA draft. Who was picked forty fifth? And who was
Speaker 2: picked forty seven?
Speaker 3: I think was Antonio Reeves? Yes, forty seven?
Speaker 2: Yes, correct?
Speaker 1: Okay, one point h forty five?
Speaker 3: Jamal was picked.
Speaker 2: Okay, yes, okay. And then for so right now we're
Speaker 2: at two points. This is a bonus. I'm curious if
Speaker 2: you know where they went to college.
Speaker 3: Jamal went to Houston, Antonio went to Kentucky.
Speaker 2: Yeah, wow, Okay, maybe I underestimated your Christie knowledge.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: How many current NBA players went to the University of Minnesota?
Speaker 3: Current two? Yeah? Me and a mir.
Speaker 2: Okay, yes, So for those of you who don't know,
Speaker 2: a Mere Coffee, who's on the Clippers as well, also
Speaker 2: is the only the NBA player who went to Minnesota.
Speaker 2: So when I was writing these questions, I went to
Speaker 2: Chatchibt and I was like, chat, what are the odds
Speaker 2: that out of everyone in the NBA, and out of
Speaker 2: all the people that ever went to Minnesota, the only
Speaker 2: two current ones in the league are on Minnesota. And
Speaker 2: I wanted it to give me a number, and then
Speaker 2: I was to have you guess, and it was like, oh,
Speaker 2: unfortunately I can't do that. I was like, okay, what's
Speaker 2: the point of chatchibt? But that would have been a
Speaker 2: fun question anyways, So I wonder what you think. Are
Speaker 2: you a.
Speaker 4: Math guy or I mean, it's guys, it's gotta be weirdridiculously,
Speaker 4: I mean, very bad. And it was funny because Dan Ortou,
Speaker 4: who also went to Minnesota, got drafted by the Clippers
Speaker 4: a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1: Wow, look at that. Maybe there's like a weird correlation.
Speaker 2: Yes, that's so funny. Okay, how many points did you
Speaker 2: score and who did you play against in your collegiate debut?
Speaker 3: U t s A eighteen points?
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, okay, you may be on the best
Speaker 2: role there is. I'm actually okay, here's my other question.
Speaker 2: You missed your what was supposed to be your first
Speaker 2: college game. I read online it was with an illness.
Speaker 2: What was that mystery illness that led you to the
Speaker 2: Zuerst game?
Speaker 3: It was a fake positive diagnosis of mono. It was fake.
Speaker 2: No way, no symptoms. That sucks. That's not fun to
Speaker 2: get right before you're that's crazy unfortunate. Okay, next question,
Speaker 2: let's see if you can keep going. How many assists
Speaker 2: did you average as a senior in high school?
Speaker 3: It was other five or four?
Speaker 1: Well, I can't tell you. You have to guess.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go five.
Speaker 2: Okay, it was four, it was, but I don't know.
Speaker 2: I mean, you still have Okay, four points five points six,
Speaker 2: you're at seven. I mean, that could be the best
Speaker 2: anyone's ever done. You should like go home and flex
Speaker 2: to your brother. You did better than he did on
Speaker 2: ye Okay, okay. In your college your only college season
Speaker 2: at Minnesota, what percentage did you shoot from three? And
Speaker 2: you know, we need to go to the third decimal place,
Speaker 2: like we need to be very precise.
Speaker 3: I want to say it was thirty nine point one.
Speaker 2: Oh my god, yes, wow. Okay, Okay, let's see how
Speaker 2: well you know your family?
Speaker 1: What pick was your brother in the twenty Okay, maybe
Speaker 1: I've made these questions.
Speaker 2: Well, this is the last question and we'll see who
Speaker 2: this is. So sorry, I'm gonna butcher this name from
Speaker 2: or Rich Chomache, who was drafted by the Raptors, will
Speaker 2: be the youngest NBA player this season. How many NBA
Speaker 2: players this season are older than you?
Speaker 3: Are older than me? Yes?
Speaker 2: Wait? Sorry, no wait, I need to rephrase that way everyone, Okay,
Speaker 2: how many?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: Wait, you're the okay, in the list of the youngest?
Speaker 2: What ranking are you?
Speaker 3: I think I think I was.
Speaker 4: I was the youngest American born prospect to get drafted
Speaker 4: this year, and I think there were I think there
Speaker 4: were three people European, so I think I'm the fourth,
Speaker 4: the fourth.
Speaker 2: You're the fifth youngest, fifth young player, and I don't
Speaker 2: remember who it was. But what's funny is that there's
Speaker 2: two second youngest players because they randomly have the same
Speaker 2: exact birthday. Camp. We are going to do a little
Speaker 2: rapid fire section right now to continue you to get
Speaker 2: to know you for those Clippers fans out there, for
Speaker 2: those Camp Christie fans out there, Minnesota fans out there,
Speaker 2: everything who want.
Speaker 1: To get to know you better. What is your favorite
Speaker 1: clothing brand.
Speaker 3: Of your What is your favorite food? H seafood? I
Speaker 3: thought you're gonna say salad, No, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1: What is your go to cheat meal, probably like chicken tenders.
Speaker 3: Probably yeah, from like Papa's or something.
Speaker 1: I've never had Popa's.
Speaker 3: That's insane.
Speaker 1: Yea, I need to try it.
Speaker 2: I think I need to, like I need to like
Speaker 2: really improve my fast food, Like no vibe that I've tried.
Speaker 2: I haven't tried that many places. I really think I
Speaker 2: need to.
Speaker 3: Step Popeyes is a lead.
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna try it. If you could go to
Speaker 2: dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?
Speaker 3: I go with, like, probably MJ, MJ. Kobe? What else?
Speaker 2: Who was your favorite athlete growing up that was not
Speaker 2: a basketball player?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 3: Man, that was not a basket ball player? I don't know, probably, like.
Speaker 4: I already watched anything but basketball. I go like, maybe
Speaker 4: like Messy or something. Soccer players?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Did you just tell me who Messy was by
Speaker 1: saying soccer player?
Speaker 3: That's not bad.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 3: I just had to camp.
Speaker 2: This podcast is called sloan.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: Sloan, Come on, really are underestimating my knowledge exactly?
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 2: If you had to make the Olympics for one sport
Speaker 2: that wasn't basketball, what would it be?
Speaker 3: Table tennis?
Speaker 1: Really?
Speaker 2: I mean you're very confident in that answer. Yeah, you think, like.
Speaker 4: Do you play or I mean, I'm definitely not the
Speaker 4: not the greatest. I enjoy playing table tennis, okay, and
Speaker 4: I enjoy watching it.
Speaker 1: What is your favorite movie?
Speaker 3: A favorite movie? Probably Blade Runner twenty forty nine.
Speaker 2: I think your brother said that. Maybe he said, I
Speaker 2: can't fact check it. He said, sh out of Okay,
Speaker 2: did you listen to the episode?
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2: You need need to be like an avid podcast. But
Speaker 2: that's okay. When you're at the movie theater watching your
Speaker 2: favorite movie, what's your snack?
Speaker 4: I get the the Airhead like bites, no ropes, No,
Speaker 4: I don't get those. I get the they're like the filled.
Speaker 1: Oh I that's like the one Airhead products they don't
Speaker 1: like for real.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're like the I know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2: They like the cream thing in the middle, not cream whiting.
Speaker 3: Those are fire Oh no, okay.
Speaker 2: Totally like oh twins because I get the like you.
Speaker 3: Know, the like little like Yeah, I like those.
Speaker 1: I put it in my popcorn. That's what you have
Speaker 1: to do.
Speaker 3: That's weird.
Speaker 2: No, it's not. It's very normal. And then like, okay,
Speaker 2: let me but well, Okay, so you get the like
Speaker 2: the box, right, you get the box of pop and
Speaker 2: then you can pour the Airhead extremes in. You could
Speaker 2: add eminem you can really add any candy. Then you
Speaker 2: go in there and it's sort of like al mix, right,
Speaker 2: I guess like like mixing together. I would really suggest
Speaker 2: try it. Let me know what you think. What is
Speaker 2: your favorite TV show?
Speaker 3: I'm gonna give you.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna give you a top three Breaking Bad number one,
Speaker 4: Game of Thrones number two, Prison Break number three, Like.
Speaker 2: I've never seen any of those. It's funny because we're
Speaker 2: only two years apart. But by your movie choice and
Speaker 2: your TV show choice, it really seems like there's a
Speaker 2: big age.
Speaker 3: Guy. I watch a lot of I watch a lot of.
Speaker 2: Media, So okay, like that, Okay, if you were to
Speaker 2: guess what my favorite TV show is, Okay, well you.
Speaker 4: Just said you don't watch. I would assume you don't
Speaker 4: like watch like a lot of.
Speaker 3: Give me a hint.
Speaker 2: Okay, it's like a Netflix show, Like it's on.
Speaker 1: Netflix, like Outer Banks or something. Okay, I see why
Speaker 1: that would be your guest, but very stereotypical.
Speaker 2: But but no, that's not it. It's like Okay, I
Speaker 2: don't even know if you know it. I'm gonna give
Speaker 2: you one more hit. It's okay, it's set in England.
Speaker 3: It's set in England. Yeah, uh, as Peakyople enters in England.
Speaker 1: It's definitely Bridgerton.
Speaker 3: Never I think I have heard of that. Actually, yeah,
Speaker 3: I'm sure you have.
Speaker 2: That's the difference. I feel like we we like basketball,
Speaker 2: that's oort of thinking common. But like media consumption, clearly
Speaker 2: there's not much overlap.
Speaker 3: Day.
Speaker 1: Okay, what is your favorite video game?
Speaker 4: I think Max said this too, but Zelda.
Speaker 2: So funny for you guys to lesson of Zelda people.
Speaker 2: I'm a Fortnite girl.
Speaker 3: You know. I used to be really really heavy on Fortnite.
Speaker 2: I mean I probably haven't played in two years, but
Speaker 2: Covid every day I was on Fortnite's But the sad
Speaker 2: part is when I say grinding, I was attempting to play.
Speaker 2: I literally think I've won solos.
Speaker 3: When ever I was. But you were having a good time.
Speaker 2: I was having a good time, like you know when
Speaker 2: you're on the headset. Well sometimes okay, sometimes I obviously
Speaker 2: play with my friends. Okay, I need to preface that
Speaker 2: first and next part doesn't sound sad. Sometimes it'd be
Speaker 2: so funny when you go on the mic and then
Speaker 2: you talk to the random people.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, in the game chat.
Speaker 2: I'd always hope too that I got paired with Ninja.
Speaker 3: But I know, yeah, that never.
Speaker 2: That never happened to me exactly. Okay, let's keep going.
Speaker 2: Do you have any hidden talents?
Speaker 3: Honestly, no, I have no, no, nothing special. That's sad.
Speaker 3: Yes it is.
Speaker 1: Who is your favorite musical artist?
Speaker 3: Uh? Right now, I'd say it's probably Larry June.
Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna he's a Cali guy.
Speaker 3: He's a he's a northern Cali guy.
Speaker 2: Like, wait, is he like an old person?
Speaker 3: Or yeah he's young?
Speaker 2: You should I need to listen. Okay. So here's the
Speaker 2: thing you're teaching me, like about like what music to
Speaker 2: listen to, and then I'm telling you what you get
Speaker 2: at the movie here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a fair trade.
Speaker 2: I'll let you know what I think great, Okay, describe
Speaker 2: your style in one word like sporty, athletic. I want
Speaker 2: to go back to the favorite artist thing, just because
Speaker 2: I thought it was funny when you guess that my
Speaker 2: favorite team the show was Outer Banks.
Speaker 1: Guess who my favorite musical artist.
Speaker 3: Is like a rapper or pop like.
Speaker 2: I guess like I have a few, but the person
Speaker 2: I have in mind is like a pop person. It
Speaker 2: fits into your outer bank stereotype. That's why I was
Speaker 2: curious if you were going to fit into the outer dump,
Speaker 2: you know, like a teenage girl. It's not Terror Swift,
Speaker 2: No it's not. It's who else is there? What would
Speaker 2: you have said?
Speaker 1: If it was Swift? I would have just do you
Speaker 1: have judged? Or would you know?
Speaker 3: I'm a judge free person.
Speaker 1: That's your secret?
Speaker 2: After hidden, you're just like a glass half half full person.
Speaker 3: I don't. I mean, I'm blanking on on on pop. Okay,
Speaker 3: it's a man, it's amazing.
Speaker 1: Also British the show is okay.
Speaker 4: I have no clue that if he's Harry, yeah, that
Speaker 4: would I wouldn't have guessed that, that is right, I
Speaker 4: do know.
Speaker 2: Okay, So if you don't know who that pretty sure
Speaker 2: we were gonna have to. I was not going to
Speaker 2: release this name though, but I know who that is, okay,
Speaker 2: Like one Direction, you couldn't even name one Directions.
Speaker 3: I didn't know that was his.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I I thought we were getting along.
Speaker 2: I don't know what happened to that? Oh? Okay, moving on?
Speaker 1: What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Speaker 3: Cookies and cream? Okay?
Speaker 2: What is your favorite on the court sneaker? And what
Speaker 2: is your favorite off the court sneaker?
Speaker 3: On the court?
Speaker 4: Probably Kobe Bruce Lee's probably my favorite. Off the court,
Speaker 4: I just wear I wear a lot.
Speaker 3: Of dunks, so like Panda dunks. Yeah, all those kinds
Speaker 3: of things.
Speaker 1: Gotcha? What is your go to emoji?
Speaker 3: I mean, probably one of the laughing ones, Like that's
Speaker 3: so generic?
Speaker 2: Okay, worring? Who are actually? I guess we sort of
Speaker 2: talked about this. But what is your favorite candy? Not
Speaker 2: movie theater? Can you just candy in general?
Speaker 4: Favorite candy in general? It's either gonna be the Airhead
Speaker 4: one or any kind of chocolate, Like I just I
Speaker 4: love chocolate.
Speaker 2: Same, I also love chocolate.
Speaker 1: Who is the most famous person in your contacts?
Speaker 3: Probably James James?
Speaker 2: How does it even work? Like you just walk in
Speaker 2: one day and you're like, can I have your number?
Speaker 4: Like line, you get put in the group chat and
Speaker 4: then everybody says their name.
Speaker 2: It's like the group chat vibe. Who texts the most?
Speaker 3: Who does text the most? Probably Chris donnally.
Speaker 2: Okay, I feel like you probably like if I were you,
Speaker 2: i'd be so scared to say anything.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't really do too much. I only speak
Speaker 3: when spoken to.
Speaker 2: Okay. And what's the name of the group chat?
Speaker 4: It's just clips, just clips right now. I'm sure it'll
Speaker 4: change as the season of Also, yeah.
Speaker 1: You should change the name. I'm sure they really like.
Speaker 3: I don't know if I could, do.
Speaker 2: You give me your phone, I'll be like, everyone get
Speaker 2: on slow nose right now, that's podcast.
Speaker 1: Who is your celebrity lookalike?
Speaker 4: See I I don't know. It's not Kobe. No, not Kobe.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I guess you could say your celebrity look
Speaker 2: like is Max Christie.
Speaker 3: I guess that's a boring answer, but yeah, but Max
Speaker 3: Max looks like me.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, I see, I see a classic younger brother answer.
Speaker 2: What are you going to be for Halloween?
Speaker 3: Wow? I don't what are you going to be for?
Speaker 2: We let's not talk about that.
Speaker 3: I'm well, okay, I'll be like.
Speaker 1: No, I'm gonna be a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.
Speaker 3: I'll be I'll be a an NBA player for Halloween.
Speaker 2: I'm not really getting like a lot of creative answers.
Speaker 2: You can't know your favorite emoji laughing, Yeah, I can
Speaker 2: help you think of I'm like very passionate about Halloween costumes,
Speaker 2: like literally in August, I was texting my friends, can
Speaker 2: we start thinking about Halloween? There it's August.
Speaker 3: I haven't.
Speaker 4: I don't think I've dressed up for Halloween and.
Speaker 2: In years it's boring, like you don't think Okay, I
Speaker 2: don't know if you guys have a game. Well, I
Speaker 2: guess you'd have like a preseason game. No, no, you could.
Speaker 3: I guess I don't think we play.
Speaker 1: No, okay, because I'm saying, like in the tunnel, like
Speaker 1: you should really.
Speaker 2: Be like you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that is a good idea. Actually that is a
Speaker 3: good idea.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm full of those. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Anyways, okay, last rapid fire question, what is your favorite podcast?
Speaker 3: Slow Nose?
Speaker 1: That's right, that's right.
Speaker 2: I like what I like to hear.
Speaker 3: Great.
Speaker 1: And then lastly, Cam, who would you like to nominate
Speaker 1: to be on Slow Nose?
Speaker 4: Oh it could be anybody, It can be anybody. Let's
Speaker 4: see who would I like to nominate. I feel like
Speaker 4: it'd be kind of funny if I got one of
Speaker 4: my teammates on here please do.
Speaker 2: Wouldn't just be funny, it'd be amazing.
Speaker 4: Let's get you should get like you should get like
Speaker 4: DJ on here Derek toels you Okay, she like that.
Speaker 2: I have to say, I'm going to give your brother
Speaker 2: a quick shout out here. Max Christy was the only
Speaker 2: person ever on the twenty seven episodes of Slow Nose
Speaker 2: to nominate a guest and actually have them come on
Speaker 2: the pod.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: So that is very impressive and anything you need to
Speaker 2: continue that, Okay, I need to keep it trying.
Speaker 3: I'll see it. Okay, next time I see him, I'll
Speaker 3: bring it up.
Speaker 2: Well, look at the Christie brothers just they are coming
Speaker 2: through the Nose podcast. Well, Cam, thank you so much
Speaker 2: for coming on. I had so much fun.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having me appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Of course, thanks for listening. You can get links to
Speaker 2: my socials and behind the scenes fun from Cam and
Speaker 2: I in the show up or just search at Sloan
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