It was a puzzling decision to some when Max Christie elected to remain in the NBA Draft, and those with that opinion are being supported by the latest mock draft from ESPN.
NBA Draft expert analyst Jonathan Givony has released an updated mock draft following the NBA Draft Combine and it doesn’t bode particularly well for Christie. Givony has Christie landing in the second round as the No. 45 overall pick.
Christie averaged 9.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in his lone season with Michigan State this past year. He shot only 31.7 percent from three-point range, which was an area that many thought he could improve if he came back for another season with the Spartans.
Christie is considered to be a fringe first-round pick and this is only one mock draft so it doesn’t guarantee he’ll slip to the second round. But if he does, it would certainly prove he would have been better off coming back for another year in green-and-white to develop his game more.
Check out the complete mock draft from Givony by clicking on the tweet below:
Updated 2022 mock draft on ESPN today with a shake-up in the top-10 and plenty of movement throughout the first round: https://t.co/6MWK7BS2zt
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) May 31, 2022
Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan state news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on Twitter @RobertBondy5.
