2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 29 | .450 (9.7) | .880 (1.8) | 2.3 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
He played 77 games and averaged 12.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 2.3 threes in 29.1 minutes in 2025-26. The median is mostly role continuity with a small efficiency gain.
Fantasy translation
- Nine-category: deep-league threes and low-turnover glue. Excellent FT% has limited category weight at fewer than two attempts.
- Points: stable minutes but little ceiling without an injury-driven usage spike.
- Dynasty: age-23 role-player hold; a better steals rate or secondary creation leap is required for material value growth.
Role, floor, ceiling, uncertainty
- Median role: starting or first-unit shooting guard who takes perimeter assignments and spaces for Flagg/Irving.
- Floor: 23–25 MPG if Biberović translates immediately and Dallas prioritizes more creation.
- Ceiling: 32 MPG with 15 points and 2.5 threes; still unlikely to become an assists or stocks anchor.
- Main swing: Klay/Biberović allocation and whether Dallas trades a veteran wing for a guard.
Sources
- NBA Dallas roster — official current roster; accessed July 18, 2026.
- Max Christie 2025-26 statistics — 77-game baseline; accessed July 18, 2026.
- Dallas 2025-26 game notes — official season context; accessed July 18, 2026.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Rolling Meadows HS (Illinois), where as a senior he averaged 24.0 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.9 AST and 3.1 STL and took multiple state player-of-the-year honors. One season at Michigan State (2021-22): 35 games, 30.8 MPG, 9.3 PTS, 3.5 REB, 1.5 AST on .382/.317/.824, named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. The college shooting line is worth holding onto — he entered the NBA as a poor college shooter and has become a good NBA one. Draft: 2022, second round, No. 35 overall, Los Angeles Lakers. Not traded on draft night; he was traded on 2025-02-02 to Dallas with Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick for Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 19 | LAL | 41 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .415 | .875 | 0.3 |
| 2023-24 | 20 | LAL | 67 | 14.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .427 | .783 | 0.5 |
| 2024-25 | 21 | LAL/DAL | 78 | 27.3 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .427 | .855 | 1.1 |
| 2025-26 | 22 | DAL | 77 | 29.1 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | .441 | .899 | 1.2 |
| Career | 263 | 22.2 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | .433 | .864 | 0.9 |
The 2024-25 split: 46 games with the Lakers at 25.1 MPG for 8.5 PTS, 2.7 REB, 1.4 AST, 1.3 threes on .444/.368/.851, then 32 games with Dallas after the February trade at 30.4 MPG for 11.2 PTS, 4.2 REB, 2.5 AST, 1.7 threes on .411/.364/.862. Three-point percentage by season: .419, .356, .366, .404.
Fantasy history: verified season-end nine-category ranks are not available for any of Christie's seasons and none is asserted here. From the per-game record, the first two Lakers years were unrosterable in any standard format. The 2024-25 half-season in Dallas was the first stretch that carried standard-league value, and 2025-26 is his only full season of it — a threes-and-efficiency profile with 2.3 makes at .404, .441 FG and an .899 FT that is nearly weightless at 1.8 attempts per game, plus low turnovers. That is a deep-league nine-cat shape with no anchor category and no punt to build around. In points leagues he grades slightly worse, because low turnovers are only mildly rewarded and he offers no assists, rebounds or defensive-event volume to make up for a 12-point scoring average.
Durability: 41, 67, 78, 77. The first two totals reflect rotation status on a veteran Lakers roster rather than injury — he was a second-round rookie playing 12.5 minutes. Since taking a real role he has been close to iron: 155 of a possible 164 games across 2024-25 and 2025-26, roughly nine missed. The only 2025-26 absence with a documented cause is a left ankle sprain suffered when he landed on a teammate's foot in practice, which cost him at least the Minnesota game; reporting at that point noted the streak he broke ran back to January 15. No structural or recurring injury appears in his record.
Trajectory: Christie's arc is the classic second-round shooter who becomes a real player when the opportunity finally arrives, and the useful detail is that the shooting improvement preceded the minutes rather than following them. Michigan State at .317 from three predicted nothing; four NBA seasons at .419, .356, .366 and .404 on steadily rising volume — 0.6 makes to 1.5 to 2.3 — describe a stroke that scaled with attempts instead of breaking under them, which is the harder thing to do. The 2024-25 trade is the inflection point: his Dallas half-season at 30.4 minutes already looked like the 2025-26 line, so the full year was confirmation, not a leap. What has not moved is everything else. Assists have never exceeded 2.0, steals actually fell from 0.8 to 0.6 as his minutes rose, and blocks sit at 0.4 — the per-minute defensive-event rates are flat or declining across four years, so the profile is a shooter with size rather than a developing two-way wing. At 22 turning 23 there is still runway, but the specific growth that would change his fantasy tier is secondary creation, and three years of assist data give no reason to project it. For 2026-27 the reasonable expectation is 2025-26 again with mild regression on the .404 three-point mark, and value that lives or dies on whether Dallas gives him 29 minutes or 24.
Career sources: ESPN — Max Christie stats, StatMuse — Max Christie career stats by season, Wikipedia — Max Christie, CBS Sports — Max Christie player file
Open questions
- Does Christie start beside Irving or become the first wing off the bench?
- Can his 0.6 steals become a fantasy-relevant rate?
- How much of his 40.4% three-point season survives at similar volume?