Lakers fans are buzzed for LeBron James and crew after seeing Max Christie and Jalen Hood-Schifino - "Future of the league"

The LA Lakers fell 109-99 to the San Antonio Spurs in their second California Classic Summer League game on Wednesday. However, Lakers fans were still very encouraged by the play of two of their team’s young prospects.

This came as 2022 No. 35 pick Max Christie finished with 25 points, four rebounds, four assists, one steal, one block and four 3-pointers on 53.8% shooting.

Meanwhile, 2023 No. 17 draft pick Jalen Hood-Schifino finished with 20 points, three rebounds, four assists and one steal on 47.1% shooting.

Following the game, Lakers fans took to Twitter to praise the young duo:

“Future of the league,” one fan said of Christie.

“Rookie of the year!,” another fan said of Hood-Schifino.

Here are a few more of the top fan reactions to Max Christie’s 25-point performance:

Here are a few more of the top fan reactions to Jalen Hood-Schifino’s 20-point performance:

Jalen Hood-Schifino on his NBA Summer League debut

Jalen Hood-Schifino’s impressive Summer League performance against the San Antonio Spurs came after he struggled in his debut game against the Miami Heat on Monday.

The No. 17 pick finished with 15 points on just 31.6% shooting as the Lakers fell 107-90 to Miami. Following his debut, Hood-Schifino spoke about what it was like adjusting to the increased level of competition:

“Obviously it wasn’t the outcome that I wanted or my teammates wanted, but at the end of the day it’s Summer League just to develop, learn and get better and it’s my first game,” Hood-Schifino said.

“But I feel like as the game went on I got more aggressive and started to be more aggressive and get downhill a little bit. But like I said, first game so just learn from it, watch the film and be ready to go on Wednesday against the Spurs.”

When asked what the biggest difference is between Summer League and college, the Lakers rookie spoke about the difference in spacing:

“It was definitely a little bit more spacing, that was it,” Hood-Schifino said.

“Obviously guys were able to hit shots, knock down shots. Heat did a good job defending as far as being in lanes, being active and things like that. But probably just the spacing.”

Given his performance in Game 2, it appears that it didn’t take long for Hood-Schifino to make the necessary adjustments. If he can continue to develop, Hood-Schifino may be able to play a sizeable role off the bench as an extra ball handler for the Lakers next season.

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