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Josh Christopher looking to 'make some noise' with ASU basketball

Josh Christopher and Ciri Sawyer throw down jaw-dropping dunks in Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational dunk contest. The Desert Sun

Nothing much phases the Christopher household, father Laron says.

But even he was a bit awed Monday night when his son Josh was trending No. 1 nationally on Twitter leading up to and after his decision to commit to Arizona State basketball.

"That's scary," Laron said Tuesday. "How often does that happen to an 18-year-old kid?"

It likely wouldn't have happened except for the sports vacuum created by the coronavirus pandemic, which is taking nothing away from the significance for ASU of landing its highest-rated player ever (No.