Rookie duties are one of the traditions that transcend any single sport. Whether it’s picking up food for the vets, wearing ridiculous outfits to games or carrying luggage onto and off of bus rides, rookies are tasked with the mundane things in every sport.
Last season, Max Christie was the lone first-year player on the Lakers' main roster, so he bore all the rookie duties. That included being responsible for the music on the plane, which really just feels like setting him up for failure.
In his all-encompassing interview with our own Cooper Halpern, Christie shared a fun story about those rookie duties and when things went wrong for him.