When he was a teenager, 19 to be precise, Marquese Chriss played all 82 NBA games for the Phoenix Suns, started 75 of them and was second-team all-rookie after averaging 9.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
Since then, it’s been a difficult journey that took Chriss to three organizations and, at the start of this season, out of the NBA completely.
On Saturday, the 6-9 forward officially got back on the radar.
Chriss, who was working on his third 10-day contract, was signed to a two-year deal after showing during his emergency time as a COVID-19 hardship allowance acquisition that he still has oodles of potential at the ripe old age of 24.