BROOKLYN – Four months into his first NBA season, Marquese Chriss doesn’t feel like a rookie anymore. For the most part, his older teammates have gone easy on him. Aside from bringing water and Gatorade for trips to airports, Chriss hasn’t had a lot of rookie chores.
This irks second-year guard Devin Booker.
“We got to give him more stuff to do," Booker said. “They had me doing everything. When Markieff (Morris) was here, he would send me at 2 a.m. to go get some chips at CVS.”
Responded coach Earl Watson with a laugh: “Said the guy who shot 20 times (a game) as a rookie.