National Basketball Association

Marquese Chriss admires Devin Booker

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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While NBA training camps do not start for a bit longer. teams have already started preparing for the season. Right now, many teams are taking care of all the promotional responsibilities before the season starts. In Phoenix that meant Suns players had to fill out a short questionnaire and rookie Marquese Chriss took advantage of the chance to suck up to new teammates.

Someone needs to teach the rook @Quese_22 that you kiss up to the vets not the 19 year old. Look at No. 4 on his Mount Rushmore. pic.twitter.com/uc0CNs8hIy

— Greg Esposito (@Espo) September 21, 2016

That is quite a NBA Mount Rushmore from the rookie. Kobe Bryant ,Michael Jordan and LeBron

James would probably make plenty of current player’s mountains. But Devin Booker is a different case. Especially considering that Chriss is going to be learning from veterans like Tyson Chandler and Jared Dudley. This is just a missed opportunity for him to suck up to the vets that will be most important to him early on.

That said, there are other interesting things in the questionnaire. First, throwing a football 65 yards is really impressive. But it also isn’t really a hidden talent considering the Suns posted a video of him doing it.

.@Quese_22 with the 65 yard bomb ???? pic.twitter.com/kciLp1pIKr

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) August 25, 2016

Also, being an electrical engineer means you are crazy smart, so props on that to Chriss. Although, that does make the fact that Chriss sucked up to Booker seem even stranger. Maybe he knows something we don’t though. Or is just looking way ahead. Only he knows really.

And oh yeah, we are totally here for #BounceTeam.