Early Life
Christie is the son of John Malone and Norma Christie. He was raised in Seattle by his mother Norma Christie.
He began playing street ball at a young age, but it was under the guidance of Mark Morris coach Dave Denny that his game took off.
"Once I came there, and I put that with the street side of basketball, I noticed great strides," he said. "I was learning the basics of basketball -- the things you don't learn on the playground."
Christie played basketball in eighth grade at Cascade Middle School and for Mark Morris High School during his freshman and sophomore years. He had moved to Longview to live with his father, former Mark Morris track star John Malone. He later attended Seattle's Rainier Beach High School. In 1988, his senior year at Beach he led the school's varsity boys' basketball team to their first-ever Washington state championship. He then went on to Pepperdine University (studying sociology), where he gained national exposure.
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