A few weeks ago, I rechristened Marquese “Mar-Queso” “Sea-Cheese” Chriss with the nickname “Bitch Cheese”. I did this because he was displaying behavioral patterns of being a bitch. The final straw was him getting into a scuffle with NBA golden boy Luka Doncic for no other reason than he was getting frustrated by getting out played (and maybe he had been bodied on a boxout one too many times).
Bitch Cheese’s bitchiness wasn’t news to long-time NBA fans who have been aware of Bitch Cheese’s reputation, a reputation he’s deservedly had since he got into the league. But I have to say, he’s really toned down the bitchiness lately, to the point where I can no longer call him “Bitch Cheese” with a straight face. Thus, I will go back to calling him “Sea Cheese”, which sounds like something that the Krusty Krab would sell.
Maybe the fact that Chriss is getting a bigger, more consistent role after years of being a 14th man has calmed him down a bit. He’s properly filling the role what Willie Cauley-Stein was supposed to fill but never did. His lobs are plentiful and powerful. He’s reined in his jumpshooting afer (correctly) determining that he sucks at it. He honestly appears to have a future in the league that he didn’t appear to have when he was scrubbing it up in Houston and Cleveland last season. So that’s cool.