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Other miscellaneous notes about Christian:
He stands 6'11" tall, and weighs 235 lbs (that's ~211 cm and ~106 kg for all you people cool enough to be on the metric system) He has several pets, one of which is a nurse shark...yes you read that right...a shark He can play the piano "well enough to garner a living in a hotel bar" He was named after Fletcher Christian and Christian Diestl, both Marlon Brando characters, despite the fact that he already had an older brother named Christopher. (Good thing he was born before the Godfather era. Imagine: "And now, from Duke University, 6'11", number 32,...Don Vito Laettner!" Juuust kidding! And finally: He was pantsed by Micheal Jordan just before the first Olympic game in Barcelona. The horror! He shouldn't feel bad though..MJ did the same thing to Penny Hardaway at the '96 All-star game. Christian is married to Lisa, who worked with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and they have one daughter, born in the summer of 1997, named Sophia
ARTICLES:
Hoop Magazine, June, 1998 Inside Sports, April, 1998 Sports Illustrated, May 20, 1996 The Sporting News, March 11, 1996 U.S Kids January/February 1996 Sports Illustrated for Kids, July 1994 MPLS & St.Paul Magazine, October, 1993 Sports Illustrated, April 6, 1992 People Weekly, March 16, 1992 Sports Illustrated, November.25, 1991
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
"The Tonight Show" - 1992
Answers to Trivia!
#1- Stacey Augmon did it in the second quarter on a layup against Golden State on March.23, 1992 #2- Tom McMillen made 47 straight in the 1978-79 season #3- Steve Smith made the donation to Michigan State on Jan.6, 1997 #4- Christian Laettner and the Duke Blue Devils played in 4 Final Fours, and won 2 national championships during his years there. #5- Mookie Blaylock was the original name of the alternative rock band 'Pearl Jam'