yo what is good what is good so I'm recording
this Thursday March 28th directly after the Illinois game after all of March Madness
is done for today on Thursday because I wanted to get this done because this week's
complimentary pieces is about Jared McCain and he is playing tomorrow so I wanted to let
have a chance to listen to this while watching Jared McCain um he is 63 and honestly hopefully
taller because if he's a little bit taller it really increases his viability to be on the
court
with uh you know other smaller players and uh you know having too many small players
like we've seen with the Portland Trailblazers of the past isn't always the best solution
for today's lineup construction where it's like six seven guys all across the board it
it creates mismatches that can be difficult to change so hopefully he's taller than 63 but
even if he is 63 he's still a pretty awesome Prospect he's a freshman at Duke University
he's n 195 pounds we don't know his wingspan current
ly and his potential role in the NBA I
would consider to be an off ball SL combo guard and on my personal board you have Reed sheeper
jacobe Walder who we've already done a podcast on on the Main feed of this uh podcast
uh if you check it out on holy backboard docomomo and will take them higher or it could be
jacobe Devon or Jared K it's really whatever you need with these combo guards and because of the
combo guards in this draft being so plentiful a lot of them are going to get an opportu
nity that
they wouldn't have otherwise and I think Jared McCain regardless of draft class is worthy of
consideration it really is a great day in sports and honestly in sports betting I've been I've
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podcast let's get back to Jerick McCain which is the reason why you're listening he was raid by
ESPN as a five-star 10th player nationally
number two shooting guard and the number one player from
the state to California and we know that place that state gives a lot of really good basketball
talent I think the number one thing you talk about with Jerick McCain is Jared McCain excuse me uh is
how great of a shooter he is I think that that is the one thing you look at you see Jared McCain
spotting up and shooting threes and it's it's like he's he's one of those talented Shooters so
let let's get into it he's an exceptional shoot
er with a really quick release he can move off ball
to generate space and make it a much easier pass to him and he has NBA range I've seen him in a
game against Florida State where he was shooting it from the logo so you know how Chris Murray
sometimes struggles with his shot because he took a lot of shorter threes the college three is
shorter than the NBA 3 well with Jared M Kane you really don't have to really worry about that
because he's taking stuff from NBA range and past NBA range so
the the switch from the college
3 to the NBA 3 really won't be as big of a deal to him as it is to other the prospects that hug
the three-point line so his relocation skills are really awesome he's finding open space and that
makes it a lot easier uh for guards to find them or in the Duke uh scheme Philip psky to find him
on on movement threes on off ball movement just to get him an easy shot and since we're talking
about catch and shooting so much I've noticed that his shot mechanics are
really special if they
pass him the ball he doesn't bring the ball down he keeps it in the position that he catches it
and is able to shoot it much quicker than other players some dudes bring the ball up and start
their release with Jerick McCain he stays in he catches it and it stays up so that speeds up the
uh the the shot and how fast it goes because it it the the less movement in his shot and allows him
to get off in a more open shot compared to other guys that don't have the form that
he has like
Desmond Bane and AJ Griffin two shooting guards that I really loved in previous classes had
all of these shortcomings with their shot and they had to take more difficult shots because of
their mechanics with their shot with Jerick McCain it's really just a fluid movement into a shot
and that's that's special when you have a guy that has just perfect mechanics and knows when and
where to use it to get an open shot it means that he's getting a test a lot less than other players
t
hat have Kent basore esque you know deficiencies in the shot mechanics another thing that he does
is really move well in transition a lot of NBA players kind of go directly to the paint where
Jerick McCain will just float into an open space get ready to shoot it and if he gets the ball it's
going in um he has shown really uh like impressive skill as a shot maker as well as a shooter a lot
of people don't have the same like they could be a really good score and shot Creator but they
might no
t be the best shooter he can do both and his touch is really exceptional and he has some
go-to moves to generate space space generation when you're a shooter is really important he has
these step backs with really long legs where he can generate space so you're they're thinking
that he's driving and he takes a step back and it's suddenly behind the three and shoots it
in their eye I mean with that quick spot those steps he can get that generated space and when he
when he decides to drive in
stead of putting him in that that stepback he can use that and dribble
into the paint and try and use his really nice touch as a as a finisher he has amazing touch
as a basketball player so it offensively he isn't the most he isn't the most athletic but he
makes up for what he's doing because he is very intelligent and has a lot of feel to the game and
he he's really strong so he's goingon to do a lot of bumps and he'll jump into the defender to give
him that space so a as a driver if he ca
n utilize all that strength for those crafty moves I think
it'll be good defensively I think he also has that intelligence where he can make his his his mark
on the game he's not going to be one of those you know herb Jones lock you up but what he can do
in the helps side defense and in team defense is he's not going to be attacked like some players
will be he's going to be a net neutral defender or he could be potentially better because he's
strong and has really good instincts he digs out
he digs like help his helps side defense is
really impressive for how small he potentially is so having a guy that is strong can use his body to
force players in a certain direction but smart and make can make up for it I mean Blazers defense is
it it it needs a lot of pieces he's not going to be the end all Beall to it but I think that he can
help make the the defense be a little bit better and it's about building trust and having players
that you could trust I trust that jar Jared McCain
can make stops for your team and he can get into
passing lanes and rotates well defensively we're not talking about an elite guy but the fact that
his shooting is so Elite and the way that he can get his shot off is so Elite and different than a
normal player is it's it's pretty impressive man I am I'm really impressed by his shooting if only
he was 66 a lot of things would be a lot easier for him but unfortunately he's going to be one
of those smaller guards in this draft class so let's g
o to the cons of his game where I'm looking
at him right now and I I see people say that he has playmaking potential and I don't know if I I
believe in that because when pressure happens and you see it with like Baba Miller at Florida State
or some of the other Defenders that he's gone against in his college career if they pressure him
he doesn't really have the the athleticism to go around them he he he's going to try and do the
body bumps the craft dribbles the step backs to get away from
them but if it's a physical Defender
it might not happen because he doesn't have the greatest burst and he doesn't have a a quick First
Step so if he doesn't win with strength I don't see how you can be a lead playmaker when you can't
get by players without a screen and as a dribbler he's really upright like we talked about Nicola
topic he's upright as a dribbler if you get that bend you can go around players easier so there's
times I I believe in the Florida State game he was getting past
players by you know bending his
body and getting lower and beating players to that that angle but in in reality it doesn't happen
nearly enough now I've seen it happen so I know he has the ability but right now when Duke is you
know playing in March Madness you're not really thinking about him getting those playmaking reps
because there's three other guards on that team and because he's such a incredible shooter and
offall mover he's not being put in that position so he's not getting the R
eps that you know if he
went to a different College he would be getting those reps because he he would be you know a
higher rated player I mean he still is a five but you're playing for Duke and you have flip
you have flip getting so much usage as well so I haven't seen it as a dribbler and as a playmaker
enough especially when handling pressure but we've seen players that have had issues handling that
aggressive defensive defensive pressure like Tyler herro for an instance yeah he was real
ly
bad at handling that initial defensive pressure at the start of his career but now he's like a
20% usage player and when Jimmy Butler's out of the lineup it's even more so right now it might
not be impressive as a dribbler against defensive pressure but it could be we just don't know but
I would not classify him as a natural point guard because of the defensive pressure he doesn't see
some of the very easy reads that Duke has allowed like you know a pick and roll where filipowski
is ope
n he doesn't get the ball because of the the the vision might not be as good as it is
especially with pressure now he does have craft in his handle I talked about the the uh the step
backs and some of those dribble bumps to get that space But again with pressure I don't see it
nearly enough and when he drives i' I've seen it where it he might take too many steps in the
drive or not enough I do like him bow baiting some of those play when players get up he'll go into
him and draw the foul bu
t I feel like he doesn't make it easy enough for himself when he gets into
the paint to score because it's it it there's not enough Reps for him to really rep it out so when I
see people say he could be a point guard it makes me think maybe but I think when you're slotting
him in on your lineup card or putting him in your lineup you're not thinking of him as a lead ball
Hine handle you're thinking of them as potentially a second side Creator but you're really thinking
about that Elite shoot
ing that Jared McCain has now let's talk about his fit for the
Portland Trailblazer since all of this stuff is under a Blazers thought process since the holy
backboard is dedicated to the Blazers I'm on the holy backboard podcast page with these missing
pieces so let's imagine the fit with a Portland Trailblazers I think if he ends up being taller
like he's 6'3 but if there's potential of you know the combine seeing what his actual size is and I
think this is the case for a lot of people if
he's smaller than he's what's projected it's not as
good and if he's taller because of all the other short guards it is more of a diversifying factor
in putting trust in him in a in a relatively high draft pick because I see him you know someplace
between between seven and 15 on a lot of draft boards so people are really seeing what he can
do and appreciate the shooting and the touch and the movement abilities all of that stuff is
wonderful but if it's in a 64 65 body it makes it so much e
asier to picture him with your other
skill players and your your starting lineup he's a really nice connective piece but if he can be
a 64 connective piece it's much better than a 62 connective piece um but because of his shooting
his Base shooting he is a really nice in theory player on this team because he's going to help
scoot Henderson get more space he's gonna help shad and sharp get more space all of the things
that the Blazers have issue with is a lack of spacing having a guy that is
a knockdown shooter
and can move into places to make passes easier it's it's a really uh positive thing um I just
got a text message from Ryan Buchanon who's a very good follow in Blazers media and he does a lot
of draft stuff as well but I think his fit with the team is really nice because of his shooting
now if he adds a play secondary playmaking that's great and lasers need more educated and and
high IQ players with great feel so that would be awesome but I think he could be a really ni
ce
connective piece I just don't know how fans are going to feel about another 6-3 guard another 6-3
guard and yeah we've had success on it but I think that Jared McCain is different than Dame Anthony
and Scoot because he isn't going to initially he isn't going to be demanding the ball he's going
to be stretching the floor and shooting and then because he's strong and can play defense he could
fit but it isn't as easy of a fit as you would think with like aulton connect who's 66 and plays
taller yeah Jared McCain's younger and might be a better shooter but D connect has a 66 frame which
with the NBA going into size and versatility those 63 guards it's it's going to be harder and harder
to fit um if we're going to comp him out you know I had I had I thought of L so he's a shorter Luke
Canard he's a shorter Gary Trent Jr he's a shorter AJ Griffin he's also very similar size and what
he does on the court is very similar to Blazers Legend Seth Curry he has all of these skill sets
that Duke uh players and Duke the school itself covets so when you're comping out what he is in
those lower end tiers and most likely TI you're looking at a lot of dup players former Duke
players but I think a player that could be of a nice comp to him and you see similarities in it
is a guy like Tyler herro both have really Elite touch both are really good Shooters and they've
struggled with opposing teams adding pressure on them when the ball is in their hand so I mean
yeah I named a lo
t of Duke guys in that list of comps and yeah they they they know what they like
but I think Tyler hero is a guy that you can look at and say yeah you have all of this amazing
skill set with your shooting and your touch but look what happened when Tyler hero went to
the lab and developed dribble moves that not to handle defensive pressure and we're seeing with
Anthony Simons when AO dumu guarded him when they played the Bulls dealing with aggressive defensive
pressure is difficult but if he
's dealing with it poorly in college you have to talk about it in in
context of an NBA quality player so I think that he's really good I think that this is the first
player that is a Lottery guy when I recorded the podcast now I'm loving to see Devin Carter being
considered like in the late Lottery because when I first talked about him he was like 46 but I think
Jared McCain is going to be in that zone so if the Blazers feel like the deficiencies in playmaking
and height are worth it for hi
s connectivity offensively and his shooting and his movement
shooting I'm totally fine with the Golden State pick being used to get Jared McCain I think that
he it's it's it's we talked about expected value in gambling earlier when I did the ad I think
1314 is nice is a nice EV bet for Jared McCain in the next level because of his spectacular
abilities at shooting and being a movement shooter thank you so much for listening to this week's
episode of complimentary pieces I don't know if it i
s a longer or a shorter one than normal but I
definitely wanted to get this out before the Duke Blue Devils play tomorrow in the sweet 16 so again
thank you for listening thank you to everybody who listens to the main feed of the Holy backboard
podcast and gives all of this draft content a chance I really appreciate you I appreciate
everybody that's checking it out on YouTube Tik Tok Instagram wherever you you know get the
short version content of this I appreciate all the views and all the
the comments I appreciate
all of it thank you so much for giving this a chance the Blazers will get better it's just a
really bad right now with the quality of play and the coaching and all of the other stuff but
these draft picks don't have any experience with chony Bops they're pure they're developing it's
really awesome to see all of these players play in March Madness this is the leg March Madness
is the best reality TV out there and nothing can be as good as what we're seeing with all
of
these players playing in a competition and uh I just want to thank everybody um thank you for
listening Jared McCain missing pieces thank you PE and
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