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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Did he even start for Duke? I liked him as a shooter, but I don't remember him showing a whole lot more than that.
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I believe he was a spot starter for Duke but this is how he played for Centennial HS in Corona, CA. My son was a grade ahead of him in HS but played for another local school. Donovan Dent also played for that Centennial team. They were fantastic pairing but McCain looked really special like the next Steph Curry. He just had something really special about him, like he was going to be a future great, but then the season at Duke happened. Most confident exuding HS/AAU player I've ever seen in person, LaMelo would be equal in this regard but only played 2 years at Chino Hills, and I've seen a quite a few when living in SoCal (Okongwu, Mobleys, Jaylen Clark, Dent, Lonzo, etc).

Looking back neither he nor Knecht were really on Jazzfanz radar but Ainge might end up looking really foolish for passing on both these guys. Ofc they were (too) high on Keyonte so weren't going the McCain route. Knecht was already 23 so I'm assuming that's why they didn't seriously consider him.
 
HeatCheck said:
I believe he was a spot starter for Duke but this is how he played for Centennial HS in Corona, CA. My son was a grade ahead of him in HS but played for another local school. Donovan Dent also played for that Centennial team. They were fantastic pairing but McCain looked really special like the next Steph Curry. He just had something really special about him, like he was going to be a future great, but then the season at Duke happened. Most confident exuding HS/AAU player I've ever seen in person, LaMelo would be equal in this regard but only played 2 years at Chino Hills, and I've seen a quite a few when living in SoCal (Okongwu, Mobleys, Jaylen Clark, Dent, Lonzo, etc).

Looking back neither he nor Knecht were really on Jazzfanz radar but Ainge might end up looking really foolish for passing on both these guys. Ofc they were (too) high on Keyonte so weren't going the McCain route. Knecht was already 23 so I'm assuming that's why they didn't seriously consider him.
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Knecht was on the radar for a lot of people. Less so McCain.
 
Was looking at my final big board for this draft and though I was high on McCain/Knecht, I still only had them 9th and 12th respectively. I remember being out on Cody Williams for most of the process, but I let @Ferguson_Mellochill constant tongue washing of Cody convince me and I put him 8th.

At least I can take solace in knowing I had McCain/Knecht above their draft positions.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
If everything goes perfectly, maybe he could become a top 10-15 guy. A player "like Shai" doesn't have to be literally Shai. I'm referring to Cody becoming an elite isolation scorer and on-ball creator, which would be a top-end outcome for him.

Also, a bigger version of Shai isn't necessarily the best player in the league.
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Does he still have a chance to be Shai?
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Cody Williams being out of the top 10 isnt surprising. He had a bad summer in international play and had a mediocre freshman season were he looked passive and weak.

Despite what some moronic posters who have no grip on reality think, he is very far away from contributing at the NBA level. He couldnt even contribute at the U19 level against France and Turkey. He got played off the floor against France.
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Damn bro was spitting some facts.
 
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