Knicks land Miles McBride in second round: ‘He has toughness’
NY Post
There are concerns by scouts regarding West Virginia sophomore point guard Miles McBride’s size and playmaking, and whether he will be an impact player in the NBA. That’s why he fell out of the first round — to 36th overall, where the Knicks snapped him up.
The Post reported this week that coach Tom Thibodeau was pushing for McBride, who earned the nickname “Deuce” because of his toughness as a high school quarterback in Cincinnati. “I see people ahead of him that I know he’s better than,’’ West Virginia assistant coach Erik Martin told The Post this week. “Some of those guys he’s outplayed when we played them. He’s 6-2, a former football player and a winner. He has toughness. He came in the door with that. Hopefully where he gets drafted is somewhere where he’d play.’’
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