Jared McCain Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Draft Workout
um how did it today go for you great great you know just trying to get some live action stuff um good to compete uh yeah it was a great day I tend to ask the same questions though so I will continue uh what are some of the things you want to showcase that you know you know that you’re talented at that you’re proud of yeah just showcasing my my shooting ability um I feel like wasn’t able to do on ball stuff a lot at Duke so I think showcasing that I can handle the ball and make good reads off pick and rolls just driving to the hoop finishing it’s kind of all around what kind of feedback have you gotten from teams during the process like how many like how many first of all how many of these workout have you done so far what kind of like what have you kind of heard from teams about you know what they like what they think you need to improve on yeah this is this is my second um yeah just to improve they want to see me play defense against smaller quicker guards um you know rebounding has been one of my most translatable skills that in shooting so just continuing to show that I can do that at a high level and then obviously just playing defense and and making reads off on the ball how do you see yourself fitting in the NBA um yeah I think I think a shoot my shooting is going to be the one that that that leads me to the floor being able to communicate well on defense be a team defense player um yeah I think me being young I think I come into the league just ready to learn and then I think I can use my my shooting and just being curious and that’ll lead me to being playing minutes in terms of which guard spot Le just some bounces from the one and the two or yeah I I think a little bit of both um I feel like I can play on the ball and off the ball um I think off the ball is probably what they see more in college so that’s probably where I start but I think I can obviously transition to being on the ball as well I I don’t often hear people say that they’re like they want to show that they’re curious what do you mean by that yeah I think coming into the league like some people think you know they’re the best player in the in the league already and you know you can have that confidence of course you want to be the best player U but I think listening to your vets and being curious showing that you want to learn more I think is is great for um your development over time you just seem like in our short time together you seem like a happy individual like what’s your personality like yeah I get that from my mom and dad um just just be positive man it’s it’s it’s something that I try to bring everywhere I go it’s a positive outlook on life um gratitude is something I’m really big on uh so I just try to bring that everywhere
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3 Comments
Jared please save this franchise
jared mcain will be fun in pdx
If we move a guard I wouldnβt mind taking him at 14