McCain strikes me as a less athletic Maxey with better defence and playmaking (potentially) but worse handles and finish around the rim. In theory he's a good fit, just pity about his height/wingspan. Still a surprisingly good rebounder for his size. Will be interesting to see if his skillset translates at the NBA level. Hopefully he gets some good minutes off the bench next season.
His strength will allow him to be a good rebounder, he’s really well built for a kid his age and knows how to use his strength. Dan Ollinger from the Ricky articulated it really well - he’s someone who understood early on what it would take for him to last in the NBA given his obvious shortcomings (size, wingspan) so he’s worked on those things. Good release that he can speed up to get the shot off if he needs to, excellent pre shot footwork to get him in to his shot quickly off the move, and having an NBA ready body so he can compete with bigger guys by being stronger. He also apparently has an incredible work ethic and is a smart basketball mind. He has a lot of upside and I think a smarter, slightly more athletic Seth Curry is his comp, which is a pretty handy sixth man type.
The downvotes are hilarious. It’s true. This team is fucking dead in the water after the disastrous day today. It’s not like this pick is the thing that killed the chances for a chip. But it was just bad news on top of a day filled with bad news
the nba died when the celtics won the finals this year so i dont even care and don't want to get better. i might as well become a hornets fan at this point. they will win a finals before we do mark my words
I remained an Eagles fan when the Cowboys were a dynasty during my childhood and the Pats and Bucs were breaking our hearts in the playoffs.
Life ain’t fair, tough it up.
Knecht dropped 40 and 37 on Kentucky and Purdue. He was easily the best all around scorer in the draft, an absolute monster. And we took a tiktoker that paints his nails instead. The Lakers brass were high-fiving each other when we passed on Knecht. What did we do to deserve being the laughingstock of the league? Unbelievable
Y'all fucking crazy for wanting Niang 2.0 in Knecht that much more over McCain. Both are great picks at 16, but Knecht will get run out the arena by guys like Brown and Tatum on defense.
Niang is nowhere close to Knecht athletically.
He’s also never been asked to play defense at any of his stops in college, he was there to score.
He has a good frame and is a good athlete, even by NBA standards, I wouldn’t bet against him becoming an average defender.
That's exactly what I said. At this point in his career, he's a revolving door on defense. I never said he can't learn to be an average defender, but currently he's not. At 6'5, he's basically a big guard, not even a wing. He's a great shooter, but people acting like he would've saved our roster and McCain isn't worth the air he's worth.
McCain had 32 while his next best teammate had 13 vs NCST? I don't get the point. Both are good picks, but to act like McCain isn't even worth a first rounder while Knecht is seemed to be a top 5 talent is wild
Newsflash, Brunson does that to nearly every single guard in the NBA. Did you forget he did that to us 4 times in the playoffs last year? Or when he averaged 28 PPG on 47/40 vs Boston and their 2 all defensive guards?
Knecht is not a giant either. But the big difference between McCain and Knecht is the 3 years of age and the defense in why the Sixers might have gone McCain over Knecht, but there's obviously reasons why Knecht would've been the pick over McCain.
As someone else pointed out,nurse won a title with FVV and Lowry playing 35+ mins a night. Obviously those guys were older and thicker, but it’s not crazy to imagine McCain being an average nba defender that can guard 2s. He isnt going to play a ton of minutes anyways.
I have to think that if the Heat who are an insanely well run organization passed on Knecht then I have less of an issue passing on him. Feels like something Miami would have done if he was the real deal
People so worried about Lakers FO as if they weren't hyped drafting Hood-Schifino with the same pick last year. I wanted Knecht too but chill. Picking in the teens is a crapshoot anyway
I think it came down to the fact we worked McCain out and fell in love with him. Or he’s just a better trade chip since he’s young and there’s more mystery to his ceiling than Knecht.
I watched Jared McCain with the preconceived notion that he was just some soft kid who made tik toks but he won me over quick. Dude was a dog on defense. Who cares what he does off the court. I think the way he plays is perfect for the city
He was picked right after us. And McCain does not fit. Idk what is so hard to grasp about this. He doesn’t fit with what we need based on the extremely limited players we have.
My point is that none of these dudes are moving the needle this year…
You playing Knecht over a Oubre or a melton or even roco? He’s just a less athletic version of any of them.
At what point do we just say fuck it, realize we ain’t getting the team around joel needed to win it all, and flip him to a contender to have a chance at winning it all. We owe it to him because we have completely fucked up this man’s chances to win a ring in his prime. It’s been a very bad day for the franchise. Just a horrible bad day
Seems like people are pissed over passing Knecht but also think McCain’s a great pick regardless. If we’re keeping the pick, I feel like we could do worse than a microwave shooter with a motor…we could’ve been the team picking Zach Edey at 9 lmfao.
I don't know jack about any of these prospects, but undersized guard was what not what I had in mind for the Sixers this draft.
Who knows, maybe he turns into Maxey 2.0, but I'm not sure that really helps us win now.
Why is everyone here acting like he is going to be starting saying the “maxey mccain back court” hes gunna be a bench ball handler and scorer. Something we definitely needed
Not really plenty of people guys included paint their nails. But I'm not going to argue with a close minded person. Everyone is different. Nothing wrong with it.
I’m not going to act like I know the guy or that he will crap out.. Let’s just hope for the best and that he can provide some decent minutes. Need more shooters anyway
Putting even more pressure on Embiid as the cornerstone both offensively and defensively will just continue to wear him down. We need to get him help so he doesn’t have to go 110% every single play
McCain strikes me as a less athletic Maxey with better defence and playmaking (potentially) but worse handles and finish around the rim. In theory he's a good fit, just pity about his height/wingspan. Still a surprisingly good rebounder for his size. Will be interesting to see if his skillset translates at the NBA level. Hopefully he gets some good minutes off the bench next season.
His strength will allow him to be a good rebounder, he’s really well built for a kid his age and knows how to use his strength. Dan Ollinger from the Ricky articulated it really well - he’s someone who understood early on what it would take for him to last in the NBA given his obvious shortcomings (size, wingspan) so he’s worked on those things. Good release that he can speed up to get the shot off if he needs to, excellent pre shot footwork to get him in to his shot quickly off the move, and having an NBA ready body so he can compete with bigger guys by being stronger. He also apparently has an incredible work ethic and is a smart basketball mind. He has a lot of upside and I think a smarter, slightly more athletic Seth Curry is his comp, which is a pretty handy sixth man type.
this guy loves his stepback threes goddamn literally another maxey
Maxey and McCain backcourt for the future. Can’t lie it’s exciting
3 firsts for KD?!?!
I don’t really know our newest player. After doing some google, is he kind of similar to Isiah Joe?
Shorter, much stronger, better rebounder, less athletic, similarly excellent shooter.
No. Eric Gordon clone
Anyone else want to trade up for Tyler smith?
Kinda or Collier lol
I’m also super high on ulriche chomche, I need help
No idea who that is but I’ll take your word on it 😂
DILLON JONES GOING 26TH?! That’s way too high
5 2nd round picks for that
Lmao Dadiet to the Knicks we are so cooked
When did the NBA draft become a 2 day thing? That's so dumb
Now, this year. I dunno, it might encourage more trading. That's what it did for NFL. It's not dumb, just different.
AJ Johnson went 1st round....kid has big potential, too bad Doc is his coach
Didn’t he average like 2 PPG in australia?
Oh no we didn’t draft Georges Niang 2.0 instead waaaaaaaah
We need to start snagging some UConn guys
We need to get Cam Spencer somehow - bro is a dawg
hearing Pelinka talk about how shocked he was that Knecht fell that far im gonna crash out
The downvotes are hilarious. It’s true. This team is fucking dead in the water after the disastrous day today. It’s not like this pick is the thing that killed the chances for a chip. But it was just bad news on top of a day filled with bad news
Passing on Knecht might end up and mistake, but regardless, who gives a shit what Pelinka thinks lol.
McCain and Maxey bouta be the most wholesome duo in the league
McCain = a better scoring and better shooting TJ McConnell? Thats my hope. Like he become one of those pesky defending guards
McCain isn't really a PG like TJ. More of a SG.
Probably, but he does have a background that you could train him up as a combo guard.
I’d like the sixers to trade up for Ryan Dunn
the nba died when the celtics won the finals this year so i dont even care and don't want to get better. i might as well become a hornets fan at this point. they will win a finals before we do mark my words
No one in here wants to hear about last season's finals. Ancient history. Also, fuck the Celtics.
I remained an Eagles fan when the Cowboys were a dynasty during my childhood and the Pats and Bucs were breaking our hearts in the playoffs. Life ain’t fair, tough it up.
yeah i know im just sad. go sixers. fuck the cowboys.
Hold up, is New Orleans drafting a Cameroonian guy a coincidence...?
I like the pick. We need some young bench depth with potential future upside. And he can play defense.
At 6'2", there's only so much defensive impact you can have in the NBA
Mike Conley would disagree.
Tbf Conley has like a 6'6 wingspan. McCain is strong though, I think younger Lowry is a better comp as a good short defender
6'2" with only a 6'3" wingspan as well.
Whoa, check out that wingspan, that's crazy for a 6'2" guy. That inch means he can prob guard guys like an inch or so taller than he is. ;)
wait how does wingspan work, does he have foot long TRex arms or are they 6 foot long noodles?
He has short arms. There aren't any good defenders with that wingspan or less going back 20 years. He has very similar measurements to steph curry
Not short, normal. Height and wingspan or typically the same. However, there are a lot of NBA players with crazy long arms. It def helps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_span Most good and versatile defenders have much longer wingspans than their height.
Knecht dropped 40 and 37 on Kentucky and Purdue. He was easily the best all around scorer in the draft, an absolute monster. And we took a tiktoker that paints his nails instead. The Lakers brass were high-fiving each other when we passed on Knecht. What did we do to deserve being the laughingstock of the league? Unbelievable
Our tiktoker was also the best player as a freshman on a top 10 team in the country.
"we have no bench" -every sixers fan we draft a great bench player:"wtf is this pick?"
There's a growing sect of Sixer fans which is just doom n gloom 24x7. That's not really the Philly tradition.
I've been saying it, this is our year. I just feel it.
The problem is we now have no starters lmao. We're missing a starting 2,3 and 4.
We still have time, I still think this is our year.... that we make it past the 2nd round.
Ngl im kind of annoyed at taking a 6 3 guard on this roster no matter his skillset but ill wake up tomorrow fully supporting him
I just tuned in guys (Ik im late), I saw we picked mccain - W pick??
Would the absolute best case scenario for McCain be CJ McCollum? Similar size, similar athletic ability, similar shooting. Just wish he was bigger.
Best case scenario is probably CJ, but an average defender. That would be an allstar caliber player.
Eric Gordon?
lol at portland selecting their twentieth guard
Y'all fucking crazy for wanting Niang 2.0 in Knecht that much more over McCain. Both are great picks at 16, but Knecht will get run out the arena by guys like Brown and Tatum on defense.
Niang is nowhere close to Knecht athletically. He’s also never been asked to play defense at any of his stops in college, he was there to score. He has a good frame and is a good athlete, even by NBA standards, I wouldn’t bet against him becoming an average defender.
Which is exactly what I said. He needs to learn to become an average defender. Now will he learn that before Embiid's window is over?
Lol, that’s not what you said at all, what are you talking about.
That's exactly what I said. At this point in his career, he's a revolving door on defense. I never said he can't learn to be an average defender, but currently he's not. At 6'5, he's basically a big guard, not even a wing. He's a great shooter, but people acting like he would've saved our roster and McCain isn't worth the air he's worth.
Kencht put up 37 against the title team in march madness his next teammate put up 10. You are sorely mistaken
McCain had 32 while his next best teammate had 13 vs NCST? I don't get the point. Both are good picks, but to act like McCain isn't even worth a first rounder while Knecht is seemed to be a top 5 talent is wild
And McCain will get shot over by Brown and bullied by Brunson.
Newsflash, Brunson does that to nearly every single guard in the NBA. Did you forget he did that to us 4 times in the playoffs last year? Or when he averaged 28 PPG on 47/40 vs Boston and their 2 all defensive guards?
So we went small again. Tell me the definition of insanity
Knecht is not a giant either. But the big difference between McCain and Knecht is the 3 years of age and the defense in why the Sixers might have gone McCain over Knecht, but there's obviously reasons why Knecht would've been the pick over McCain.
Knecht at least is playable with maxey. And since maxey is going to get 38 mins a night, you can't hide McCain
As someone else pointed out,nurse won a title with FVV and Lowry playing 35+ mins a night. Obviously those guys were older and thicker, but it’s not crazy to imagine McCain being an average nba defender that can guard 2s. He isnt going to play a ton of minutes anyways.
Is McCain supposed to guard Brown or Tatum?
no but he will get embiid easy dhos when maxey sits
I have to think that if the Heat who are an insanely well run organization passed on Knecht then I have less of an issue passing on him. Feels like something Miami would have done if he was the real deal
The heat passed out McCain?
McCain wasn't wildly sliding
People so worried about Lakers FO as if they weren't hyped drafting Hood-Schifino with the same pick last year. I wanted Knecht too but chill. Picking in the teens is a crapshoot anyway
That’s why you pick the BPA guy that fits your team
I think it came down to the fact we worked McCain out and fell in love with him. Or he’s just a better trade chip since he’s young and there’s more mystery to his ceiling than Knecht.
When the league zigs and builds teams full of tall, long wings, the Sixers zag and build a team full of 6 foot guards
What team? We have 3 players 😂
Very similar player to Reed Shepard who went 3rd.
This team is embarrassing
I think you should sign off for the night, man.
Don’t care what you think thanks
I just can't imagine you're having fun with how negative your posts are. Hope you feel better.
I’m having a blast because now I can give my undivided attention to the Flyers who I honestly think win a championship before the Sixers do
This isn't the flyers subreddit, you must be sleep deprived. Try again in the morning
Naaaah I’m out this is a loser franchise later
I watched Jared McCain with the preconceived notion that he was just some soft kid who made tik toks but he won me over quick. Dude was a dog on defense. Who cares what he does off the court. I think the way he plays is perfect for the city
Cool can’t wait to add him to the kicked out of the playoffs early list
This franchise is a joke
Don't see how you can play him with Maxey so they must be drafting him as a bench scorer. Or they're trading him.
Problem is, maxey plays 38 a night
Yup. We'll see if he stays on the team or is moved.
I don’t think its reasonable to expect a non lottery pick to be a starter for a playoff team
Funny that a lotto pick was right there with a good fit offensively and we passed
McCain is already a better shooter and if Knecht was that good he would've been picked.
He was picked right after us. And McCain does not fit. Idk what is so hard to grasp about this. He doesn’t fit with what we need based on the extremely limited players we have.
My point is that none of these dudes are moving the needle this year… You playing Knecht over a Oubre or a melton or even roco? He’s just a less athletic version of any of them.
At what point do we just say fuck it, realize we ain’t getting the team around joel needed to win it all, and flip him to a contender to have a chance at winning it all. We owe it to him because we have completely fucked up this man’s chances to win a ring in his prime. It’s been a very bad day for the franchise. Just a horrible bad day
Seth Curry shooting w Matisse Thybulle vibes? could be worse
No handle. Mediocre playmaker, and gets bullied on D. So that too
Matisse is 6’5
Dalton was not good defensively so having a guy off the bench who can shoot but can’t defend especially against the celtics would be a disaster
So get another small guard
Who can defend and rebound, it also means you don’t have to spend on a backup pg like Lowry
Seems like people are pissed over passing Knecht but also think McCain’s a great pick regardless. If we’re keeping the pick, I feel like we could do worse than a microwave shooter with a motor…we could’ve been the team picking Zach Edey at 9 lmfao.
can we keep mccain? or is he part of the "trade"
Lakers were like ....they passed on knecht? Gddm I hate this.
i give up
Lmao Knecht is the highest Tennessee pick since Tobias Harris. Surely Morey knew this and had a bad taste in his mouth and went with McCain.
I don't know jack about any of these prospects, but undersized guard was what not what I had in mind for the Sixers this draft. Who knows, maybe he turns into Maxey 2.0, but I'm not sure that really helps us win now.
Yeah... kinda feel like the blueprint is just to draft or trade for literally anybody between 6'4 and 7'0
Bro Lakers didn’t even wait to hear offers before snapping up Knecht LOL
Eagles and Vikings vibes with the Reagor and Jefferson picks
Why is everyone here acting like he is going to be starting saying the “maxey mccain back court” hes gunna be a bench ball handler and scorer. Something we definitely needed
Why are you limiting him?
Is he going to contribute 10 mpg in playoffs? That’s what we need
We got the most personality and probably atttactive filled team in basketball Oubre and McCain.
Is oubre even on the team?
I'm manifesting it. I think they keep him.
You call that weird shit personality? Lol
It's not even weird shit and yeah it's personality. I'm hoping if he sticks and no trade materializes I meet him at one of the ST holder events.
Painting his nails isn't weird shit? 😆😆😆
No, but crying on the Internet about nail polish is My little sister doesn't even do that
Who's crying? I gave it mild criticism and yall started flaming out.
If that's what you think "flaming out" is you should probably stick to the makeup subreddits instead of r/sixers
Not really plenty of people guys included paint their nails. But I'm not going to argue with a close minded person. Everyone is different. Nothing wrong with it.
Its zesty as hell
Ok and
SIIIIIIIIIIIGH cool a tiktoker
Lakers brass look ecstatic that Knecht dropped to them. I think we fucked up
Lakers brass also pissed a year of Lebron/AD on Russell Westbrook
That was mostly LeGM
You don’t drop 17 spots for no reason
I'm old enough to remember Paul Pierce dropping in the draft so the Sixers just passed on him also. That didn't end well.
They said he only dropped because of his age, which would've been a non-issue for us since we're trying to maximize Embiid's window
Sometimes you do.
lol…yep, and there it is
Lakers laughing at us reminiscent of Justin Jefferson
Does the fact that no big trade was made today make the whole "kick the can down the road" in FA much more likely?
Mikal only lasted 15 minutes no? Surely can’t trust morey to stand pat until the night is over.
I feel like either we would've traded the pick before the selection or picked someone for another team.
His social media is awesome. Philly is gonna love his media presence.
fuck hiim
I don’t give a fuck about that. “Oh, but he’s good at the TikTok!” GTFOH with that, lol.
Who gives a fuck lol
Philly isn’t a media presence town..
Don’t give a shit about social media. I want someone who can help this team win now in the precious few years joel has left and this ain’t that
He was Duke’s best player as a freshman. Seems to know how to play, I like it. Really good shooter.
41% from 3….oooo
McCain and Maxey in the backcourt..will be fun to watch.
Where are the fucking trades?
 President Xi Zedong during the free tiktok plug
No Reddit politics in my misery sports sub
I’m not going to act like I know the guy or that he will crap out.. Let’s just hope for the best and that he can provide some decent minutes. Need more shooters anyway
Welcome to the squad homie!
im sure all the tolerant sixers fans arent going to call this guy names
we're not Boston bro, that shit won't slide
LOOOOOOL
Hopefully he is traded - simply because he is not a fit with Maxey in the backcourt. Two 6-2 guards, neither of which are lockdown guys.
He's a rook, he'll have 2nd unit minutes. May not play much with Ty.
I’m not sure how you draft someone who isn’t compatible with one of your cornerstone players lol.
McCain and Maxey duel gonna be fun
Knecht went to the lakers
Lebron literally like “Fuck Bronny” when he saw Knecht fall to him
i feel like we could use bigs
Counting McCain and our second-rounder, we’ll have 7 players under contract, so we need all kinds of guys.
L\*r\*i M\*r\*k\*n\*n
Would've been nice to draft a 4 of the future
So glad Reddit basement dwellers aren’t GMs lol
Oh god, watching his interview and this guy is not going to fit in this town at all
I'm cool with the nails but i dont think the city will be lol
It went beyond just the nails
Theres no crying in basketball
Who the hell is Kinect? Go Sixers! Kid looks fun and we need some electric shooters
i’m a knicks fan who probably shouldn’t be in this sub, but just saying mccain is the last guy i’d want to see in philly
We got a good player man I’m happy
I’m hype rn. McCain is perfect for us
lol this team isn’t winning a damn thing
Jared McCain and Kelly Oubre on the same team
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Get a grip
Nah I love this kids energy
Dude got tree trunks for legs. Sheesh
I know a lot of people wanted Knecht, but I kind of like this pick
I like Mccain but not sure how I feel about 2 6'3 guards. Knecht felt more starter ready but maybe he's falling for a reason
Well he can play D and Knect can’t lol
That backcourt is cooked
Not really - you have Joel at Center. Go get some 3 and D wings and PF
Putting even more pressure on Embiid as the cornerstone both offensively and defensively will just continue to wear him down. We need to get him help so he doesn’t have to go 110% every single play