Miles "Deuce" McBride, a former Moeller High School standout point guard who played in college for Bob Huggins and the West Virginia Mountaineers, was selected 36th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft Thursday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
A proposed trade would send McBride from the Thunder to the New York Knicks.
From Huggins via Twitter:
McBride played two seasons at WVU before declaring in April for the NBA Draft. He participated in the NBA Draft Combine 2021 in June.
McBride averaged 15.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game in 29 games last season for WVU.
As a senior at Moeller, McBride helped the Crusaders to a 29-0 record and Div. I state championship as a senior.
His father, Walt, was a basketball standout at Xavier University, and his mother, Kim, played tennis at Ohio State.
McBride is the first former Greater Cincinnati high school standout to be drafted since fellow Moeller alum Jaxson Hayes was selected 8th overall and former Princeton High School standout Darius Bazley was selected 23rd in the 2019 draft.
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