Former Moeller High School standout and New York Knicks rookie guard Miles "Deuce" McBride entered Thursday's game against the Houston Rockets with five made field goals in his brief NBA career.
In the Knicks' 116-103 win, McBride made 6-of-11 attempts for a career-best 15 points, adding career-highs in assists with nine and steals with four in 36 minutes of action.
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Late last month, McBride - one of six players from Greater Cincinnati high schools or colleges on NBA rosters - scored 28 points for the NBA G League's Westchester Knicks in a loss to the Maine Celtics - and his effort included an impressive dunk on Maine's Brodric Thomas that was included in the "SportsCenter" Top 10 on ESPN.
In August, McBride came off the bench to score 19 points in the Knicks' NBA Summer League win against the Atlanta Hawks in front of Bob Huggins, the former Cincinnati Bearcats head coach who coached McBride at West Virginia University.
McBride was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round (36th overall) of the 2021 NBA Draft and traded to the Knicks.
McBride, who played two seasons at WVU before declaring in April for the draft, was 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.
McBride averaged 15.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game in 29 games for WVU in 2020.
As a senior at Moeller, McBride helped the Crusaders to a 29-0 record and Div. I state championship. His father, Walt, was a basketball standout for the Xavier Musketeers, and his mother, Kim, played tennis at Ohio State.
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