Jared McCain Changes Everything For The Thunder
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The addition of Jared McCain has taken this OKC Thunder offense to another level, but will it move the needle in the NBA playoffs?
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Hey HV, wanted to ask who u think better offensively between sga & luka in 2026 and why?
Daryl Morey said he traded maccain for the highest value possible. We now know James harden was correct when he said he was a liar.
damn, crazy refresh Pull. Thunder up!
Thunder are winning it all
Will the Thunder go back to back? 🤔
Exactly who thought giving OKC more good players was a good idea? Thanks for nothing Sixers.
I can tell you put real effort into this.
This is pure gold.
yesss
Awesome video, as usual. McCain is an unbelievable movement shooter, but these clips also do highlight how often he's getting open from an egregious illegal screen from Hartenstein or Williams…
Daryl Morey is such an idiot
Was this really the best time to post this?😅 Mark doesn’t realize McCain plays best with SGA, and against Boston, he never even had SGA and McCain on the court together. Get yourself together, Mark.
This dude mccain is good. He reminds me of a professional MLB player. You know the guys that work on skill everyday instead of relying on their God give. Talent
If he gets targetted nonstop in the playoffs he wont be playable at all
W Jared
8:29 That's so crafty. It's the kind of thing Manu or Chris Paul would do.
9:20 Thompson plays near perfect defense here, but can't get the stop.
For years, I've been mentally screaming at Presti to get the Thunder a shooter, and McCain is as good as you're gonna get in the league today. He's the perfect solution to the zone defenses that have stymied the Thunder in the past few playoff runs.
Like many shooters, McCain is as likely to go 0-2 as he is to go 5-9, but his box score numbers don't tell the whole story. His gravity as a shooter and his non-stop movement are constantly warping opposing defenses, leading to easier buckets for his teammates. He's basically doing for the Thunder what the Nuggets hoped Cam Johnson would do for them.
Still not very high on him honestly. His best attribute is his offball movement and shooting but it could be offset by the sacrifice made defensively. His role could be very situational. Like I could see him playing a lot against Denver who used a lot of zone last year to slow down okc, but I could also see him getting 5-10 minutes in series vs the spurs or in a finals matchup against Boston or any team that could cause matchup problems
His release is so quick and consistent, it's really impressive for how young he is. He's easily OKC's best shooter behind Isiah Joe.
I don't know what Morey was seeing.
I’m most impressed with how quickly he gets his shot off
I don’t know how much to take from those Spurs games because they were all so close together and they happen to be right when OKC was going through a big slump
McCain’s movement has reminded me of Curry since he was drafted. When he got hurt I was genuinely upset…then I saw him dancing on TikTok and I didn’t care to much anymore. Love his game! Best of luck to him.
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I'd argue he did not solve the Thunder's biggest issue, because the Thunder's biggest issue is they need their best defenders to shoot better. Their loss to the Celtics showed that McCain is unplayable defensively vs. the few teams that can match the Thunder's talent depth in any meaningful capacity. The thunder needed guys like Caruso and Wallace on the floor to match boston defensively, but Boston was able to just leave those guys alone completely on defense and over-index on Shai. When those guys make threes, that isn't an issue, the problem is that they aren't good enough 3 point shooters to punish this consistently. That's why they lost multiple times to the spurs and played two close games with the Celtics.
INCREDIBLE regular season pickup though, like he's insane vs. teams that aren't loaded like Boston/San Antonio/OKC that can't stylistically attack OKC like Boston/San Antonio can (though they do it differently due to personnel)
Who will have to sacrifice their minutes to accommodate McCain's role?
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Hope you arm ok man
Extraordinary analysis! Well done!