On July 10, former Duke basketball stars [autotag]Jared McCain[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Filipowski[/autotag] did something they’d already done dozens of times together: play a basketball game.
This time, however, they took opposite sides of the floor. McCain played for the Philadelphia 76ers and Filipowski for the Utah Jazz in an NBA Summer League showdown as their professional careers got underway.
During an appearance on The Brotherhood Podcast earlier this week, McCain described the experience as crazy.
“To see him in warmups on the other side, we’re in the tunnel together walking out, he has on a different jersey, like, I only know him in a Duke jersey so it was weird.”
McCain remembered one defensive possession when he tried to box out Filipowski, who is nearly a full foot taller than him, in the paint.
“He was like, ‘Come on, Jared,'” McCain said. “He was like, ‘Come on, Jared, stop.'”
Filipowski and the Jazz ended up winning the game 93-85. Filipowski and McCain both scored two points with the Utah big man snagging five rebounds and McCain pulling down four.