The Duke Blue Devils only played a small role in [autotag]Jared McCain[/autotag]’s journey to the NBA, and a viral social media video showed just how long the California native has had his sights set on the pros.
One TikTok user compiled a video of McCain’s journey from youth basketball through high school to Wednesday night’s draft.
The path concluded with the Philadelphia 76ers calling his name with the 16th overall pick in the 2024 draft, and the video shows McCain embracing his family members in tears as he processes that his dream has, in fact, become reality.
The start of the video contains some of the best footage from McCain’s days on the junior circuits.
The video generated close to 300,000 likes within two days thanks to McCain’s large following on social media, showing how popular the sharpshooting guard has become.
McCain also picked up more than a million likes on his first TikTok in a Sixers jersey, and he recently surpassed three million followers on the platform.
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