On April 13, Beijing time, Duke University rookie guard Jared McCain (Jared McCain) and sophomore interior Kyle Filipowski (Kyle Filipowski) announced their participation in the 2024 NBA draft, and both are expected to be first-round picks.
Jared McCain
McCain, born on February 20, 2004, is 20 years old, 6-3 tall (1.91 meters), from Sacramento, California, averaged 14.3 points, 5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.6 minutes per game in his freshman season, shooting 41.4% from three-point range, predicting a top-20 pick, without elite length and explosiveness, NBA template is considered to be the Knicks star Jaylen Bronson.
McCain thanked Duke in the official announcement video: "I've always been a dream chaser, I've always achieved my goals, and the next goal is the NBA, so I'm going to add my name to the 2024 NBA Draft, and I'm lucky and honored to be a part of the fraternity, and I'm going to be a Blue Devil for life." ”
Jared McCain
His older brother, Jace McCain, who has been with Jared as a graduate assistant at Duke this season, has been unable to do as well as he would like in basketball due to health and physical reasons, so he has started training his younger brother. Jared said it's our dream to be in the NBA, and if I was the guy who played, he'd be with me the whole time, and the reason I stepped on the court was because I wanted to play every game for Jace as best I could.
Kyle Filipowski
Filippowski, who also predicted the first round, is from New York, 7-0 (2.13 meters) tall, averaged 16.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in his sophomore season, was selected to the first team of the ACC league, won the best rookie in the ACC league in his freshman season, and was elected MVP of the ACC tournament.
In addition to McCain and Filippowski, Duke point guard Tyrese Proctor Proctor) decided to stay in school for his junior season, originally from Australia, averaging 10.5 points, 3.7 assists and 3 rebounds per game in his sophomore season, and he will continue to help Duke challenge the Final Four for the first time since the old K-era.