Jared McCain, the High School Basketball Phenom and Tik Tok Sensation With Dreams of NBA Stardom

Posted Jan 24, 2022
Facing directly ahead sits a yellow piece of paper pinned to the wall, containing a list of goals. Get 10 Division 1 scholarship offers. Check. Win Peach Jam. Check. McDonald’s All-American. Unchecked. Since the eighth grade, Jared McCain has referred to this piece of paper, his “dream board”, daily with a Gonzaga logo to the left and a Duke logo to the right. (Zag's Blog)

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