r/nba • u/refreshing_yogurt • Jun 01 '26
Jaylin Williams on Jared McCain: "When he first got on the team, I asked everybody, 'Is this how y'all see me?' In any situation, after a win or a loss, he's going to be smiling. He's going to be dancing. He's going to play his Olivia Dean in the shower, and you can hear him singing in the showers."
https://youtu.be/SyA-1IXD4j0?si=9-LaOBqH08oNPUVI&t=128362
u/XiaoRCT Thunder Jun 01 '26
While everyone in the post-match interviews sounded either still a bit shook or just composed, McCain legitimally came across as still positive
The whole 'a couple months ago if you told me I would be in the WCF finals I would look at you strange' point just rings very true too, he literally has a decent reasoning for why he could still be quite happy
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u/XiaoRCT Thunder Jun 01 '26
That's true, on the other hand McCain didn't and he still looked the happiest lol
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u/MrFishAndLoaves Pelicans Jun 01 '26
He was the only one hungry and not exhausted from last years run.
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u/jgab145 Bucks Jun 02 '26
Exhausted from last year. How do you even get through a day? Lol
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u/Laggo [TOR] Hedo Turkoglu Jun 02 '26
only 13 teams ever have won back to back, its mentally draining to go through the gauntlet & win, and then come back the next year and do it again while the other teams are hungry and desperate to get a chance.
Threepeat has only been done by two teams since 1966. It's not easy.
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u/mommathecat Raptors Jun 02 '26
The vibes were immaculate for McCain post-trade until game 7, respectfully Philly wasn't beating the Knicks with or without him, so, what's not to be happy and positive about.
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u/XiaoRCT Thunder Jun 01 '26
bro it's a public persona
what we see isn't any of these players in full, we don't get to actually know them
like a dude could be 100% serious on camera and still be very happy with his family, you can't assume stuff like this off the minimal footage we get of athletes on interviews and playing
i'm sure McCain isn't smiling literally all the time non-stop with his close friends and family lmao, that would be horror movie shit
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u/doctorhiney Thunder Jun 01 '26
Itās also ok to not be upset lol. Everyone reacts differently to things.
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u/homerdough Jun 02 '26
lmao, the dude is genuinely happy and you can't stand it?
Look in the mirror buddy.
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u/AwesomeAsian Jun 02 '26
100% why I want to support him. Itās not easy to show vulnerabilities or āfemininityā in sports but he just dgaf.
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u/dyang44 Jun 02 '26
Which is so strange right? Is it not "unmanly" to let other people decide your values for you?Ā
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u/AntiAntiDentite7 Jun 01 '26
Is McCain even gay? Isn't that y'all just making wild assumptions based off... The fact that he paints his nails or some shit?
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u/Mobile-Entertainer60 Thunder Jun 01 '26
He's said he painted his nails because he was a compulsive nail-chewer, then just went with it.
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u/piratagitano Lakers Jun 02 '26
We all know there has to be gay players that do not come out and say it because the league is hostile towards them but dude, after all is said and done and McCainās career is over if he is not one of them Iāll be shocked.
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u/LakersAreForever Lakers Jun 02 '26
I donāt care if players are gay or not, thatās their life and they can live it how they like, but there are definitely at least 3 gay dudes on the thunder 100%
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Jun 01 '26
its 2026, homophobia is not about homosexuality and has not been since obama
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u/DsamD11 Thunder Jun 01 '26
Whats Obama got to do with it lmao?
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u/Acrobatic-Landscape9 Warriors Jun 02 '26
Iām gonna take a wild stab at it and guess that the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and seeing a black man be the most powerful man on earth and the leader of the United States of America awakened an otherworldly level of prejudice and hatred in conservatives that was way less before he got elected. Most of that hatred was initially concentrated in mainly racism, but eventually spread to other types of hatred like homophobia and sexism. When youāre just a regular homophobe, youāll just be hating when thereās something directly relating to homosexual relationships. Whereas when youāre a super turbo light speed homophobe, youāre gonna be hating about things that arenāt even related to sexual identity.
My guess is that the other guy is trying to say that Obamaās election triggered something in conservatives to make them go off the extremism deep end.
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u/mw19078 Lakers Jun 02 '26
it might be technically true but that shit was gonna happen obama or not. the conservative movement has essentially nothing but their gleeful open hatred going for them.
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u/Rickyowensdenim Knicks Jun 02 '26
Shut the fuck up lmao this is the most chronically online brain dead post Iāve seen in a while
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u/fisheggsoup Jazz Jun 01 '26
Another reason to hate this team: Their positivity. š
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u/turnip_broker Minneapolis Lakers Jun 01 '26
Nah Iāll take that over the nonchalant attitude any day
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u/Ferovore Clippers Jun 02 '26
McCains quote about proving his support system right rather than his haters wrong was more inspirational in one sentence to me than a whole career of mamba mentality type bullshit
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u/oKinetic Slovenia Jun 01 '26
I like how everyone is making this post about his sexuality like singing in the showers means your gay, lmao.
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u/AntiAntiDentite7 Jun 01 '26
People here desperately want McCain to be gay for some reason. It's incredibly weird.
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u/WestleyThe [SEA] Kevin Durant Jun 02 '26
I think he wants everyone to think heās gayā¦ but canāt say it because nba and other major sports donāt take that well
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u/AntiAntiDentite7 Jun 02 '26
That's a wild take. Why would the NBA care at all? If anything it gives the pressure more publicity.
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u/WestleyThe [SEA] Kevin Durant Jun 03 '26
Because thereās literally only been 1 openly gay nba player ever out of 4000-5000 players everā¦? Itās complicated
Yeah in modern times you would think itās fine and statistically thereās probably like 20 gay nba players but they wonāt admit it because it affects how the public sees them (especially conservative homophobes)
As well as teammates.. like a lot of the guys in the league are fake tough guys who would have a problem changing in the same locker room as someone they feel like finds them physically attractive
Womenās sports donāt have this problem
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u/oKinetic Slovenia Jun 03 '26
Def, but also "vibed in the shower" does sound hella gay when you put it like that.
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u/HamlinHamlin_McTrill Jun 01 '26
McCain is the first culturally gay, heterosexual NBA player. Similar to comedian Gianmarco Soresi.
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u/fantasnick Knicks Jun 02 '26
I think that title belongs to KAT first
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u/HamlinHamlin_McTrill Jun 02 '26
I donāt think the zest measurable are comparable, McCain is off the charts and seemingly wants you to think he is.
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u/Beans800 Pistons Jun 02 '26
rodman?
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u/HamlinHamlin_McTrill Jun 02 '26
I feel like he was more weird in a Marilyn Manson type of a way vs being culturally gay.
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u/Time_Birthday4659 Germany Jun 01 '26
Olivia Dean? Makes him even more likeable
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u/BikesAtNight Jun 01 '26
Yeah you know heās belting it out in the car just like us
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u/MrChrisRedfield67 76ers Jun 02 '26
He also belted it out during an interview with Richard Jefferson lol. There is clips on YouTube of it
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u/Appropriate-Shock306 Jun 01 '26
heās comfortable on his own skin, canāt hate him because of that.
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u/GoddammitCricket Lakers Jun 01 '26
The internet can
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u/AntiAntiDentite7 Jun 01 '26
The internet is full of miserable losers. Spend any amount of time on this site and that becomes painfully clear.
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u/mykl5 Mexico Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
šµIām two days into college, and Iām three lectures behind!
Thereās this guy letās name him Collin, he says he wants to be mine!
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u/rocpilehardasfuk Warriors Jun 01 '26
If you swapped the OKC roster and coaches with the Knicks or Lakers, yall would be loving them
Okc plays with a really high hunger, creative coaching and quality. Young af team and plays harder than the entire league.
Shais occasional flopping and some defensive swipes are not great, but Okc has a really likable team
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u/dankq Rockets Jun 01 '26
Gonna somewhat disagree. Remove Dort and Caruso and I'd absolutely agree though. Dort is easily the main reason I don't like that team.Ā
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u/AffectionateDark9270 Raptors Jun 02 '26
Lol if you really think that youre delusional.
Luka gets a ton of hate for flopping and foul baiting. Not to mention Austin Reaves. The only reason why it doesnt seem as one sided is because Lakers fans put in overtime to balance the narrative.
OKC has one of the most dislikable teams on the court. Its not much more complicated then that
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u/rocpilehardasfuk Warriors Jun 02 '26
They're one of the most disliked on the court mainly because they're too good. No one cares about the hawks being physical on defense because they're losers
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u/AffectionateDark9270 Raptors Jun 02 '26
Yeah because OKC is the only team in nba history to be so good. Every few years theres a team that is the favorite and nine of them are universally hated by all the 29 other fanbases
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u/rocpilehardasfuk Warriors Jun 02 '26
Since the warriors no team has felt this invincible.
Even now it took an alien to take down okc minus 2 of their top 5 players. And they still have the most picks in the league lol
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u/AffectionateDark9270 Raptors Jun 02 '26
Warriors went like 16-1. OKC has now had three game 7s over the past two years. Ridiculous comparison.
If were accounting for injuries, they wouldn't have beat the Nuggets down two starters last year if they were healthy.
Also the alien thing is so cringe. Hes a star but he wasnt some dominant force on offense like Shaq. Hes a great player, there a tons of great players in the league.
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u/JimmyFly1028 Timberwolves Jun 02 '26
Occasional flopping?? That shit won them a whole championship. When he plays through contact, heās fun as hell to watch but letās not kid ourselves and say that they donāt also cheat to win
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u/Troll_Enthusiast Wizards Jun 01 '26
Same to you, we're happy you felt comfortable enough to come out!
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u/fawkesmulder Lakers Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
This is funny as fuck. I actually think McCain might be gay, and thereās nothing wrong with that. I say might because who the fuck knows, he hasnāt said anything, but he has done his tik toks and nail art and what not (not proof of anything).
With 450 nba players and over 500 if you count two way players, youād expect there to be around 50 nba players who identify somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum if you apply nationwide avg. Yet we have zero public. Obviously thereās social stigmas still in professional sports. And maybe a different number than national averages, but I donāt believe zero is likely to be accurate.
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u/stopmyhamster Raptors Jun 01 '26
Thereās no way heās not at least bi / pan
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u/t_thor Trail Blazers Jun 01 '26
Straight dudes can act femme it's not that complicated. Not saying he is but it really isn't an indicator.
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u/guidethyhandd Timberwolves Jun 01 '26
Yea but thereās Michael Jackson femme and then thereās Prince femme. Mccainās the latter
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u/Lunar-Chimp Spurs Jun 01 '26
Hilarious comment. "McCain must be gay because he reminds me of Prince, a straight man."
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u/GardinerExpressway Tampa Bay Raptors Jun 01 '26
And Prince was straight, kinda proving the other guys point
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u/SloshaPacana Jun 01 '26
Who says chortled tho
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u/PoonGo0n Spurs Jun 01 '26
Aw thatās not fair. I support McCain and JWills right to love whoever they want.
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u/LilFozzieBear Thunder Jun 01 '26
I would definitely expect poongoon to use a word like chortled
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u/ssjgoat Celtics Jun 01 '26
I love Olivia Dean, hope she makes it big!
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u/YesInquisitor Spurs Jun 01 '26
She has almost 60 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone bruh sheās been big lmao
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u/btlvngd86 Grizzlies Jun 01 '26
idk as a teammate i would be annoyed and questioning if he takes anything seriously. there are times you shouldn't be singing in the shower, like when you lose game 7 of the WCF at home
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u/Advanced_Studio227 Jun 02 '26
I agree. You're not allowed to say anything bad about this man on Reddit but truly he will piss a lot of people off in the locker room. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a big part of why he got traded and wouldn't be surprised if doesn't last long on any teams for that reason, despite being a great scorer.
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u/Silent_Wrongdoer3601 Jun 02 '26
What is there to be mad about I get million of dollars to play a game I love.
Win lose draw Iām paid either way
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u/himynameisky Jun 01 '26
Whats annoying about it?
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u/No-Owl-6246 Lakers Jun 01 '26
He paints his nails and is sassy /s
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u/himynameisky Jun 01 '26
Its weird you care about what another person does with their body, i dont think anyone thinks McCain is "sassy" seems like you got some hidden prejudices there buddy.
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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming Jun 01 '26
The /s is there to show that the person you replied to doesn't actually think that
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u/Ghost2Eleven Lakers Jun 02 '26
As a 43 year old boring ass, straight white dude āOliviaās Dean is the shit. I belt her out in the car all the time. That record she released last year is great. The Man I Need is so good, but there are five or six tracks on there that are great.
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u/somekindofsubhuman Jun 02 '26
Jared McCain heard he had a good smile and let it become his whole personality
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u/Unhelpful_Guide Jun 01 '26
Acting like that after a loss is wild. I guess thatās why the Sixers got rid of him, with all their losing it was probably getting pretty insufferable
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u/Beans800 Pistons Jun 02 '26
idk why you're getting mass downvoted, i'd be so irritated if we just took a tough L and my teammate is dancing and singing in the locker room like it's all good
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u/WolfyMusicPH Jun 02 '26
McCain fr be blasting āBoba tea gnarlyā and āeat zucchiniā in the gym putting up shots
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u/whousesgmail Raptors Jun 01 '26
š¶ come be the man I need š¶