The NBA regular season opened earlier this week with three WVU basketball players on opening day rosters for the second consecutive season and just the third time since 1970. And one of those three former Mountaineers, Miles "Deuce" McBride, picked up right where he left off in the NBA Playoffs for the New York Knicks.
McBride is now a fifth-year NBA veteran and has spent his entire career with the Knicks, slowly earning a critical role within the franchise. Last season was his best yet, as he posted career highs in minutes per game (24.