Miles McBride brings NBA championship trophy to Moeller football game

New York Knicks guard Miles “Deuce” McBride brought the Larry O’Brien championship trophy to the Moeller Crusaders football team’s 45-7 win against Groveport-Madison High School at Mount St. Joseph University.

McBride, who won his first NBA title earlier this year in his fifth NBA season with the Knicks, was honored by Moeller during the game Aug. 28.

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McBride was a second-round pick in the 2021 NBA draft. He played in college for the West Virginia Mountaineers, when they were coached by former Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Bob Huggins.

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Miles McBride ‘s career at Moeller, WVU, New York Knicks in photos

Moeller guard Miles McBride brings the ball upcourt against St. Edward during their Division I semifinal at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus on March 22, 2019.
McBride would lead the Crusaders to a second straight OHSAA championship before heading to West Virginia.

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Miles McBride ‘s career at Moeller, WVU, New York Knicks in photos

Moeller guard Miles McBride brings the ball upcourt against St. Edward during their Division I semifinal at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus on March 22, 2019.
McBride would lead the Crusaders to a second straight OHSAA championship before heading to West Virginia.

(E.L. HUBBARD FOR THE ENQUIRER, E.L. HUBBARD FOR THE ENQUIRER)

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Miles McBride ‘s career at Moeller, WVU, New York Knicks in photos

Moeller guard Miles McBride drives to the hoop against Lakota East. McBride was a three-year starter for Carl Kremer and the Crusaders.

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Miles McBride ‘s career at Moeller, WVU, New York Knicks in photos

West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins and then-recruit Miles McBride meet after the boys’ regional final against Centerville at the Cintas Center in March 2019. While neither the UC Bearcats nor the Xavier Musketeers offered McBride in basketball, Bob Huggins did at WVU.

(Jim Owens for The Enquirer)

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