Chase McKey

Great pickup by Coach Craft and the staff. Chase McKey is a very athletic big who at times can play a lot like a guard. His dad Derrick McKey spent 15 years in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Seattle Sonics and Philadelphia 76ers. Chase spent 3 years at Marshall. He appeared in 18 games his freshman season averaging 1.8 points and 2.1 rebounds. McKey missed his entire sophomore season with a knee injury. Last year he only appeared in 5 games totally 4 points the entire season. He comes to Cullowhee with 2 years of eligibility left. 

I watched the video Chase McKey posted to his YouTube and was very impressed with what I saw. The game footage was small and it appeared that it was all from his freshman season. He doesn't play like your traditional big man. The one thing I noticed was how good his ball control is. He plays a lot out on the perimeter and uses his ball control skills to create off the bounce. McKey will make most of his living off the bounce and is a great finisher around the rim. He will post up down low and has multiple tools in his tool belt to finish down in the paint. Some of those are turning to blow by his defender, a turnaround jumper,spinning off his defender and more. He has great court vision which goes well with playing off the bounce and posting up down low. He runs well in tradition, is a gifted passer, rebounds well on both sides and has the ability to be a good defender with his size and athleticism. Don't know to much on his jump shot but I will say his turnaround game looks pretty good. I'd say his range is probably free throw line in but the film did have him shooting 3's in practice.  

This is great pickup and I love what coach Craft has assemble so far. Chase McKey is going to be a much improved big then what we were accustomed to seeing last season.