“Taller Than You!”: Tyrese Maxey Quips Back at Reporter for Calling Him ‘Small’

After the Philadelphia 76ers broke their five-game losing streak against the Brooklyn Nets tonight, Jared McCain and Tyrese Maxey sat down for the post-game presser.

They mustve been prepared for a light round today, but a reporter threw a curve ball at them.

They were asked if they could possibly debunk the belief that a team cant have two smaller guards in charge.

Upon hearing the question, McCain started laughing whereas Maxey had a counter question for the reporter.

The 24-year-old asked, Who said we was small? Thats crazy.

I dont feel like Im small.

Everyone else had a good laugh at Maxeys response, but the reporter firmly believed that these two fell into the category of smaller guards, so, he continued the line of questioning.

He asked, You know how tall are you? Instead of simply answering the question, Maxey said, Its taller than you.

McCain jumped in, And Im taller than him [Maxey], so, thats true.

As per the reporter, when a team has a 62 guard, they usually need another guard who is at least 65 or 66 to compensate.

That has been the norm in the league for a long period.

In this case, Maxey is 62 and McCain is only an inch taller than him at 63.

The final question in this interaction was, Do you guys feel like the two of you will be just fine playing together? After sharing a look with his teammate, McCain said, Yeah, I mean, I think so.

I think because we both play hard.

A lot of the game is just playing hard.

At this point, theyre going to try and get a mismatch.

Theyre gonna have an offensive scheme to try to go at us, but as long as we play hard, I think well be able to hold our own.

McCain said that they can make up for the height factor by putting in more effort and energy into their game.

Beating the Nets 113-98 to come out of a slump mustve helped boost their confidence as well.

McCain dropped 30 points with five rebounds and three assists while Maxey dropped 26 points with four rebounds and five assists..

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