In a year of gigantic expectations although all, for the moment, unfulfilled, of exciting signings frustrated, of aspirations for a ring or at least a final one gone away and of stars in question, the Philadelphia 76ers They had an oasis in their rookie Jared McCain.
Elected to the position 16 from the past Draftthe former player of Duke It was considered to be the best news in the city of brotherly love, far above the Joel EmbiidPaul George o Tyrese Maxey. But suddenly the only light at the end of the tunnel Sixersit has been turned off.
The team has announced that McCain will have to undergo surgery to repair the left lateral meniscus and that he will be out indefinitely, which could be for the rest of the season. A terrible blow for the team, which is not happy, and for the player, who had immersed himself fully in the fight to be the best rookie of the season.
With averages of 15.3 points, leader among rookieswith a 46% shooting success rate that is 38.3% in triples, McCain had been chosen as best rookie of the month of november in the East. And he was one of the three players on the squad who had played in all (23) of the games of the Sixers next to Kelly Oubre Jr. y Guerschon Yabusele.
In fact, the ‘big three’, Joel Embiid, Paul George y Tyrese Maxeythey have only played three games and have finished only one, the victory against Chicago, all three on the court. Embiidonly six games this season, will miss more because against Indianain the game in which he was injured McCainsuffered a fracture in his cheekbone.
Los Sixers They started very badly, they seemed to have taken off somewhat and were with a balance of 7-16 in twelfth place in the East. The lowering of McCain It is a new setback in a season in which they do nothing but collect misery.