Jared McCain, top NBA Rookie of the Year candidate, being the best Sixers story of 2024-25 so far is not what anyone expected at this point of the season. But it’s where we are, and the 20-year-old guard continues finding ways to lift up the team.
After McCain’s lights-out seven-game stretch where he scored at least 20 points in every game and averaged 26.1 points and 4.3 assists with 50.8/45.6/96 shooting splits, he cooled off for a few games from Nov. 24 to Nov. 30. He also returned to the bench for two contests — including a rather surprising amount of time on the sidelines in the fourth quarter against Charlotte.