Daryl Morey was gushing over Jared McCain on draft night. A few months later, Nick Nurse sang the rookie’s praises in the Bahamas. Joel Embiid went a step further, claiming the guard was the team’s best player during training camp.
Just 11 games into this NBA career, we’re starting to run out of superlatives to describe McCain. He’s been everything the Sixers could’ve dreamed of and then some when they selected him 16th overall out of Duke.
McCain poured in 34 points, the highest total for any rookie this season, against the team with the best record in the NBA.