<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-jared-mccain-vj-edgecombe-become-fast-friends-summer-league');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jared McCain, VJ Edgecombe become fast friends at 76ers Summer League');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jared-McCain-poses-for-a-picture.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Jared McCain, VJ Edgecombe become fast friends at 76ers Summer League</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-12T20:41:04-07:00">July 12th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-12T20:41:56-07:00">July 12th, 8:41pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While Las Vegas Summer League has mostly been a bummer for fans of the Philadelphia 76ers, with Johni Broome’s impressive play not <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-gets-unfortunate-injury-update-before-summer-league-hornets-clash">making up for VJ Edgecombe’s absence</a>, the Baylor product has still found plenty of ways to make fans smile in the City of Brotherly Love.</p><p>Case and point, while his teammates looked to get revenge on a loss to the San Antonio Spurs with a win over the Charlotte Hornets – *spoiler alert: the 76ers didn’t get it done – Edgecombe was spending his afternoon in Sin City with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-jared-mccain-opens-up-on-tight-bond-with-joel-embiid-amid-injury-recoveries">future teammate Jared McCain</a>, who he will be logging plenty of backcourt time with this fall.</p><p>Discussing how it’s been to get to know each other in Las Vegas in an interview with PHLY, Edgecombe noted that he and McCain <a href="https://Twitter.com/PHLY_Sixers/status/1944223033620914304">have become fast friends in the desert</a>.</p><p>“You know, tell you my personality, this is my dog right now. I’ve known him before, he’s just a great person to be around, you know,” Edgecombe said. “So I’m always, you know, always happy. I can’t have a bad day, so yeah.”</p><p>“He should have went to Duke, but I took him on this visit and showed him a great time,” McCain added. “I don’t know what happened with that, but getting to know him through this whole process, great kid, great person. Yeah, I’m excited to play with him.”</p><p>Now granted, had Edgecombe gone to Duke, who knows how his season would have shaken out, as he’d have been on a loaded team with future No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, plus other lottery selections in Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach. Would Edgecombe have outshone Dylan Harper as the top team in the nation’s focal point guard? Or would he have been overshadowed on such an incredible team, leading to a lower draft status due to decreased volume?</p><p>While fans could hypothesize about Edgecombe, Flagg, and Knueppel playing together infinitely, they won’t have to imagine the Baylor Bear on the court with McCain for much longer, as they will be teammates this fall and hopefully for years to come with the 76ers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">brotherly love <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SummerLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SummerLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/MiM221VOza">pic.twitter.com/MiM221VOza</a></p><p>— PHLY Sixers (@PHLY_Sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/PHLY_Sixers/status/1944223033620914304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain, VJ Edgecombe become fast friends at 76ers Summer League

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/thunder-news-76ers-jared-mccain-responds-to-shai-gilgeous-alexander-being-called-free-throw-merchant');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jared McCain responds to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being called “free throw merchant”');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Philadelphia-76ers-Jared-McCain-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-Oklahoma-City-Thunder-NBA-FInals.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Jared McCain responds to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being called “free throw merchant”</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-16T14:31:39-07:00">June 16th, 2:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-16T14:32:15-07:00">June 16th, 2:32pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers rookie sensation Jared McCain was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-jared-mccain-honest-reaction-to-thunder-pacers-nba-finals">selected to be a media correspondent</a> for the 2025 NBA Finals featuring the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. The series, which is seeing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton battle it out to lead their respective squads to their first NBA Championship, is tied at 2-2 heading into Game 5 on Monday night.</p><p>The topic of conversation following Game 4 has been the officiating and how Gilgeous-Alexander gets to the free throw line. 76ers rookie Jared McCain had some thoughts.</p><h2><b>76ers’ Jared McCain responds to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being called “free throw merchant”</b></h2><p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished Game 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals with a <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1933749629834686671" rel="noopener">game-high 35 points</a> on 12-of-24 from the field and a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line. A lot of non-Thunder fans, however, came out of that unhappy after seeing Gilgeous-Alexander attempt eight of his 10 free throws in the final five minutes.</p><p>In the fourth quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander shot 3-of-6 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, and 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Pacers fans could be heard yelling, “free throw merchant,” throughout Gainbridge Fieldhouse and others took to social media to express their frustration at Gilgeous-Alexander’s ability to push-off and draw fouls.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored all 15 of his 4th quarter points in the final 5 minutes of the Thunder’s Game 4.</p><p>It’s the most points in the final 5 minutes of regulation of an NBA Finals game since 1971. <a href="https://t.co/WOTljQXpB1">pic.twitter.com/WOTljQXpB1</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1933749629834686671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>During the NBA Finals, ClutchPoints spoke with NBA Finals media correspondent Jared McCain to get his take on the discourse around the Thunder star and his ability to draw fouls.</p><p>“Yeah, I see both sides of it,” McCain told ClutchPoints. “But I think it’s just smart play. A lot of them, they are fouls. He’s just using his body against the defender and you’re fouling. It’s just a smart way to play, but I see both sides of it. How fans don’t want to see, I guess, the slow pace of just getting to the finish line, but at the end of the day, he’s just trying to win a game and he’s trying to get as many buckets as possible. So I think it’s smart and I’m trying to learn as much as I can.”</p><p>In just his 16th career game, 76ers rookie Jared McCain shot 12 free throws in a game. That’s among the earliest in a player’s career that they’ve shot double-digit free throws in a game, and much of it has to do with McCain’s ability to play physical while knowing how to use his body to draw fouls.</p><p>For McCain, the Sixers guard is trying to pick up any tips and tricks he can from the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and even New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, who is also highly scrutinized for his foul-drawing tactics.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tough, Shai, Tough!</p><p>3-point game with under 4 to go in the game!</p><p>Get to ABC for the final minutes 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/ZYVlyLejgS">pic.twitter.com/ZYVlyLejgS</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1933723162480431244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Yeah I think for me, it’s especially like I use my shot as a way to get to the rim and to get fouled,” Jared mcCain continued to ClutchPoints. “Obviously being physical and using that physicality against them. That helps you get to the line as well, but obviously watching players like Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander], like Jalen Brunson, who gets to the line a lot, I’m trying to learn as much as I can, but it’s pretty cool to see it happen in my first few games.”</p><p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored all 15 points of his fourth quarter points in the final in the final five minutes of Game 4, the most points scored in the final five minutes of regulation of an NBA Finals game since 1971.</p><p>Monday night’s Game 5 between the Thunder and Pacers will see one team take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Indianapolis for Game 6. Will the Thunder be able to take the series lead heading on the road, or will the Pacers have a chance to close out the series at home and win an NBA Championship in front of their home-crowd?</p><p>Game 5 is set to tip off at 8:30PM EST on ABC.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain responds to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being called “free throw merchant”

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From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The 2025 NBA Finals have returned to Oklahoma City where the Thunder will host Game 5 against the Indiana Pacers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/nba-finals-news-bulls-matas-buzelis-reacts-to-thunder-pacers-nba-finals">NBA Finals Correspondent</a> Jared McCain of the Philadelphia 76ers has followed both teams closely through the year and can’t wait to see what Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton have in store for their teams.</p><p>With the series tied at 2-2, the winner of Monday night’s game will be just one win away from the franchise’s first NBA Championship.</p><h2><b>76ers’ Jared McCain reacts to Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals</b></h2><p>During the NBA Finals, the league calls up a few of the younger players to act as media correspondents for the championship round. The players attend a practice media availability as well as a Finals game, where they’ll take turns asking players from Finals teams questions they’re interested in knowing the answers to.</p><p>Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals started with Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain, who had a spectacular start to his rookie campaign before suffering a season-ending injury.</p><p>McCain, who has been closely following the NBA postseason, spoke with ClutchPoints during the NBA Finals and gave his thoughts on each of the teams he’s covering as a Correspondent.</p><p>“I’m so excited I’ve never I’ve never even been to a playoff game before in my life so this would be very exciting to see the epitome of basketball,” McCain told ClutchPoints. “The NBA invited me to this and it’s been a cool experience getting to know everything behind the scenes of being a media person at this event but it was cool to see it all come together.”</p><p>The Oklahoma City Thunder are two wins away from an NBA Championship while boasting the league’s 2024-25 regular season MVP after a historic 68-win season.</p><p>“Yeah, they’re pretty insane,” McCain said of the Oklahoma City Thunder. “Obviously they’ve got the MVP in [Shai Gilgeous-Alexande]. I think it’d be really cool to see an MVP win the NBA Finals. I think it’s only like three other players that did it. Like it was Shaq and someone else. But yeah OKC, they’re a tough team they got elite depth. Both teams got good depth so we’ll see what happens.”</p><p>Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers have stunned nearly the entire world by making a run to the 2025 NBA Finals. They are also just two wins away from the franchise’s first NBA Championship after winning Games 1 and 3 of this series.</p><p>“Indiana has the fast pace,” McCain added. “I just saw today it was like organized chaos. Haliburton’s leadership, he’s very elite at it and we’ll see what happens of course, but I think it’ll be a good one… I never truly count out Halliburton.”</p><p>There were clips on social media of <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1925414718254326032">Jared McCain reacting to Tyrese Haliburton</a>‘s game-tying shot against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals as well as <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1930830053732147223">his reaction to Haliburton</a>‘s game-winner against the Thunder in Game 1.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jared McCain LOST IT after Tyrese Haliburton forced OT vs. the Knicks 😱 <a href="https://twitter.com/ATT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@att</a> <a href="https://t.co/bjEtaIEf8d">pic.twitter.com/bjEtaIEf8d</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1925414718254326032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Player Correspondent Jared McCain COULDN'T BELIEVE what he was seeing 🤩🤩🤩</p><p>(sound UP, but not too loud…) <a href="https://t.co/heI0ELIQlu">https://t.co/heI0ELIQlu</a> <a href="https://t.co/PlmcgnNfyC">pic.twitter.com/PlmcgnNfyC</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1930830053732147223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jared McCain is much like NBA fans than people realize, spending a lot of his time watching and reacting to games just like everybody else.</p><p>“Of course, of course! Even during the season, you watch games, you’re still watching it just like everybody else. You’re on screen, watching it on TV, watching it on your phone. Everybody, even players on the team, like you’re always watching it sometimes together on the plane. It’s cool to just still be a fan and also be a part of the league.”</p><p>Jared McCain had a strong rookie campaign for the 76ers, averaging 15.3 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.6 assists while shooting 46 percent from the field and 38.3 percent from three. The 76ers rookie suffered a torn meniscus and the team officially ruled him out for the season on January 9th.</p><p>The 2025 NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will continue on Monday night for Game 5. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30PM EST on ABC, with the winner taking a 3-2 series lead and just one win away from a championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain’s honest reaction to Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals

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As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-aaron-nesmith-20-point-heater-literally-never-done-before-play-by-play-era">Pacers pulled off a stunning comeback in Game 1</a> of the Eastern Conference Finals, but it wasn’t just the final score that had the NBA world talking. Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain went viral for his raw, real-time reaction to Tyrese Haliburton’s clutch shot that forced overtime against the New York Knicks.</p><p>McCain was live on a Bleacher Report stream as Haliburton brought the ball up in the final seconds of regulation. With the Pacers trailing by two, Haliburton rose up from the top of the key, fading away with a defender closing in. The shot floated through the air and splashed in — initially ruled a three, but later confirmed as a two after replay showed his toe barely on the line. Still, it was enough to tie the game and send the Knicks vs. Pacers Game 1 into overtime.</p><p>The play stunned the Madison Square Garden crowd — and left McCain <a href="https://x.com/bleacherreport/status/1925414718254326032?s=46" rel="noopener">completely unglued</a>. In a segment posted by Bleacher Report on X (formerly Twitter), McCain can be seen streaming live, calm at first. But as the shot drops, he suddenly jolts forward, eyes wide, and starts yelling in disbelief — though most of what he says is barely audible over his own excitement.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jared McCain LOST IT after Tyrese Haliburton forced OT vs. the Knicks 😱 <a href="https://twitter.com/ATT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@att</a> <a href="https://t.co/bjEtaIEf8d">pic.twitter.com/bjEtaIEf8d</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1925414718254326032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The clip immediately took off online, with fans loving the authenticity of the the reaction. As a sharpshooter himself, averaging 15.3 points and 38.3% from three during his rookie year, McCain’s appreciation for the moment felt genuine — the kind of respect only players can show.</p><p>Meanwhile, Haliburton’s clutch shot capped off a 31-point, 11-assist night and helped the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-choke-sign-game-1-knicks">Pacers erase a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit</a>. They outlasted the Knicks 138-135 in overtime, stealing Game 1 on the road and shifting momentum heading into Game 2.</p><p>The Pacers made a statement — and McCain’s stunned reaction helped amplify just how electric the moment really was. If Game 1 is any sign, this Eastern Conference Finals matchup is going to deliver fireworks — both on and off the court.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain’s insane reaction to Haliburton’s shot to force OT

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-jared-mccain-shows-off-new-mvp-nail-polish-line');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers guard Jared McCain shows off his new MVP nail polish line');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Jared-McCain-shows-off-his-new-MVP-nail-polish-line.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers guard Jared McCain shows off his new MVP nail polish line</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-16T19:26:42-07:00">May 16th, 7:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-16T19:26:42-07:00">May 16th, 7:26pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-basketball/duke-basketball-news-jared-mccain-response-signing-nil-deal-nail-polish-brand">making headlines for how he presented himself</a> almost as often as how he performed on the court as a rookie, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-jared-mccain-opens-up-on-tight-bond-with-joel-embiid-amid-injury-recoveries">Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain</a> is capitalizing on the hype with a new line of nail polish via Sally Hansen, debuting five basketball-themed colors to get fans ready for the 2025-26 NBA season.</p><p>That’s right, while McCain has drawn headlines for his TikToks, his mindfulness, and his general positivity, the color of his nails has been a topic of heavy conversation, with the Duke alumni now offering his own unique color palette to interested parties, <a href="https://x.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1923481831824830512" rel="noopener">as he showcased</a> on TikTok.</p><p>“Hello everyone. I am so excited to announce something I’ve been working on for a very long time now. I went to the lab, and I actually created these, my own nail polish collection with Sally Hansen,” McCain explained.</p><p>“It’s crazy to even think that when I first started painting my nails that I’d be here with my own collection of colors that I made. Let’s get into the colors and let me show you everything that I created, obviously with the help of the Sally Hansen scientists. This collection is called MVP, and it stands for Most Valuable Polish.”</p><p>McCain then went on to break down the colors in the set, which includes five colors he was able to name, and mixed with the Hansen team.</p><p>“First up, we have Bucket Blue. Literally says my name on the bottle, got a little shimmer in it. I always like bright colors. And so when I was creating this, I wanted to make sure everything was bright, but also wearable. We’re always striving to be the greatest we can be. For gold, it is called Goat Gold,” McCain explained.</p><p>“We have Net Neutral. Now, I want to make sure there was something in this collection that was tame, calm, can wear it all the time. And I think Net Neutral, it’s like a little bit of off-white. Got Point Guard Pink. Now this one, this shade, it’s not, I didn’t want to go with like a super bright pink, more like a bubblegum type vibes. It’s called Rookie Red.</p><p>“So I think it’s such a good nod to my life, to where I’m at now. I’m just blessed. I’m super honored that Sally let me do this, and I was able to go create it and actually put my own creativity into this project. This is the Trio. This is the Trio pack it comes with. You get the five colors, the top coat. I’m blessed and honored. Thank you, Sally Hansen, for letting me do this.”</p><p>With the five different colors plus the Trio set, which includes Philadelphia’s red, white, and blue colors, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sally-Hansen-Miracle-Neutral-Gel-Like/dp/B0DT7KMPZ3?th=1" rel="noopener">officially for sale</a>, McCain fans can grab this new set of nail polish wherever Sally Hansen products are sold.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers guard Jared McCain shows off his new MVP nail polish line

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>PHILADELPHIA — Jared McCain and Joel Embiid spent a lot of time on the bench together during this Philadelphia 76ers season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-joel-embiid-hit-with-worrisome-second-knee-surgery-update">The rookie and the veteran both dealt with knee injuries</a> that knocked them out for most of the season.</p><p>Although those injuries were not quite the same thing, it gave them lots of time to watch games together from the sideline and <a href="https://x.com/SixersAdam/status/1892983008518352909" rel="noopener">get familiar with each other</a>. Naturally, they bonded and Embiid helped McCain out as he learned about life in the NBA.</p><p>“Yeah, I think a lot of, with Jo, you see everything. And he’s just a good dude,” McCain said. “Getting to know him when I was injured, talking to him on the bench, just a good person, helped me through my injury, talked to me, texted me, just helps me a lot on and off the court.</p><p>“I think, obviously, it’s a lot of misunderstanding with everything he gets” — likely referring to the negative narratives that surround the big man — “but I got nothing but respect for him, just the way he handles everything. I know he wants to play as much as everybody else, so I’m excited to get out there with him. It’s been really cool to get to know him throughout this injury process.”</p><h2><b>Jared McCain reveals how Joel Embiid helped him in injury rehab</b></h2><p>McCain’s happy-go-lucky attitude has reminded Embiid of Tyrese Maxey. His hard work surely does, too. McCain said that, along with the help from Embiid, Maxey and Kyle Lowry gave him plenty of insight. Watching Jared Butler operate in the pick-and-roll helped him, too. Now, his biggest goal is getting healthy again.</p><p>“Just to get healthy. That’s all I want,” McCain said of his offseason plans. “That’s all I’m praying for. All I’m wishing for. Just to get healthy, be 100 percent and then get back to work. I know I can obviously help this team do a lot of things and I just wanna get back out there and get a feel for the game and just play basketball again. Run up and down the court. I can’t wait to just [get to] where I put on my shoes and just sprint, just go run.”</p><p>With Daryl Morey’s insistence that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-daryl-morey-doubles-down-on-star-trio-despite-lost-season">76ers need to get younger and more dynamic</a>, McCain’s role on the team going forward will be very important.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain opens up on tight bond with Joel Embiid amid injury recoveries

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/exclusive-76ers-jared-mccain-joel-embiid-paul-george-help-rocky-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: 76ers’ Jared McCain reveals how Joel Embiid, Paul George help in ‘rocky’ times');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/76ers-Jared-McCain-1-on-1-interview-on-Joel-Embiid-Paul-George-advice.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: 76ers’ Jared McCain reveals how Joel Embiid, Paul George help in ‘rocky’ times</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T05:10:50-07:00">April 1st, 5:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T05:10:50-07:00">April 1st, 5:10am</time><address><a>DJ Siddiqi</a>DJ Siddiqi is a features writer for ClutchPoints, with over 13 years of experience covering the NFL, NBA, and NCAA Football. Siddiqi has bylines at Forbes, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, and Heavy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-how-jared-mccain-overtaken-rookie-of-year-odds">Jared McCain quickly emerged as a Rookie of the Year candidate</a> during the first couple months of the season. The 2024 first-round draft pick unexpectedly took on a lead scoring role as the Sixers’ big three — Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George — all dealt with injuries at the start of the season.</p><p>Although the 76ers have struggled all year long as a team, McCain thrived individually, averaging 15.3 points per game on .460% from the field and .383% from beyond the arc <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-jared-mccain-delivers-heartbreaking-injury-update-after-surgery">before suffering a season-ending torn meniscus injury</a>.</p><p>McCain actually won Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month honors for November after averaging 19.1 points in just 29.1 minutes per game. During a nine-game span in November, McCain led the 76ers in scoring in eight of those games, including a 34-point performance against the Eastern Conference’s best team in the Cleveland Cavaliers and a gutsy 27-point output in a 107-105 overtime victory over the Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>While the season-ending injury is a tough one to deal with considering his hot start to the season, McCain details how both Embiid and George — both of whom were eventually shut down for the season — have been helpful as he rehabs from his injury.</p><p>“Yeah, I mean, I was just talking to them, they make sure my mental’s straight,” says McCain. “I think that’s the main thing with them is they know it can get rocky with just being alone sometimes.”</p><p>McCain mentions how you’re isolated from the team when you’re injured, so it’s appreciated when his 76ers teammates—including two of the biggest veterans on the squad—reach out to him to make sure he’s all good.</p><p>“You’re not with the team a lot and they’re taking care of me, just talking to me, making sure we’re all still good,” says McCain. “They know I’m going to attack rehab like I am and just making sure I am on the path with that.”</p><p>Embiid and George aren’t the only ones who have been helpful in helping McCain get through his injury as head coach Nick Nurse has also been supportive as the rookie looks to come back stronger and better during his second season.</p><p>“A lot of it just my mental, making sure my mental is good,” says McCain. “He’s just talked to me about making sure I’m good mentally and talking to everybody, making sure I’m around the team. Because it can get lonely. You’re away from the team a lot and especially in the beginning with the injury. We have quick conversations and just talking to the coach and staff, talking to my teammates and making sure I’m healthy.”</p><p>The 76ers will hope McCain and their star players, Embiid and George, will be healthy next season as they look to bounce back. Philadelphia entered the season with title expectations following the acquisition of George, a nine-time All-Star. However, injuries and a lack of cohesion has led to the Sixers having one of the worst records in the league this season at 23-52.</p><p>Philadelphia actually has a shot at the No. 1 pick with <a href="https://www.tankathon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">10.5% odds</a>, the fifth-best of any team in the NBA. That would give them an opportunity to land Duke phenom Cooper Flagg. McCain—a Duke alum himself—knows Flagg and <a href="https://rg.org/news/basketball/jared-mccain-says-teaming-up-with-cooper-flagg-would-be-a-dream-come-true" rel="noopener">says, “It’d be amazing” to team up </a>with the 6-foot-9 forward at the NBA level.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Exclusive: 76ers’ Jared McCain reveals how Joel Embiid, Paul George help in ‘rocky’ times

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-philly-rookie-justin-edwards-joins-jared-mccain-alex-sarr-impressive-feat');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers rookie joins Jared McCain, Alex Sarr, others with impressive feat');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/76ers-news-Philly-rookie-joins-Jared-McCain-Alex-Sarr-others-with-impressive-feat.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers rookie joins Jared McCain, Alex Sarr, others with impressive feat</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-21T19:28:40-07:00">March 21st, 7:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-21T19:28:40-07:00">March 21st, 7:28pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jared McCain may not be in the lineup but the Philadelphia 76ers are getting some great production from another rookie. Justin Edwards, who went undrafted last summer, has quickly proved to be a keeper for the Sixers.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-adem-bona-joins-joel-embiid-franchise-history-books-win-vs-jazz" rel="noopener">Second-round pick Adem Bona has flashed his potential</a> throughout his rookie campaign and so has Edwards, who has been a regular starter when healthy for nearly two months now. In the 76ers’ 128-120 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Edwards tied a career-high of 25 points and recorded a scoring streak that only a few rookies have reached this season.</p><p>Edwards has now scored <a href="https://x.com/SixersStats/status/1903258596143419481" rel="noopener">at least 18 points in three straight games</a>. According to the Sixers’ stat department, only McCain and Alex Sarr have scored at least 18 in more consecutive contests. McCain’s nine-game streak towers above the rest of his fellow newcomers, Sarr is in the midst of a five-game streak, Stephon Castle has put together a three-game streak thrice (and was two total points away from having an active five-game streak) and Kel’el Ware had a three-game streak earlier this season.</p><h2><b>Justin Edwards showcasing future potential with 76ers</b></h2><p>All of those players were top-20 picks, a stark contrast to Edwards, who started this season on a two-way deal after going through the 2024 NBA Draft without hearing his name.</p><p>Edwards, a 21-year-old Philadelphia native who played college ball at Kentucky, earned a starting spot as the 76ers started to deal with a hefty amount of injuries. Even when all the stars played, Edwards remained in the starting lineup with them. He almost certainly will be for the rest of the season.</p><p>The 76ers playing in low-stakes games for the rest of the season will only help Edwards’ development. Getting the chance to play extended minutes and see what works will help him going forward. Even if he fails, it only goes towards the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-non-cooper-flagg-2025-nba-draft-targets-watch-ncaa-tournament">Sixers’ chances of keeping their first-round pick</a>. In a lost season, Edwards is looking to be one of the biggest silver linings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers rookie joins Jared McCain, Alex Sarr, others with impressive feat

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Golden State Warriors prepared to take on the Philadelphia 76ers in a Saturday night showdown, Stephen Curry’s warm-up drew a big crowd. Among the many observers was Sixers rookie Jared McCain, who wouldn’t have missed this chance to watch and learn from a legend for anything.</p><p>Curry’s warm-up routine has been appointment viewing for a while. Everyone wants to watch the greatest shooter of all time get up shots from all kinds of angles and distances. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-how-jared-mccains-work-ethic-during-injury-rehab-motivates-philly">McCain, whose hard work has stood out</a> even as he recovers from season-ending meniscus surgery, watched as the Warriors legend launched shots from all over the court. He hardly looked away or talked to anyone around him. All he did was watch Curry go to work.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Among the crowd of people watching Steph Curry warm up is Jared McCain <a href="https://t.co/TBoOIstTTg">pic.twitter.com/TBoOIstTTg</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1895995181209665723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jared McCain watches Stephen Curry warm up ahead of 76ers-Warriors</b></h2><p>No player can truly be dubbed the next Chef Curry but his influence on McCain’s game is impossible to miss. His ability to shoot threes in various ways and sense for relocation into open space beyond the arc are major pillars of his already very mature game, making him <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/nba-rookie-power-rankings-24-25-jaylen-wells-history-not-seen-since-2017">the favorite for Rookie of the Year before his season-ending injury</a>.</p><p>Curry shot threes from halfcourt and all around the arc. He even did a drill where a coach threw him a pass over his shoulder and he caught it, spun around 180 degrees and drilled a shot from the wing.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">How many people are out there working on catching the ball over their shoulder, turning and shooting from deep?</p><p>There’s only one Steph Curry for a reason <a href="https://t.co/vCWvV2Xjiy">pic.twitter.com/vCWvV2Xjiy</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1895998153696084421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At the end of Curry’s warm-up, he went over to dap McCain up and say hello. He also <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ginamizell.bsky.social/post/3lje7m6uqas2o" rel="noopener">mingled with Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and his family</a>. Although McCain will have to wait to implement what he learned from Curry, his new insight and dedication will serve him well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain intently studying Stephen Curry’s warm-up will 76ers excite fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-how-jared-mccains-work-ethic-during-injury-rehab-motivates-philly');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Jared McCain’s work ethic during injury rehab motivates 76ers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/76ers-news-How-Jared-McCains-work-ethic-during-injury-rehab-motivates-Philly.jpg"></figure><h1>How Jared McCain’s work ethic during injury rehab motivates 76ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-21T14:13:53-08:00">February 21st, 2:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-21T14:13:53-08:00">February 21st, 2:13pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Although Jared McCain won’t be available to play for the Philadelphia 76ers down the stretch run of the 2024-25 season, the rookie is doing the best thing can control: attacking his injury rehab hard.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-jared-mccain-delivers-five-word-declaration-amid-rookie-of-the-year-bid">McCain’s sensational rookie season</a> was ended prematurely by a torn meniscus. He still leads the field of first-timers with 15.3 points per game and ranks 10th in three-pointers and 11th in total points despite playing only the 25th-most minutes. Even though he can only get in some light work off the court as his knee heals, he’s making the most of it.</p><p>Nick Nurse said that he’s <a href="https://x.com/SixersAdam/status/1893049761365668245" rel="noopener">working his tail off in his injury rehab</a> and that his dedication can serve as motivation for the rest of the team, according to Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.</p><p>“First of all, he is really working hard,” Nurse said, via PhillyVoice. “Every day he is doing as absolute much as he can do. He’s lifting, he’s on the treadmill. He’s getting hundreds and hundreds of shots up. He can’t move, but he’s working on his form…He’s really, really working hard. And to me, that is like, that’s just who he is. He knows what he wants, knows he wants to be a great player. He’s not going to let an injury stop him. I think that’s motivation for everybody.”</p><h2><b>Jared McCain working hard in injury rehab</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jared McCain and Joel Embiid are doing something. I suppose it could be a game of tag? You be the judge: <a href="https://t.co/yKa7ML1zzT">pic.twitter.com/yKa7ML1zzT</a></p><p>— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixersAdam/status/1892983008518352909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>McCain has been around the 76ers as they try to turn their season around. At 20-35, they’re still in the race for a play-in spot. There’s no doubt that the sharpshooter would make a huge difference for them.</p><p>While McCain is far from the only injury the Sixers are dealing with — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-joel-embiid-brutally-honest-take-debilitating-knee-issues">Joel Embiid’s constant knee troubles still linger over the team</a> — his consistent hard work makes for a great source of inspiration. As the long season continues, his leadership by example will be important in keeping the rest of the team dedicated.</p><p>The 76ers may be having a brutal season but their future is notably brighter because of McCain, whose hard work and talent will make him a franchise cornerstone now and into the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Jared McCain’s work ethic during injury rehab motivates 76ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-jared-mccain-stephen-curry-wish-2025-nba-all-star-weekend');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Jared McCain shares Stephen Curry wish ahead of 2025 NBA All-Star weekend');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/76ers-news-Jared-McCain-shares-Stephen-Curry-wish-ahead-of-2025-NBA-All-Star-weekend.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Jared McCain shares Stephen Curry wish ahead of 2025 NBA All-Star weekend</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-14T05:54:54-08:00">February 14th, 5:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-14T05:54:54-08:00">February 14th, 5:54am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-rajon-rondo-hits-league-cold-all-star-game-reality">2025 NBA All-Star break is officially upon us</a>, with players from across the league flying out to San Francisco, California for the festivities. One guy who won’t be participating in any of the events is Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain, but that hasn’t stopped him from making the trek out west, where he has set a big Stephen Curry goal for himself.</p><p>After getting selected with the 16th overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, McCain burst onto the scene with the Sixers, averaging 15.3 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds per game before he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-jared-mccain-devastating-knee-injury-update">suffered a season-ending meniscus injury</a> midway through December. McCain will still be representing Philadelphia during the All-Star weekend, and he revealed he’s <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890208761664663878" rel="noopener">hoping to meet Curry for the first time</a> during his stint in San Fran.</p><p>“Hello everyone, it’s Jared McCain, and we just made it to All-Star weekend in San Francisco. Excited for the weekend, don’t know what’s gonna happen, first time. But hopefully I meet (Stephen) Curry,” McCain said in a video posted by the 76ers on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Hopefully I meet [Steph Curry]."</p><p>Jared McCain is in San Francisco ahead of the All-Star weekend 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sixers</a>)<a href="https://t.co/pVRZw6L10o">pic.twitter.com/pVRZw6L10o</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1890208761664663878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jared McCain sets clear Stephen Curry goal for 2025 All-Star weekend</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/76ers-guard-Jared-McCain.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>McCain has previously said that Curry has been his favorite player in the NBA for years, and that he has had a heavy influence on his game. Everybody wants to meet their heroes, and that appears to be the case for McCain, as the two have not crossed paths yet early on in his NBA career with Philadelphia.</p><p>While Curry won’t be facing off against New York Liberty sharpshooter Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point contest that they partook in last year, he will still be a busy guy, as he will be suiting up for the 11th All-Star Game in his legendary career. Hopefully he’ll be able to carve out some time for the Sixers young rookie guard, as McCain is looking to fulfill his one big wish on this trip out to California.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Jared McCain shares Stephen Curry wish ahead of 2025 NBA All-Star weekend

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Football</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Alabama football’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/alabama-football-news-ryan-williams-inks-nil-deal">Ryan Williams has signed an NIL deal</a> with nail polish brand Sally Hansen. The first-team All-SEC wide receiver showed off Sally Hansen’s all black offering in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ryanwms1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=d85d02a6-10f9-4191-b2df-d54d66a80aad" rel="noopener">joint Instagram video</a> posted on Sunday, February 9, his 18th birthday.</p><p>“Big game and birthday ready with @sally_hansen #sallyhansenpartner,” he captioned the post.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3y6a6Rs7P/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank"> <div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3y6a6Rs7P/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Hollywood Williams (@ryanwms1)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Williams is known for painting his nails before each game, a tradition that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/alabama-football-news-kalen-deboer-recalls-recruiting-17-year-old-breakout-star-ryan-williams">began in high school</a>, thanks to his younger sister.</p><p>“My little sister she decided that she really liked doing nails,” he explained on an October episode of Hey Coach! Show with Kalen DeBoer. “And first she started with my mom. And she wanted to try on me. So, I was just like, I’m comfortable in my own skin. It didn’t really bother me. I think the first time it was just clear. Now she’s gotten so much better, every week.”</p><p>Though he stuck with the black for his birthday, Williams has been known to switch it up. He once painted them green to match his suit and, controversially, went with orange the week Alabama faced Tennessee.</p><p>“A couple of the guys, they got fired up at me. They thought it was for the opposing team,” Williams explained before clarifying that his sister chooses the color.</p><h2><b>Alabama football freshman Ryan Williams joins Jared McCain on the NIL nail polish train</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ryan-Williams.jpg"><figcaption>Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Williams isn’t the first male college athlete to strike an NIL deal with a nail polish brand. Jared McCain, now of the Philadelphia 76ers, <a href="https://www.blackenterprise.com/jared-mccain-nil-sally-hansen/" rel="noopener">had a deal</a> with Sally Hansen last season while he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/duke-basketball-news-jared-mccain-shows-no-mercy-north-carolina-blue-devils-blowout">played basketball at Duke</a>.</p><p>“Everybody should do self-care. For me, it’s nail painting. I’m sorry if that offends any of you guys,” McCain said at the time. There’s no crazy reason I [paint my nails]. It helps me not bite my nails. I went to a salon one time, picked out a color, and thought it looked nice. Many people disagree and don’t like it, but I’m going to be myself and do what I think looks nice.”</p><p>Williams also faced a few fans in his Instagram comments who weren’t supportive of the deal, but he seemed to be more concerned with enjoying his birthday than feeding the trolls. The video also included clips of him cutting his cake, playing pop-a-shot and celebrating with birthday balloons adorning his wall.</p><p>Though he’s now out of college, Caleb Williams has also taken to painting his nails for the gridiron. He explained that he does it as a tribute to his mom, a nail technician.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Alabama WR Ryan Williams follows Jared McCain’s path with nail polish NIL deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/duke-basketball-news-jared-mccain-shows-no-mercy-north-carolina-blue-devils-blowout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jared McCain shows no mercy on North Carolina amid Duke basketball’s blowout');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jared-McCain.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Jared McCain shows no mercy on North Carolina amid Duke basketball’s blowout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-02T11:36:58-08:00">February 2nd, 11:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-02T11:36:58-08:00">February 2nd, 11:36am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Basketball</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/duke-basketball-news-cooper-flagg-angry-north-carolina">Duke basketball program came away with an 87-70 win</a> over rival North Carolina on Saturday, and at halftime, former Duke player Jared McCain made it clear <a href="https://twitter.com/accnetwork/status/1885853028617474535" rel="noopener">how happy he was</a> that the game was going the Blue Devils’ way.</p><p>“What up ESPN? We’re at halftime at the Duke-UNC game, we’re blowing them out right now,” Jared McCain said, via ACC Network. “It’s great to be back in Cameron, I love it here. Hopefully, blow them out even more by 40, so let’s keep going.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"We're blowing them out right now."</p><p>Jared McCain is loving what he's seeing from <a href="https://twitter.com/DukeMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DukeMBB</a> 😈 <a href="https://t.co/emnTQC09nF">pic.twitter.com/emnTQC09nF</a></p><p>— ACC Network (@accnetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/accnetwork/status/1885853028617474535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Duke basketball had a 47-25 lead over North Carolina at halftime, and although McCain did not get the 40-point win that he was hoping for, the Blue Devils will gladly take a 17-point victory over the hated Tar Heels. McCain spent one year with Duke in 2023-24, helping the Blue Devils reach the Elite Eight before going to the NBA and being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>For the Blue Devils, it was Kon Knueppel leading the way in scoring, with 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting, with five rebounds and five assists as well. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/duke-basketball-news-cooper-flagg-awesome-north-carolina-game">Cooper Flagg scored 21 on 6-of-14 shooting</a>, with eight rebounds and seven assists as well. Those two led the way for Duke, while Tyrese Proctor scored 17 and Sion James scored 13 as well. Duke moved to 19-2 overall, and remains the No. 2 team in the country. North Carolina’s down season continues, as they fell to 13-10 overall.</p><p>For the rest of the way, Duke will likely be favored in each game. The only ranked opponent that Duke will play is No. 18 Illinois on Feb. 22. The Blue Devils will be heavy favorites in each of the ACC conference games left. They are currently undefeated in conference play at 11-0, and are one game ahead of the 10-1 Clemson team, with one game against the Tigers remaining on the schedule.</p><p>This Duke team has enough talent to make a serious national championship run, so it will be interesting to see how deep they go in March.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jared McCain shows no mercy on North Carolina amid Duke basketball’s blowout

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-how-jared-mccain-is-spending-time-after-season-ending-meniscus-surgery');   ga('set', 'title', 'How 76ers’ Jared McCain is spending time after season-ending meniscus surgery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/76ers-news-How-Jared-McCain-is-spending-time-after-season-ending-meniscus-surgery.jpg"></figure><h1>How 76ers’ Jared McCain is spending time after season-ending meniscus surgery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-28T22:10:01-08:00">January 28th, 10:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-28T22:10:01-08:00">January 28th, 10:10pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers simply haven’t been allowed to have nice things for a consistent period of time throughout the 2024-25 season thus far. Amid injury troubles to Joel Embiid and Paul George, particularly at the beginning of the year, rookie Jared McCain, who slipped through the cracks and fell to the 76ers with the 16th overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, stepped up and looked like a star in the making, although that didn’t last too long as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-jared-mccain-delivers-heartbreaking-injury-update-after-surgery">Duke alum suffered a season-ending knee injury.</a></p><p>McCain had been stepping up as one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dreary season for the 76ers, but now, he’s looking to fill plenty of time as he soldiers on in his recovery process from the meniscus tear he sustained. And it looks as though the Tiktok sensation is discovering new hobbies, with Derek Bodner of PHLY Sports revealing that McCain <a href="https://x.com/derekbodnernba/status/1884392924462407847?s=46" rel="noopener">had been learning</a> Spanish as well as learning how to play the piano.</p><p>There’s no secret that McCain is a performer and an enjoyer of the Gen Z arts, and developing these new skills should only expand his fanbase all the while he fashions for himself a fruitful NBA career with the 76ers. At the very least, the 20-year-old guard is finding worthwhile ways to spend his time amid the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-tough-jared-mccain-announcement-rookies-injury">most trying part of his basketball career thus far</a>.</p><p>It looks as though the 2024-25 season will be a lost one for the 76ers, as it might be in their best interest to try and keep their top-six protected first-round pick for this year’s draft. But next year, the 76ers will be a team to watch yet again, with McCain’s impending return and a potential cleaner bill of health from Embiid and George providing reasons for hope.</p><h2><b>Jared McCain is looking like a long-term keeper for the 76ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jared-McCain.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 76ers have been lucking their way into some very talented guards despite picking in the middle or late in the first round of drafts. Tyrese Maxey is their biggest win in recent years, but Jared McCain is also looking like a long-term keeper in his own right.</p><p>McCain burst onto the scene back in November, putting up two 30-point games as he emerged as a lethal shot-creator from the perimeter. He figures to slot into the starting lineup for the 76ers as soon as next season, provided, of course, that he recovers well from his knee injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How 76ers’ Jared McCain is spending time after season-ending meniscus surgery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-reveals-silver-lining-jared-mccain-season-ending-injury');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Tyrese Maxey reveals silver lining of Jared McCain’s season-ending injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Tyrese-Maxey-reveals-silver-lining-of-Jared-McCains-season-ending-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Tyrese Maxey reveals silver lining of Jared McCain’s season-ending injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-11T08:28:13-08:00">January 11th, 8:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-11T08:28:13-08:00">January 11th, 8:28am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After the Philadelphia 76ers announced that rookie guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-tough-jared-mccain-announcement-rookies-injury" rel="noopener">Jared McCain had undergone season-ending surgery</a> on his left knee, teammate Tyrese Maxey offered support and encouragement. McCain emerged as an early candidate for Rookie of the Year. Averaging 15.3 points, 2.6 assists, and 0.7 steals, Jared carved out a role with the 76ers.</p><p>For that, Maxey is <a href="https://twitter.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/1877947894776336653" rel="noopener">thrilled</a> for the rookie’s future in the NBA. McCain has a lot to look forward to, per PHLY Sports’ Derek Bodner.</p><p>“I’m happy I got to see him a couple of times since we’ve been home. I gave him a big hug. I’m happy for him as far as how he played when he was out there,” Maxey said. “Now he has something to build off of when he gets back. It would have really sucked if he got hurt and he didn’t have anything to look at, any film to watch, any highlights to watch. But he has a lot of positive things to look at, a positive future to look at, so that makes me happy.</p><p>“But it sucks to see somebody like that go down. [He] had a really good chance of winning Rookie of the Year, and he really helped us. He’s really good. I think he was finding his role.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Maxey, on the news that Jared McCain would be out for the rest of the season: "He has something to build off of when he gets back. It would have really sucked if he got hurt and he didn't have anything to look at, any film to watch, any highlights to watch. But he has a… <a href="https://t.co/8VNhZP5UMQ">pic.twitter.com/8VNhZP5UMQ</a></p><p>— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/1877947894776336653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was a devastating blow for Jared McCain and the 76ers, who have dropped four of their last six games, including Friday’s 123-115 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey reveals mindset to get Paul George going for 76ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/76ers-All-Star-Tyrese-Maxey.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>76ers All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-reveals-mindset-to-get-paul-george-going">Tyrese Maxey has emerged as a leader</a>. Getting Paul George going offensively is a role he’s taken upon himself. Maxey talked about it recently.</p><p>“I’m just trying to get him open and run stuff for him and make sure he’s involved,” Maxey said. “Even earlier in the game, I’m sacrificing myself trying to get downhill to score so I can try to get him going. Even when Joel plays, get him going, too. I think it feels good for those guys ’cause I have the ball so much, just because I’m playing point guard and I play a lot of minutes, so I know that I’m gonna get my shots, and my shots are gonna come.</p><p>“I also have to do a good job of getting guys good looks and making other guys feel good,” he continued. “It’s difficult sometimes, but I am always gonna try to get those guys shots, especially Paul.”</p><p>The 76ers face the Magic on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
15.3	2.4	2.6	-	0.7

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
15.3	2.4	2.6	-	0.7

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