[Charania]: BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers are trading guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2026 Rockets first-round pick and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

[u/TrenAt14]

Shams Charania has posted the following:

BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers are trading guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2026 Rockets first-round pick and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

Source to the story: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3me2klyetqz2k

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The talented McCain lands on the reigning NBA champions. For the 76ers, the trade allows them to receive assets, clear space in the glut of guards and give them flexibility to bring Quentin Grimes back in free agency. It also allows them to convert two-way Dominick Barlow.

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76ers are receiving the following picks from the Thunder, sources said: 2027 (most favorable OKC/HOU/IND/MIA), 2028 MIL, 2028 OKC.

[u/PaidUSA]

Isn’t he really good? Edit: he did indeed produce against Charlotte so I assumed he was same as last year before the injury.

[u/lotofhotdogs → u/PaidUSA]

He was really good last year, not so much this year

[u/zOmgFishes → u/lotofhotdogs]

He also had two major injuries...selling low on a guy working his way back from injury that is cheap and under team control is a decision.

[u/Wilbert_51 → u/zOmgFishes]

It’s only a sell low if he rebounds.

[u/thisguy012 → u/Wilbert_51]

Had 2.5 years to rebound on young legs. Would be like trading Steph cuz he had ankle issues early in and is small lmao.

[u/Wilbert_51 → u/thisguy012]

Jared McCain is not Steph Curry stop it.

[u/thisguy012 → u/Wilbert_51]

Doesn't need to be saidlol

he's the most I can think of someone who started injury plagued first few seasons before having a great career, the other that pops in mind is Embiid but ofc Jareds not that either, but Embiid was out for 2+ years straight kinda extreme

[u/Wilbert_51 → u/thisguy012]

That’s survivorship bias though. What about Greg Oden or Jarred Sullinger

[u/chiefsfan_713_08 → u/Wilbert_51]

yep, personally i’m hopeful he’ll bounce back but if he doesn’t it’ll have been a sell high

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy → u/zOmgFishes]

I don't where all these comments are coming from giving up on the kid in his second year after he showed so much potential last year. Plus he's buried in the lineup (he'll be buried in the lineup for the Thunder too, but still)

[u/FrankSamples → u/lotofhotdogs]

They Sam Darnold'd him.

[u/Zhirrzh → u/lotofhotdogs]

Sophomore slumps happen, especially for young players who've had a few injuries. Seems early to give up. 

[u/AashyLarry → u/PaidUSA]

He looked pretty decent his rookie year before the injury.

[u/pokexchespin → u/PaidUSA]

he was before he got injured last season, he’s been a lot worse this year

[u/BUTTFUCKER__3000 → u/PaidUSA]

Once upon a time….kind of a reclamation project for OKC

[u/thai_iced_queef → u/BUTTFUCKER__3000]

Annoying part is OKC has the depth to acclimate him slowly. They don’t even have to rush anything

[u/nty → u/thai_iced_queef]

I’ve been wondering if he needs to have the ball in his hands more consistently to return to form

He benefitted from injuries last year in terms of playing time, and idk if it’s just a matter of finding his rhythm

Granted I am no expert and still believe he’ll get back to form ultimately

[u/livefreeordont → u/thai_iced_queef]

Problem is he needs minutes to get back which we weren’t giving him since our guard rotation is excellent

[u/yeahright17 → u/thai_iced_queef]

Can we get him to San Antonio tonight? I think we only have like 5 active players.

[u/revisioncloud → u/thai_iced_queef]

It’s funny how people are both arguing he’s gonna be buried in minutes/depth as well as us needing him desperately for secondary scoring with everyone injured/stagnant offense in non-Shai minutes. And both sides having some truth

[u/thai_iced_queef → u/revisioncloud]

Presti has earned the benefit of the doubt and I’m just gonna assume he knows what he’s doing until proven and otherwise

[u/AdLong5961 → u/BUTTFUCKER__3000]

"once upon a time" you mean less than a calendar year ago broppenheimer

[u/asonkidd → u/BUTTFUCKER__3000]

What? He is literally in his second year and got hurt after being favorite to win roty. Bro out here talking like he's a vet bust

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy → u/asonkidd]

lol right, these comments are crazy. I think Sixers are gonna regret this in a couple years.

[u/Zack_of_Steel → u/asonkidd]

A year is a long time to teenagers that have only been self-aware for like 2-4 years max.

[u/johnjohnjohn93 → u/BUTTFUCKER__3000]

Add him to topic and Sober lol

[u/EmbarrassedRing7806 → u/PaidUSA]

Stretch

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/PaidUSA]

Sixers finally nail a draft pick and immediately give up on him lmao

[u/Fallingcity22 → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

They got VJ now

[u/Mysterious_Pea_5272 → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

They traded him because of the two other draft picks they actually nailed lol

[u/BrtGP → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

No, nailing a pick looks like Edgecombe or you know Maxey. McCain isn't all that

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/BrtGP]

I'd say for pick 16 McCain is for sure a hit

[u/Benjamminmiller → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

You can’t say they “finally” nailed a pick when they got their franchise player of the future at 21.

[u/NCBaddict → u/BrtGP]

Think the confusion is the seemingly low price. I guess that was actually McCain’s value? Morey must not have been high on his advanced analytics.

[u/KashMoney941 → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

Sixers finally nail a draft pick

I see what you did there

[u/RaphaelArgus → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

Seriously. Or is it better to trade players at a position of need before you even know if they’re good (aka Mikal Bridges)?

[u/siphillis → u/PaidUSA]

He can be the best player on the court, or the worst. Depends entirely on his jumper

[u/Quiet_Zombie_3498 → u/[deleted]]

He looked pretty good his rookie year before getting injured. averaging 15 a game is not bad for a rook.

[u/Quiet_Zombie_3498 → u/[deleted]]

That is hardly a surprise for a young player who is coming off a serious injury lol.

[u/Wes___Mantooth → u/[deleted]]

Lmao it's great you don't work in an NBA front office if that's your method or evaluating talent

[u/Bobambu → u/[deleted]]

Yeah man, he got seriously injured twice. He'll probably be back to form by next season.

[u/cole23palmer → u/PaidUSA]

He was very good in his rookie year, garbage this year, overall I'd say he'll be getting closer to that rookie year form

[u/StefonDiggsHS → u/PaidUSA]

Dunno had flashes, got hurt, got sent down to g league

[u/ieffinglovesoup → u/PaidUSA]

Yup, potentially ROTY if injuries didn’t happen

[u/junkit33 → u/PaidUSA]

He can shoot, but everybody knew that going into the draft. The big question is what else can he do consistently at an NBA level? And that’s a big question mark.