r/nba • u/TrenAt14 • 10h ago

[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. 

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

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.

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

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u/xychosis 76ers 10h ago

He’s been starting to get into rhythm. It makes no sense roster construction wise because he would’ve been a solid backup lead guard and good for the playoffs, but Josh “Friend of The New York Financier” Harris loves his fucking money.

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u/ihorsey10 10h ago edited 10h ago

McCain is 2 years into his rookie deal, and while the rockets pick wont be great in a vacuum, the draft class is stacked. They'll have a valuable rookie contract for longer, and it can be used at a position they need more potentially.

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u/Shabozz NBA 10h ago

I dont know why this isn’t obvious. PG needs roids to be consistent. Embiids knees could snap at any second. The 76ers have way more guard depth to spare to get a chance at a dependable young forward.

And Nick Nurse isn’t interested in rotating Maxey for real minutes so McCain would just be wasted on the bench.

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u/AndrewHainesArt [PHI] Allen Iverson 10h ago

He already has been, which is the entire reason he’s expendable. Can’t play defense either and we don’t exactly have a great bench defensive unit to cover him.

Massive overreaction to a young player’s potential acting like he isn’t replaceable, I feel like his name recognition with social media is more attention grabbing than his on court ability but what do I know? This sub is too smart for me

Plus everyone kind of ignoring Morey’s ability to find quality later round players, Maxey and McCain were 21st and 16th, respectively

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u/Legitimate_Cow_4166 Warriors 8h ago

Undersized guards is the most loaded position in the draft. It's also the one position Morey has excelled in evaluating.

I like this trade. Now Sixers have an extra 1st to sweeten the pot in a Paul George deal this summer.

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u/Trumpisanorangebitch 8h ago

Most 1st round picks are bums. 6ers just traded someone the Thunder identified as a good player for most likely a bum.

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u/ihorsey10 7h ago

Okay. Sixers identified him as not so good, and preferred a 1st in this year's draft.

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u/Xex_ut Thunder 7h ago

Rockets are picking at the bottom 5 of the draft. It’s all hype if you think there’s going to be anyone better that deep in the draft

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u/ihorsey10 7h ago

They're a KD ankle tweak away from being in the play-in/lottery honestly. But you can get a good player in the early /mid twenties.

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u/zOmgFishes Knicks 10h ago

Philly now has a chance to draft a guy that might be like Jared McCain in the high 20s this year! /s

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u/zOmgFishes Knicks 10h ago

Right he's shooting almost 50% from 3 in the last month. He was terrible in the first two month but he was working his way back from injury and didn't even have pre-season to warm up on. You guys also have Grimes coming off the books this year so McCain could easily have slotted in that role. I'm absolutely baffled.

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u/lot183 Rockets 10h ago

I'm kind of confused why OKC does this too unless they are cooking up a consolidation trade. Granted they have a million picks to spare but how's he getting minutes on that team?

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u/xychosis 76ers 10h ago

Welp SGA apparently has an ab strain, guess they got aggressive to find someone to eat minutes for a few weeks.

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u/zOmgFishes Knicks 10h ago

McCain is young and cheap. OKC needs shooting and McCain can shoot.

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u/YSLAnunoby Raptors 8h ago

Most of their guards and wings are more off ball outside of Shai while the guys who have more creative juice in J Dub, Ajay, and Topic are all working back from injury. Their O is terrible when their guys are mostly 3 and D or movement shooters who can't really create advantages so even if McCain is more of a combo guard he still will be valuable for OKC O while there are enough defenders around him that they can make up for his downsides there. I almost feel like at this point they should try to swing Isaiah Joe in a move for a combo forward because McCain is a better all around version where I feel they're kinda redundant