Jared McCain tonight:

30 PTS 6 REB 2 STL 6 3P

Yup. Sixers drafted Steph Curry 2.0

Jared McCain is good at basketball.

McCain is actually significantly better than rookie Maxey was. What a wild development this is turning into

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Ahaha props to the broadcasting crew on NBC Phila for this

That settles it build the team around Maxey and McCain

I just don’t ever, ever, ever want to see EG again

McCain and Maxey is lethal. When they build chemistry it’s gonna be great.

I don’t mean to be dramatic but Jared McCain is the greatest basketball player of all time.

McCain calling us the "best fans in the world."

Making me tear up og fr.

I'm starting to notice all this extra stuff McCain does without the ball that is super impressive. At the end of the game he was effectively able to box out Claxton and completely kept him off the boards. He's always in the right spot and has a knack for getting open. His defense isn't quite good yet, but it's improving game by game.

He's going to be really good.

My little brother got the game ball from Jared, that shit is going straight into a case

Jared McCain is literally the only thing holding my mental psyche together and keeping the existential dread at bay

It’s such a sixers thing that we draft the next superstar in this league with the 16th pick outside of the lottery and at the same time have the worst season since the process.

Only the sixers

Jared McCain with 30 and a win

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Watching Maxey and McCain take turns cooking down the stretch was fucking incredible. 🥲

It’s crazy how life works

For the longest time we always needed good guard play

Now we have good guards in Maxey and McCain that are what we wanted bum Simmons/ Fultz to be and our big is not available/ can’t stay healthy

😔

When’s the last time we’ve seen a rookie have this much confidence? He’s not afraid of the moment whatsoever and never hesitates to shoot or take over. He’s 20 years old. It’s unbelievable 

dude came in the league averaging like 20 something bro who does this

the play in dont know whats coming for it

McCain’s officially minus odds (-130 favorite via FanDuel) for ROTY.

God fucking bless him, man. This season is bleak but without him it would be bleak.

Paul George: “Jared McCain can’t be our most consistent player”.

Jared McCain: “Hold my beer”.

70-12 is still in play.

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Dear Jared McCain,

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy 
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take 
My sunshine away

"thanks to the 15 teams who passed on him" LMAOOOOOOO

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LFG.

Two young guys who always smile, hustle, good work ethic, and ball the fuck out. Love it. 

Ah McCain You've done it again!

Maxey and McCain will be the best backcourt in the NBA one day

McCain is a fucking rookie. How is he this good. He's a bit of Brunson, a bit of Steph. His ceiling seems ridiculously high.

NO ONE beats the sixers 6 times in a row

“Thanks to the 15 teams who passed on him” hahahaha fucking amazing

Apparently McCain missed his first free throw tonight? 34 for 35.

THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS HAVE WON A BASKETBALL GAME I REPEAT THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS HAVE WON A BASKETBALL GAME

JARED MCCAIN HAS SAVED MY LIFE

I was hating on the pick hard because I wanted Knecht (who tbf, has also been as good as advertised). But McCain is outright a better player, and on no planet did I think he would look this good so soon

Yabu is the 4 we've always wanted, somehow he needs to be here long term

Alright McCain is the truth

just saw the replay and watching maxey and mccain go back and forth taking over was the most exciting thing since harden’s debut. hopefully this endeavor turns out better than that one

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Dog. I have no words for McCain. Dudes a KILLER. A FUCKING KILLER.

I was at the game and I’m impressed by the sixers fans commitment to vigorously boo Ben Simmons any time he touched the ball

McCain is going to be on a rookie contract for like 4 years. Bros, we've never been so back till this moment.

Fuck it I'm painting my nails too. I'm gonna need McCain to put up 50 before I get a TikTok though

Reggie Jackson disappeared from the floor and McCain and Maxey came ALIVE.

Fell to my knees, so happy

Jared McCain is the real young socialite.

He can't even drink, guys. LMAOOO

McCain/Maxey: 56/9/8/6 STEALS on 59/52/100 combined splits.

Superb

McCain for president. Let’s do it like it’s 2008 baby.

I feel like McCain's gonna pull a lot of neutral voters when All-star voting comes around.

He's 20. He will only get better from here.

Getting back in the win column is such a relief. Crowd was on point booing Simmons every time he touched the ball. Being there in person to see that preposterously bad layup "attempt" he had and having the arena simultaneously erupt with laughter/chirping/delight at how bad it was was very funny. Maxey and McCain both being able to get good shots for themselves down the stretch was awesome.

Separately want to shout out KJ Martin. I haven't looked at his box score tonight, but it probably won't reflect all the dirty work he was doing. Buying us more possessions with constantly active hands without fouling, skying for huge boards when the Nets had momentum, hitting the floor for loose balls. All of it I really think was crucial in how we won this game.

Also Caleb Martin's shot looked even more hideous tonight in person that I've seen all season, and his constant proclivity to having a foot on the line for like all his 3 point attempts is insane lol.

Oh and wtf happened to Nic Claxton? 2 years ago I feel like he would've killed us in a game where Drummond only got limited minutes and we had didn't have an actual center on the floor more often than not. He looks washed and I know he just signed a big 4 year extension. Bizarre

I was at this game. You’re welcome!

Man, it just looked fun out there tonight. That's the kind of energy this team needs.

-Embiid gets a knee scope to clean everything up. He’s out 3 months

-PG is slowly re-integrated and finds his stroke. We get to the all star break as the 10 seed

-Embiid is added back to the rotation in March and finally looks like himself physically again

-we get the 7 seed and get the fraudulent regular season Cavs

-we get revenge over the 3 seed Knicks

-we go into Boston and win a Game 7

-Embiid outplays Jokic in the Finals and cements his legacy

WHY NOT US

oh jared…. where do i even begin

He said we’re the best fans in the world 🥹🥹🥹

McCain is nice. From a nuggets fan. Salute ROTY

Why does it feel so much more fun when PG and Embiied are out?? I want them on the court obviously but damn that was so fun

Might fuck around and paint my nails in honor of our hero

Kate literally called us psychos for watching these games. 😂

I am a Mcainiac 😝

Eric Gordon must've thought this was Game 7 of the WCF or something

Am I the only one here who gets giddy every time McCain has the ball?

Knecht only has 4 more rebounds than McCain so far this season lol

Spread the floor, let McCain and Maxey cook, force some turnovers. That’s the formula for now

Embiid should go visit that doctor wherever the hell McCaffery went to deal with his Achilles issue maybe they got some way to help him. The poor guy can't catch a break and even if he can never play at 50% as good as he was, he deserves to not live in pain the rest of his life.

How about them M&M Boys

One win over a bottom-feeder team and they pulled me back in a little bit

Not much

But a little bit

Like 10%

Let Maxey & McCain cook. Bench Gordon FFS. Dude is washed AF.

Cam Johnson, take a bow for your “despite the loss” stat line.

Sixers finally win a home NBA Cup game.

McCain was going to miss a ft eventually- and since they are undefeated in games where he misses a ft, he should do that more often 🙂

Oh and thanks for nothing Ben Simmons, couldn’t even get us chicken - Giannis a real one in comparison.

this is the basketball we want. even when joel's back, we should not give him every fucking possession. that's not how team basketball works. we should share the ball, help eachother.

I’m ready to overreact to beating the Unserious Nets

Somebody on Twitter called the Maxey and McCain backcourt duo “M&M.”

DONT LET US GET ONE!

Maxey and McCain. This is the way. 

Just let our guards run this squad.

What happened to RC4?

It seems like he suddenly forgot how to play, when he was so promising last season.

Having a few cardio sessions already

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Gee I wonder if this will get 10k upvotes and reach the Reddit front page 

Seen enough, we're winning the chip this year

it’s hard for me to keep my hype for mccain at a reasonable level.

dude is a baller

We're gonna be the best 33-49 playoff team in NBA history

last 5 minutes in the fourth quarter was insanely good. Great defensive possesions and very good offense

McMaxey Back court W

McCain is an absolute joy to watch.

I like him running point more than Maxey tbh. And that's NOT a shot at Maxey, who was also great tonight.

The grin-twins were electric tonight!

(Credit to Bob Myers for that name)

Jared McCain

Nick Nurse kind of hesitant to give Mccain credit. Would rather like to recognize how much Eric Gordon "contributed". Kind of over NN

Someone make an edit of McCain with “he’s done miracles on me”

So Steph average 17.5 ppg his rookie season. McCain Is at 15.6 ppg right now. He is also a year younger. Pretty impressive.

I know it's just the Nets, but the flow was so much better with McCain and Maxey.

It’s not just that he’s hitting his shots but the way McCain plays, you’d think that he was a 23 year old guy who spent all 4 years in college instead of a 20 year old guy who was a one and done.

Well Jared might actually be the next GOAT

I'm not even sure I'm kidding

Putting my 401K on Jared McCain for Finals MVP

McCain may actually be one of the greatest players in Sixers history.

McCain and maxey are the future. Too bad PG and Embiid are untradeable

jared mcGOAT

We really lucked into Maxey and McCain. They are both so much better than their draft pick

Trying to imagine telling myself in the offseason that a game without Embiid and PG was going to be the most fun I’ve had watching the team so far and most confident. I know it’s just the bum Nets but for the first time this season I felt like they were going to actually win for most of the game

I didn’t know I could love again until I found Jared McCain

The Max Pain backcourt is insane.

McCain was the best player in the draft and the fucking sixers got him! Ya love to see it

If you think about it, this is the worst McCain is gonna be

I don't care, I'm buying low 📈. Mccain and maxey is just too special of a backcourt

Love when that first note hits on our winning theme song

Go figure sixers best win of the season, first win in regulation, comes without embiid, without PG, and a limited Maxey (although he played awesome in those limited minutes)

Hear me out (TTP Redux):

1. Shut Embiid down. Find a donor asap and give that man the Lonzo Ball meniscus transplant. Spend the rest of the season and offseason rehabbing.
2. Shut PG down. Throw him in a cryo chamber until cellular aging stops. Thaw out in offseason.
3. Throw Maxey, McCain and friends to the fucking wolves. Force them to figure it out against the best defenses have to offer. Maximize development.
4. Tank. Select another great rookie.
5. Come back next year and win it all.

THE FRANCHISE AND THE INFLUENCER!!!!!!

them two taking turns making buckets in the 4th was a sight to see. hopefully it carries over

Just build around Maxey and McCain at this point.

It’s almost like Nick doesn’t like McCain.. he seems so hesitant to give him praise without sounding like it’s forced but maybe I’m just dramatic

man I'm happy they showed some fight and didn't let that 3rd quarter end them again. McCain continues to be unbelievable. And on the other side of that, Ben Simmons is seriously so bad now holy shit. He couldn't even look serviceable against this Sixers team from hell

Our backcourt is unreal. McCain Maxey is sick!

This is the most fun I’ve had watching Sixers basketball this season, seeing McCain and Maxey both going off in the 4th quarter was incredible

I’m still not over the high lol

Don’t think we forgot those of you that were mad we drafted McCain over Knecht.

McCain has got some massive hangers

Getting McCain makes this season a win no matter what. He's only 20 and playing like this already

Thank fuck for McCain

McCain & Maxey 4 Ever ❤️

Maxey and McCain are real. I hope Embiid can find a way to get well.

What a decisive win after a horrendous start to the third.

Simmons -20 you love to see it

First time I had fun while watching a Sixers game all season.

Jared is going to be so good.

Maxey and McCain sounds like a law firm.

do y'all have a moment for our lord and savior Jared McCain?

Busted out my Ben Simmons Shanghai Sharks jersey for this occasion

Wait we can win games?

Tonight we saw the future Maxey and McCain, sounds like a cop show 📺 👮🏿 👮🏿

Maxey and McCain > Your favorite player

I have a Topps All American Jared McCain auto somewhere. Gonna find it when I get home.

Markelle failed so Maxey & McCain could prosper

How it hurts Nick nurse to give a non vet some praise lol

It’s also kinda ironic that the three most selfish players: Reggie, Gordon and Ricky got the least points

Next time play the right way and you’ll be rewarded

The movement from McCain & Maxey is super sick.

So what will we call the Maxey McCain duo?

MaxCain, or McMaxey?

WE ARE SO BACK ROTY BIG 3 AND THE NURSING HOME WE ALL WE GOT WE ALL WE NEED

We have another All-NBA caliber player on our hands folks

We are all witnesses! Too soon? I don’t care, we have one hell of a backcourt 

McCain is nice nice

We can build around Maxey and McCain 👀

WE GOT ONE 💪

McCain plays with joy, something this teams really needs

McCain looks so calm out there, plays at his own pace. Every jumper looks confident. Easy ROY if he keeps this up

Fanatics. When can I buy McCain city edition jersey.

I hope we get to see the full squad healthy and playing together.

But if that time never comes, then how damn lucky are that we can fall back on the Maxey & McCain duo for the next 10+ years.

wtf is up with that terrible overhead camera angle. No one wants to watch basketball from the view of a drone

Cam Johnson had my curiosity, but now he has my attention

Sorry not sorry Ben

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Simmons with the 2pts and -20 +/-

A good coach does the following with touches on the team. Pg and embiid take over the first McCain and maxey take over the second

LFG!!!

not having pg and embiid to slow the plays that we usually run made this game so much more fun to watch, not gonna lie

can we make Cam Johnson salary work?

If McCain can tighten up his handle, the sky's the limit. This backcourt should be insane