McCain diagnosed with meniscus tear in latest brutal Sixers injury news originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Jared McCain’s stellar rookie season has screeched to a brutal halt after 23 games.
The Sixers announced Saturday that McCain had an MRI which revealed a left lateral meniscus tear. He’d reported knee soreness following the Sixers’ loss Friday night to the Pacers. According to the team, McCain will require surgery and is out indefinitely.
The 20-year-old had an obvious injury scare in the third quarter when he fell hard and his head hit the floor. He was evaluated for a concussion and allowed to return to the court.
Clearly, his meniscus tear means he won’t have any further action for quite a while.
Friday the 13th wound up being a rather hellacious day for the Sixers, who opened the season believing they had the pieces to contend for a championship and currently sit at 7-16. Joel Embiid suffered a sinus fracture during the Indiana game.
After sustaining a pulmonary contusion in the preseason, McCain had been an immense bright spot amid all the injuries and the losses. Over a seven-game stretch in November, he scored at least 20 points in every outing, averaged 26.1 and shot 45.6 percent from three-point range.
McCain’s 15.3 points per game overall lead all rookies. He earned the season’s first Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award and played with tons of joy, self-belief and poise for a 20-year-old guard.
McCain, Guerschon Yabusele and Kelly Oubre Jr. had been the only Sixers to appear in every game this season.
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