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The Sixers have decided to send Jared McCain to the defending champion Thunder.
The team has agreed to trade McCain to Oklahoma City, a source confirmed Wednesday to NBC Sports Philadelphia. The Sixers are set to receive one first-round draft pick and three second-rounders in the deal. The full haul is below:
- 2026 first-round pick from the Rockets
- 2027 second-round pick, most favorable of OKC, Houston, Indiana and Miami
- 2028 second-round pick from the Bucks
- 2028 second-round pick from the Thunder
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the trade and PHLY’s Kyle Neubeck reported the terms.
McCain was awfully impressive as a rookie, displaying exceptional shooting talent and a deeply polished mental game, but he had unfortunate injury luck as a Sixer. He suffered a season-ending left knee lateral meniscus tear in December of 2024 and tore the UCL in his right thumb just before media day this year.
“The universe is throwing haymakers at me,” McCain said in October. “But it’s all part of the process. I’ve just got to trust that it happened for a reason.”
Once he returned to action, McCain dealt with lingering rust. The No. 16 selection in the 2024 draft posted only 6.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest over 37 games this season. McCain had two G League stints and wasn’t a regular member of head coach Nick Nurse’s rotation the past several weeks. However, he’d played well lately, including a 17-point performance on 6-for-8 shooting in the Sixers’ win last week over the Bucks.
Without McCain, All-Star Tyrese Maxey, outstanding rookie VJ Edgecombe and sixth man Quentin Grimes stand as the Sixers’ main guards. The trade deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.