[Aaronson] Jared McCain says “the universe is throwing haymakers at me,” and that it was frustrating having this setback soon before returning from the knee injury. His next step is getting a cast off, then adding a playing brace to do passing and dribbling work.
6 comments
https://bsky.app/profile/adamaaronson.bsky.social/post/3m3apy6gywk27
> Jared McCain tore the UCL in his right thumb tagging a roller. Felt a pop when making contact with a player and immediately knew. Went to the training room and started crying. After a few days, he got out of the “depressive state” and is back to his “normal self.”
> Jared McCain is doing conditioning work and feels like he is in game shape. Doing a lot of left-handed work, since that’s all he can do. He’s been strengthening the knee even more.
> Joel Embiid and Paul George both participated in most of practice today, per Sixers. George did some 3-on-3.
> Nick Nurse says he wants to play regular players and lineups as much as he can in Friday’s preseason finale, but that he probably won’t know exactly what it all is going to look like until Friday morning.
> Nick Nurse says Joel Embiid & Paul George both played in live, full-court 3-on-3, which was George’s first live action. “I thought he looked really good,” he said of PG.
>“You can still see incredible shot-making, & I think he was moving very well & didn’t seem tentative to me.”
Really rooting for the kid to shake off the injury bug. On the other hand, his left hand is gonna be incredible, so you know lemonade out of lemons!
You gotta expect the unexpected with the Sixers!
You’re a young super athlete, that will make plenty of money in your career.
Plus, as soon as you get yourself out of Phila, you could have a chance to fight for a title.
Keep that chin up.
Is he stupid? What did he think was gonna happen when he got drafted by the Sixers? He should be grateful he didn’t get killed by a sesame.
UCL tear in the thumb is a really serious injury, it can have long lasting effects. You kinda subconsciously downplay it a bit because ehh it’s just a thumb, he’ll be fine, but it’s legit. Hoping for the best.