{"id":547986,"date":"2026-01-20T02:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547986\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:24:22","slug":"nick-nurse-details-sixers-plan-for-jared-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547986\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Nurse details Sixers\u2019 plan for Jared McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As his playing time continues to wane, culminating in a DNP-CD on Jan. 17 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Sixers assigned Jared McCain to their G-League affiliate Delaware Blue Coats for a chance at extended run. It\u2019s the second time they\u2019ve sent him down this season, the first being a two-game stint in mid-November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite a less successful outing in his last appearance, the Sixers recalled him for their matchup against the Indiana Pacers rather than leaving him available for the Coats matchup against the Noblesville Bloom the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ahead of that Pacers matchup, head coach Nick Nurse explained the team\u2019s plan for McCain and what they\u2019re hoping to accomplish with these G-League stints. While they\u2019d like to get him as much run as possible, having him as an option off the bench seems to be the priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cNo, not with this schedule,\u201d Nurse said when asked if a longer G-League stint was considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nurse made it clear that they want McCain available for both legs of this back-to-back against the Pacers and Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe got a double header here, we got to make sure our guys are available in case we need them,\u201d Nurse said. \u201cWe\u2019ll reconsider what we\u2019re gonna do with him probably, Wednesday or Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s hard to believe that one game, a rough one at that, will be what gets McCain back on track. His first trip down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyballers.com\/76ers-news\/80828\/sixers-jared-mccain-i-feel-a-lot-better-after-strong-showing-in-delaware\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one where he shot much better,<\/a> didn\u2019t even result in regular playing time right away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When asked what he\u2019s looking to see from McCain in these trips, Nurse reiterated the same thing \u2014 reps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201c[We\u2019re] just trying to get him some extended run,\u201d Nurse said. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s had much of a runway to play consistently and that\u2019s what we\u2019re just trying to [do], make sure he gets out there, gets some minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Sixers, being better than most expected coming into the season, are in a tricky spot with McCain. They\u2019re suddenly too good to give him an extended runway to work through his issues, but they aren\u2019t trying many other avenues to get him going. However unlikely it might be, it seems the Sixers are hoping that this issue can be fixed on the fly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In his sophomore season, McCain is averaging just 6.2 points and 1.2 assists per game shooting 35.4% from the field and 32.3% from three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As his playing time continues to wane, culminating in a DNP-CD on Jan. 17 against the Cleveland Cavaliers,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,6,114,4186],"class_list":{"0":"post-547986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pacers","14":"tag-sixers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115925055380586969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}