{"id":638419,"date":"2026-03-04T08:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/638419\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:04:18","slug":"76ers-tyrese-maxey-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-jared-mccain-chatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/638419\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers\u2019 Tyrese Maxey says quiet part out loud about Jared McCain chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"

76ers\u2019 Tyrese Maxey says quiet part out loud about Jared McCain chatter<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> are coming off an especially demoralizing 131-91 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, with Philly putting up an embarrassing effort<\/a> on national television in an NBC throwback game. And as is the case following these kinds of losses, emotions can get very much amplified.<\/p>\n

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After the game, 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey<\/a> expressed how he feels<\/a> about his team\u2019s decision to trade away Jared McCain<\/a>, which 76ers president Daryl Morey defended by saying that they were selling high<\/a> on their 2024 first-round pick.<\/p>\n

\u201cJared was a close friend of ours. Great teammate. Great person. I definitely think we miss him. Of course. I ain\u2019t going to lie and say I don\u2019t miss Jared,\u201d Maxey said, via NBC Sports Philadelphia. \u201cBut I\u2019m happy for him. I watch him [in] OKC. Make sure I hope he does well every night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Maxey said that the 76ers aren\u2019t focusing too much on what they cannot control, as this is simply the nature of the beast.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re dwelling on it. \u2026 [But] this is a business at the end of the day. I\u2019ve seen many people get traded that I don\u2019t want to get traded. You can\u2019t dwell on that,\u201d Maxey added.<\/p>\n

76ers could use Jared McCain right about now\"\u00a9<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The rationale behind the 76ers\u2019 decision to trade McCain isn\u2019t that hard to understand. They had so much guard depth, and with Maxey being entrenched as the main guard option for the team and VJ Edgecombe locked alongside him, McCain was going to top out as a sixth man for the team at best.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the 76ers have contending aspirations, and having McCain, a guard who shoots well from beyond the arc, could have helped ease their depth concerns. Instead, they now have to watch McCain follow the footsteps of Isaiah Joe<\/a> as another talented guard they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n

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