The Sixers’ biggest offseason fear per @BleacherReport:
“The team’s decision to trade Jared McCain… is a good indicator of how likely it is to spend above that [luxury tax] line on next year’s roster. Which is to say: The Sixers will probably cheap out again.” 😬
Another Jared McCain 20+ point game in the Western Conference Finals. He is 22 years old. The Sixers weren’t even able to get their own first in 2026 back for him in trade but instead a later Rockets 1st.
The 76ers ownership “very much approved” of trading Jared McCain to the Thunder and it is NOT what got Daryl Morey fired, per @JakeLFischer
(https://t.co/uVRO52aqpo)
Joel Embiid reportedly hasn’t been seeing eye to eye with the Sixers front office and even had an issue with the Jared McCain trade, per @Tjonesonthenba
“As the season progressed, it became clear the star center didn’t see eye-to-eye with the front office and the coaching staff. In the days before the February trade deadline, he implored the front office to do something other than what he termed ‘ducking the (luxury) tax.’ As such, he — along with others in the locker room — were not happy with the decision to trade second-year guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder, particularly without bringing in a player to replace McCain. In interviews over the next few games, Embiid noticeably had to hold himself back from verbally criticizing the front office.”
(Via https://t.co/DBGNfLq46H)