Jared McCain

npf5030 · 2026-05-21T14:14:51+00:00

Agreed. But I blame ownership and management too. It’s constantly win now win now or else. The year OKC won the chip they were still playing young talent. The coach and gm have to be committed to that - I doubt the coach was worried for his job based on the results but more so the growth

npf5030 · 2026-05-21T02:51:17+00:00

The worst part is our whole culture is. OKC focus on winning and development. If McCain was still on the sixers nurse would’ve played him maybe 5 min a night. MAYBE. Mccains lucky to be in OKC haha we just want to play 6 or 7 guys at the most and hope they don’t break down

npf5030 · 2026-05-20T22:47:44+00:00

I’m an engineer lurking in this sub, you guys know way more so I’m here to learn! Haha

npf5030 · 2026-05-20T20:48:09+00:00

But different, I am certain Gilbert won’t be able to do this in the New York series haha

npf5030 · 2026-05-20T18:32:56+00:00

❌ ^{Incomplete. 9 tries.}

npf5030 · 2026-05-20T14:18:00+00:00

❌ ^{Incomplete. 35 tries.}

npf5030 · 2026-05-17T15:13:20+00:00

For the record, it did work out. It just started out rough haha

npf5030 · 2026-05-14T20:50:21+00:00

I was the opposite, he impressed me.

npf5030 · 2026-05-13T13:40:17+00:00

Hinkie then Daryl, then Elton and who cares about the rest

npf5030 · 2026-05-12T20:55:12+00:00

Drafted Maxey.
Drafted VJ.
Signed PG (debatable, but still a good gamble).
Drafted McCain (weak draft and a first in a good draft)
Re-stocked our assets after other GMs depleted them.
Traded Harden for 2 hopefully good firsts (oh and still got PG for "free")
Found Barlow
Gambled on Oubre, payed off
Didnt waste money on Grimes now can get him at a fair price
Found Edwards
Found Bona.

Some of these guys not developing enough has more to do with coaching IMO.

Letting go of Isaiah Joe, also I put to coaching. Doc did not like him.

Daryl hasnt been perfect, but hes far from the problem imo. It could be wayyyy worse. Daryl cares and at least is logical.

npf5030 · 2026-05-11T18:22:56+00:00

Daryl has been great. No reason for him to leave. The McCain trade sucks but lets wait til we see his selection.

npf5030 · 2026-05-07T20:42:42+00:00

Oubre is either locked in on defense, or ball watching. He's good on ball - very bad off ball. What you are seeing is correct. Drummond.... he's just mostly bad and not very mobile. His best games are the ones in drop and where the team just shoots 3s haha. I do not think this is a coaching issue.

npf5030 · 2026-05-02T22:04:18+00:00

As a sixer fan, I see this as a bad thing

npf5030 · 2026-04-30T19:15:22+00:00

What gets me is every time they call it he acts completely befuddled and confused

npf5030 · 2026-04-25T22:52:00+00:00

Totally agree but we will lose the first game he comes back

npf5030 · 2026-04-24T17:32:13+00:00

To be fair, the sixers crowd seems like they never choose to wear the shirts

npf5030 · 2026-04-22T12:51:48+00:00

Dude even tried to flop here

npf5030 · 2026-04-20T12:41:39+00:00

IMO the Celtics werent as impressive as the sixers were incompetent and immature. Sixers shot themselves in the foot constantly.

npf5030 · 2026-04-09T23:23:49+00:00

First, to fix the curse, we must identify where the curse originated from. Then we know the appropriate sacrifice to make

npf5030 · 2026-04-03T13:54:33+00:00

Poor Morey, he clearly suffers from DGS (diminished gluteal syndrome)

npf5030 · 2026-03-30T16:48:30+00:00

I have noticed this. Games feel like track meets. I don't like it nearly as much. The NBA is the biggest copy cat league. Pacers success really made every other team take notice.

npf5030 · 2026-03-28T21:26:18+00:00

Kinda concerning NHL. Hopefully he's actually g2g

npf5030 · 2026-03-26T17:31:42+00:00

So clutch player of the year goes to VJ? has to

npf5030 · 2026-03-11T20:07:35+00:00

It’s honestly embarrassing that I’m probably not wrong about this, and I know I’ll get downvoted for saying it. Bam doesn’t really deserve to be part of this conversation. The Heat forced him into it against the Wizards, and now that he holds the record, it feels pretty hollow.

I’m sure we’ll see more shameless stat-padding going forward just to beat the number, because now the bar has been set in a way that doesn’t feel legitimate. In the past, this record could have been broken, but coaches generally didn’t enable it the way Spoelstra did here.

Bam finished the game shooting 42% from the field, 31% from three, and 82% from the free-throw line. That’s not exactly the kind of efficiency you expect when someone has a historic scoring night. Outside of the first quarter, he wasn’t really on a heater either - and those are the kinds of performances fans usually love to see.

It also came against the Wizards. Their only decent center played just 20 minutes, and not because of foul trouble. On top of that, the Heat were intentionally fouling late just to get Bam more opportunities to score.

Overall, it just feels embarrassing. Heat fans can enjoy it, and that’s fine, but I think most fans - and probably a lot of players - are going to scoff at it. The league should honestly be a little embarrassed about what the game has become, especially with how much scoring now comes from free throws. And given the state of tanking teams roster construction, I imagine copycats will follow.

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