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• Jared McCain Reveals 76ers Star Joel Embiid’s ‘Smart’ Approach to Foul-Baiting in Honest Admission
Foul-baiting is an ongoing issue in the NBA. 76ers guard Jared McCain recently spoke about Joel Embiid's thoughts on the strategy....2025
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• Sixers Willing To Listen To Trade Down Offers For No. 3

The lack of a clear direction for the Philadelphia 76ers with the third overall pick could lead them to the center of league-wide trade discussions. Ace Bailey and V.J. Edgecombe are considered the two most highly rated prospects under consideration at No. 3 after Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper come of the board at No. 1 and No. 2. While the Sixers could listen to trade offers for the No. 3 pick, t...2025
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• Sixers’ 8 best NBA Draft choices for No. 3 overall pick, ranked

Zachary Taft-Imagn Images The 2025 NBA Draft really begins with the Sixers at No. 3. Let’s rank the best prospects for Philly. The Philadelphia 76ers had more at stake than any team entering the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. Philly originally traded its 2025 first-round pick away to the Oklahoma City Thunder to clear Al Horford’s salary way back in 2020. Fortunately for them, the Sixers made the...2025
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• 76ers Guard Jared McCain Leans Into Criticism of Painted Nails by Launching His Own Nail Polish Brand
76ers rookie Jared McCain turns criticism into confidence by launching his own nail polish line, “MVP,” in partnership with Sally Hansen....2025
• Sixers Expected To Listen To Offers For No. 3 Overall Pick

The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to listen to trade offers for the third overall pick. With Joel Embiid and Paul George in their thirties and on max contracts, drafting a young player who may need a few years to develop wouldn't necessarily be the best strategy if they're trying to maximize their title odds with their existing core. If the Sixers keep the pick, it is unclear who they would targ...2025
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• Jared McCain, Zion Williamson Among On-State Representatives For 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

The NBA will hold its 2025 NBA Draft Lottery at 7:00 PM on Monday in Chicago. The presumptive first overall pick will be Duke's Cooper Flagg. Each team will send one representative for the on-state televised portion of the lottery along with a separate representative to witness the actual drawing in a sequestered room. The Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets each have a 14 percent ...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: These prospects can rise in March Madness

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft ahead of March Madness. There is a lot of money to be in March, and the biggest bags aren’t coming from the NIL. The NCAA tournament is the greatest star-making event there is for a young basketball player. This year’s March Madness bracket is filled with NBA prospects dreaming of making a name for themselves on th...2025
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• Sidelined McCain: Rising Stars pick 'really cool'
Sixers rookie Jared McCain, whose season was cut short because of knee surgery, was selected for the Rising Stars Challenge on Tuesday....2025
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• Paul George To Have MRI On Left Pinky Finger

Philadelphia 76ers wing Paul George was forced to exit Saturday's win at the Chicago Bulls early due to a left pinky finger injury. Postgame, Sixers coach Nick Nurse said George will undergo an MRI on his finger to determine the extent of the injury. George left Saturday's game after playing just 13 minutes. The 76ers big offseason acquisition has already missed 14 games this season. Philadelphia ...2025
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• NBA 2024-25 midseason Rookie of the Year: Jaylen Wells

Philadelphia's Jared McCain would be running away with this award but is out for the season with a knee injury....2025
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• Philadelphia officially rules out Jared McCain for remainder of season

He underwent surgery on a torn meniscus last month....2025
• Sixers rookie Jared McCain out for season
Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain was reviewed today by the surgeon who performed surgery on his left knee on Dec. 17. Per the Sixers, he is progressing well and will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. McCain was having a standout first season in the league. His future looks promising....2025

• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images march-madness-2024-highlights-mens-ncaa-tournament-scores-uconn-duke-houston As always, it’s been one hell of a week, and thanks for following along with all of these recaps. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them together. Let’s finish strong. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 4 1. (1) Houston 100, (9) Texas A&M 95 (So...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament

Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock as March Madness kicks off. There’s no greater platform for a college basketball player to start building their reputation and their bank account than March Madness. With the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now here, another field of players gets the opportunity to put themselves on the radar for future professional opportunities. Certain players have more at stake than ...2024
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• Sixers Willing To Listen To Trade Down Offers For No. 3
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• 1 conspiracy theory for why every team will win the NBA Draft Lottery

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Your in-built excuses for the draft lottery tonight. The NBA Draft Lottery is on Monday night with Cooper Flagg being the biggest prize since, well ... okay, Victor Wembanyama two years ago — but still, Flagg is a big deal. Flagg might be the best U.S.-born prospect since LeBron James, garnering comparisons to Scottie Pippen, Jayson Tatum, and Grant Hill...2025
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• Everything you need to know about the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The NBA Draft lottery is here. We’re drawing ever closer to the 2025 NBA Draft, and with it a transformative player who could turn around a franchise. A total of 14 teams have a chance to win the No. 1 overall pick, with five organizations having a 10% chance or better to landing the first pick. Find our most recent mock draft from Ricky O’Donnell here....2025
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• Texas Tech star’s huge NIL bag revealed to bypass NBA Draft for college hoops return

Photo by Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos/NCAA Photos via Getty Images JT Toppin received a massive NIL deal to skip the 2025 NBA Draft and return to Texas Tech. JT Toppin was one of the best big men in college basketball this season for Texas Tech. He originally tested the NBA draft waters after a standout freshman year at New Mexico, but when he didn’t get the answer he was looking for, he joine...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: First-round picture shaping up after Cooper Flagg

Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images There’s an elite tier of prospects forming after Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class is starting to take shape as the specter of March Madness looms just around the corner. This class is particularly heavy with college players, which is a nice change of pace from the last two drafts where international stars went with the first p...2025
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• How Cooper Flagg has surged to the National Player of the Year favorite this season

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Flagg’s performance in a marquee matchup against North Carolina was indicative of his stellar season. When it comes to college basketball, there’s no bigger star currently than Duke sensation Cooper Flagg, who has taken the country by storm as the next big thing in the sport. Flagg, a 6’9”, 205-pound forward from Maine, has been touted for his elite two-way...2025
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• Jared McCain Ruled Out For Remainder Of Season
The Philadelphia 76ers have ruled Jared McCain out for the remainder of the season after he was reevaluated by the surgeon who repaired his torn meniscus. With McCain undergoing a repair and not a removal, a longer recovery was always anticipated. McCain underwent the surgery on December 17th and the Sixers indicated his recovery is going well. McCain averaged 15.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.6 ass...2025
• Jared McCain injury: 76ers guard needs knee surgery, Rookie of the Year frontrunner will be out indefinitely

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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Atlantic Notes: McCain, Maxey, Hart, Payne, Nets
Sixers rookie Jared McCain initially broke through with a string of impressive performances earlier this month when Tyrese Maxey was sidelined due to a hamstring strain. However, McCain has shown since Maxey returned that he can remain productive alongside Philadelphia’s starting point guard. In Friday’s victory over Brooklyn, McCain racked up 30 points on 11-of-20 […]...2024
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• Can the 76ers tank for Cooper Flagg? Yes, but it won’t be easy

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Even tanking for Cooper Flagg would be a struggle for the Sixers because of an old trade. The Philadelphia 76ers are supposed to be in the middle of their championship window. Instead, the Sixers own the worst record in the NBA after one month of play, sitting at 2-12 overall after another disastrous loss to the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesda...2024
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• Kyle Lowry was the ultimate confused dad during Jared McCain’s TikTok dance

Lowry went full dad mode. I’ve never related to a professional athlete more in my life than Kyle Lowry when Jared McCain decided to feature him in his post-win TikTok after the Sixers beat the Hornets on Tuesday night. Jared McCain posting a Tik Tok with Kyle Lowry after the Sixers won against the Charlotte Hornets pic.twitter.com/QOwUbb3lWp— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod (@big_business_...2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• Sweet 16 games ranked by watchability in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s rank the best matchups of the Sweet 16 in the men’s NCAA tournament. The 2024 NCAA Tournament has plenty of great matchups to watch during the Sweet 16. The first weekend featured a lack of major upsets and a true Cinderella story. But the flip side to a chalk-filled bracket is a second weekend filled with college basketball’s elite teams. This is only th...2024
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness

Photo by Joe Murphy/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The first weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament had it all. There were upsets (bye, Kentucky), there were new stars born (hello, D.J. Burns and Jack Gohlke), and there were exciting finishes. After four days, the tournament is now left wit...2024
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• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• Jared McCain Admits What He Hates Most About Painted Nails Trolling
Jared McCain is the first rookie in NBA history to have a 3.7 million following on TikTok and paint his nails, so he knew coming into the league he would get trolled. The 76ers guard admitted it was actually an NBA player that inspired him to start painting his nails. “It started in COVID. That’s […] The post Jared McCain Admits What He Hates Most About Painted Nails Trolling appeared first ...2024
• 76ers' McCain to hospital for evaluation after fall
Sixers first-round pick Jared McCain was taken to a hospital to be evaluated for a concussion, among other things, following a rough fall late in Wednesday's preseason victory over the Nets....2024
• Duke top scorers Filipowski, McCain going pro

Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Jared McCain are entering the NBA draft....2024
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• Meet the 2023 boys McDonald’s All-Americans, starring Bronny James and wide open race for No. 1
Let’s meet this year’s boys McDonald’s All-Americans, where there’s a wide open race for the No. 1 player in the class. The 2023 boys McDonald’s All-American Game has some obvious points of intrigue as the top high school basketball players in the country come to Houston for the annual All-Star showcase. This has long been considered a star-making event as the last chance for players to make impre...2023
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• 76ers rookie Jared McCain out of hospital after scary fall, might have avoided serious injury, per report

McCain reportedly had pulmonary contusions, i.e. bruising in his lungs...2024
• 76ers rookie Jared McCain taken to hospital after having trouble breathing following scary fall

McCain was attempting to rebound his own miss when he went over backward and landed hard on the floor...2024

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• Paul George To Have MRI On Left Pinky Finger
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• Jared McCain Formally Ruled Out For Season

The Sixers announced Thursday that rookie guard Jared McCain is expected to miss the rest of the 2024/25 season after undergoing surgery for a meniscus tear in December. McCain was previously listed as out indefinitely, but the Sixers are shutting down any speculation about a potential return this season with this announcement. While this was […]...2025
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• NCAA bracket predictions: Final Four picks, overvalued teams, and more in men’s tournament

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The overvalued teams, undervalued teams, and potential Cinderellas are in our latest bracket picks for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. The beauty of March Madness and the reason everybody tunes in is because nobody knows what will happen. We think we do. You don’t get credit for predicting the annual 12 seed upsetting the 5 seed. We all know that’s happen...2024
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• March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked

Let’s rank the 50 best players in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. March Madness feels like the culmination of a lifelong journey for so many of the athletes who have dedicated their lives to the game of basketball. Fans don’t don’t see the long hours in the gym spent honing their skills and their bodies, but when the NCAA tournament comes around, suddenly the whole country is invested in the outco...2024
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic

Observations on Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and Michigan State after the 2023 Champions Classic. CHICAGO — It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins. Both play...2023
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• College basketball’s 25 best men’s teams, ranked and previewed by our experts

The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2023-2024 season, previewed by our experts Yes, the college basketball season has officially began and we are gearing up for what should be another interesting year of new young talent, some notable returning veteran players and a chance for a variety of teams to make it to Arizona for this season’s Final Four. The Kansas Jayhawks enter this seaso...2023
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