Jared McCain known as his shot.
The 76ers rookie, whom they drafted with the No. 16 general choose this previous summer time out of Duke, screamed, “I’m the rookie of the year,” throughout the workforce’s 113-98 win over the Nets on Friday evening at Wells Fargo Enviornment.
“I’m in the flow state,” McCain stated after the sport. “I don’t now what got here to my thoughts at that second. I assume I stated that. Yeah, I did say that. That’s fairly clear. It’s certainly one of my targets for this season, clearly, however it’s simply that competitiveness popping out of me.
“I respect every other rookie in this league, but obviously I’m gonna believe in myself. So yeah, some words definitely came out.”
McCain scored a team-high 30 factors within the sport together with 5 rebounds and three assists in Friday’s win.
For the season, McCain is averaging 16.5 factors with 2.7 assists and a pair of.3 rebounds per sport.
The 76ers have had a disastrous begin to the season, getting into Saturday next-to-last within the Japanese Convention with a 3-12 document.
Joel Embiid and Paul George’s accidents have stifled the 76ers, whose title rivalry plans have been ridiculed amid a brutal begin to the 12 months.
