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Officially announced that the ligament was torn! "American Zhang Ning" was so miserable, and he was injured again!

3:33pm, 26 September 2025【Basketball】

McCain is indeed a very potential young man. He was selected at the 16th pick in the first round at last year's NBA Draft and soon became the absolute main player of the Sixers. During the days when Embiid, George and Maxi were repeatedly injured, McCain took on the team's scoring task and performed well.

Last season, McCain averaged 15.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, and performed comprehensively and was very sharp. But unfortunately, McCain tore his left knee meniscus after only 23 games, and he had to undergo surgery directly and was reimbursed for the season. It is also because of this that McCain missed the election as Rookie of the Year.

After almost a whole season of rest, McCain was ready to make a comeback. He was also training hard and participated in the pre-season mini training camp of the Sixers and performed well. But just today, McCain was suddenly injured during training and tore the ACL ligament of his right thumb.

At present, McCain is working with the management of the 76ers to discuss treatment plans with medical experts. The Sixers have confirmed that the new season's media day event will start tomorrow, but McCain is probably unable to participate. It has to be said that the 76ers' luck is really a bit bad. They always have core players who are repeatedly injured and fight and stop, making it difficult to form a tacit understanding, so there is no way to achieve good results.

McCain was once called "American Zhang Ning" because he was a well-known American basketball internet celebrity before entering the NBA and could support himself by relying on his own popularity. He entered the NBA just because he had a great pursuit of basketball. Now that he is injured again, McCain still needs to be a little patient and wait for recovery.