Jared McCain has checked off the successful surgery box.
The Sixers announced the McCain underwent surgery Tuesday to repair the UCL tear in his right thumb. Dr. Michelle Carson performed the procedure at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
According to the Sixers’ statement, McCain will be re-evaluated in approximately four weeks, which is the first timeline detail since he suffered the injury last Thursday.
That formalizes the fact McCain will miss the start of his second season and won’t be part of the Sixers’ planned guard-heavy attack to begin the year. His last NBA appearance came on Dec. 13 of his rookie year, when he suffered a season-ending left lateral meniscus tear.
“I feel for him, man,” Tyrese Maxey said of McCain at Sixers media day. “He’s coming back from his knee, the meniscus injury, and he’s worked his tail off to get where he is today. But the thing about Jared is he’s a positive person. He works extremely hard, so he’ll get back extremely soon and I know he’ll be 100 percent healthy.
“The times I played with him in the backcourt, it was great. Jared does a lot of things that a lot of teams really would like. He shoots the ball well, he passes the ball pretty well, he competes on defense. He’s going to do all those different things, and he’s a great teammate. So we just want him to get back healthy and can’t wait to have him back out there.”
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