76ers forced into nightmare plan as devastating blow crushes ideal scenario

76ers, Jared McCain | Bill Streicher-Imagn ImagesThings were slightly looking better for the Philadelphia 76ers entering training camp until the basketball gods decided to hand them another obstacle they must clear. Jared McCain, whom fans were looking forward to seeing after his impressive rookie campaign got cut short, will miss the early part of the regular season after a UCL tear on his thumb.

With McCain having fully recuperated from his knee injury, this is simply way too brutal of a setback. Sure, he should not be out for a huge chunk of the season, but he will come into the campaign cold and without much wind-up thanks to the attendant halt that he will have to accept as he works his…