However, there has been one shining light: rookie Jared McCain. The No. 16 pick in the draft, McCain is averaging 16.0 points and 2.6 assists while shooting 36.4% from deep through 18 games with seven starts in Philadelphia.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jared McCain was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference rookie of the month on Tuesday. The 76ers guard led all rookies in scoring at 16.0 points per game in October and November. McCain became the team’s seventh player to win the award and the first since Ben Simmons during the 2017-18 season.

The Eastern Conference’s first Rookie of the Month for the 2024-25 season is standout Sixers guard Jared McCain. Both the Eastern and Western Conference’s winners were non-lottery picks. The West’s Rookie of the Month was Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells,