The fall was 4 minutes apart in Philadelphia’s 117-95 preseason victory over the Brooklyn Nets. McCain, whom the Sixers selected with the 16th overall pick in June, was trying to retrieve his own pass, but because he was in the air, his weight got too far behind him, and he fell backwards, crashing to the ground in a particularly compromised place. Philadelphia schoolteacher Nick Attendant told reporters after the game that McCain was taken to the clinic for trouble breathing.
You’ll see next fall that the 20-year-old McCain was in a very uncomfortable situation. Once he held his chest as he turned around and appeared to have difficulty breathing. Here you have a better vision of autumn:
McCain remained ill for several minutes before he was helped off the ground. After the game, the Sixers said he was being evaluated by the team’s scientific staff, including for a concussion.
“It was tough,” Attendant said. “He’s going to the hospital to get checked out. Obviously he was having some trouble breathing, I thought maybe he was out of breath. But I’m not sure. [I’ve] never seen at all [a fall] “Like that one before, so let’s hope he’s okay and we’ll see what the hospital report is.”
Philadelphia forward Kelly Oubre Jr., on the other hand, described McCain as “fine.”
“It was very scary. Fortunately it was contained,” Oubre told reporters. “He didn’t fall on his back. He’ll feel it tomorrow. That’s pretty much what we were telling him. He just has to take it easy. Make sure he’s 100 percent for opening night.”
