McCain is “a really good piece out there to space the floor,” Nurse said. “He made a couple of shots the other night, like the shot clock gets late, ball ends up in his hands, and he goes and gets a bucket. That comes in handy.”

This now gives coach Nick Nurse and the rest of the roster the opportunity to figure out roles and lineup combinations for the future. With the Sixers off to such a slow start given all the injuries,

I think everything’s pretty good,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. “He logged the minutes. We’ve got to see how he responds to it. Obviously, we did have two days off, but he did go through the full practice today,