When the OKC Thunder acquired Jared McCain from the Sixers ahead of the 2026 NBA trade deadline, the belief was that Sam Presti and company were buying low on a young, promising bucket getter.
Little did they know, however, that they were also bringing on one of the league's more ferocious fisticuff talents.
Following last Friday's scuffle between Oklahoma City and the Denver Nuggets, former forward-turned-analyst Chandler Parsons revealed on an episode of Run it Back that, despite what his happy-go-lucky TikTok persona may suggest, McCain is actually known as being capable of throwing hands at a James Johnson-esque level.