{"id":3988,"date":"2025-09-25T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:41:32","slug":"76ers-jared-mccain-addresses-viral-bench-press-in-classic-jersey-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3988","title":{"rendered":"76ers&#8217; Jared McCain addresses viral bench press in classic jersey reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>When the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ca1685ed-b799-53e4-7924-e58ea6eb8f3a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-76ers\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> revealed their latest classic uniforms on Wednesday, one NBA fan was focused on another aspect of the unveiling &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/news\/_\/id\/4683778\/jared-mccain\">Jared McCain<\/a>&#8216;s bench press capabilities.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46138084\/76ers-jared-mccain-pace-return-training-camp\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46360102\/philadelphia-76ers-nba-throwback-uniforms-allen-iverson-2001\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1550136_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 76ers guard posed in the Allen Iverson-era uniform while sitting on a bench. The notable detail? The bar was loaded with 2.5-pound plates. It prompted a question from a user on X: &#8220;why is jared mccain bench pressing 2.5lb plates?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post quickly went viral with McCain addressing the comments on his Instagram story on Wednesday. First, he wrote &#8220;Working on it&#8221; with two sad emojis, before posting a video of him curling an 8-pound dumbbell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPAbIRwD2PV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\" \/>\n<p>McCain &#8212; who boasts 4.4 million followers on TikTok &#8212; is known for his lighthearted posts on social media. Last year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jaredmccain\/video\/7444400211163745566?lang=en\">posted a video<\/a> in the 76ers locker room with teammate <a data-player-guid=\"f4767522-2a75-d36e-0214-eeb7a489af0e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3012\/kyle-lowry\">Kyle Lowry<\/a> that eclipsed seven million views.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is coming off a rookie campaign where he averaged 15.3 points, 2.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 23 games, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/43605213\/76ers-mccain-rising-stars-pick-surgery-really-cool\">earned him a spot<\/a> in the Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star weekend.<\/p>\n<p>His season came to a premature end due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/42970992\/76ers-mccain-indefinitely-lateral-meniscus-tear\">lateral meniscus tear on his left knee<\/a> that required surgery in December. The 76ers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/43351757\/76ers-rule-jared-mccain-rest-season-knee-surgery\">ruled him out<\/a> for the season a month later.\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\">\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js<\/a><a href=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\">\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46371684\/jared-mccain-philadelphia-76ers-bench-press-weight-joke\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Philadelphia 76ers revealed their latest classic uniforms on Wednesday, one NBA fan was focused on another aspect of the unveiling &#8212; Jared McCain&#8216;s bench press capabilities. Editor&#8217;s Picks 1 Related The 76ers guard posed in the Allen Iverson-era uniform while sitting on a bench. The notable detail? The bar was loaded with 2.5-pound &#8230; <a title=\"76ers&#8217; Jared McCain addresses viral bench press in classic jersey reveal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3988\" aria-label=\"Read more about 76ers&#8217; Jared McCain addresses viral bench press in classic jersey reveal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/76ers-Jared-McCain-addresses-viral-bench-press-in-classic-jersey.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3990,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions\/3990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}