Don’t worry, we feel like we’ve done this before too.
It would appear that Jared McCain has undergone surgery to repair the UCL tear he suffered in his right thumb just a day before media day. The second year guard took to social media in what appeared to be minutes after getting out of surgery to give fans an update.
“Hello every, I feel like I’ve done this before, is this Instagram?” McCain started on his Instagram story, “I feel good, I feel really good actually, I just can’t feel my arm.” Anyone
who’s been under the effects of anesthesia can certainly relate.
McCain was seemingly in as good spirits as possible, reassuring everyone in a groggy state that life goes on and that everything happens for a reason. That led him to breaking into a verse of Lil Baby’s “Life Goes On.” That clearly got him in a musical mood as he spent the next two stories wearily signing songs by Tate McRae and of course McCain’s favorite artist: Drake.
Easily the best part of the stories is right as the first one begins to end. As he’s wrapping up Lil Baby’s chorus he seems to snap out of it a bit and says, “alright, go Birds.” Despite only playing 23 games here so far, he really is one of us.
There was more post-surgery content from Kai Cenat, who I am reliably informed is a popular Twitch streamer. A clip was posted of him having a conversation with McCain who seemed just as groggy. The two exchanged well wishes, calling each other GOATs, and planned to meet at some point in the future. How well McCain will be able to remember those plans remains to be seen.
No matter how many injuries he suffers, nothing seems able to deter McCain away from both the basketball grind, and the content creation grind.
