Jared McCain opens up on trade to OKC Thunder from 76ers as he returns to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — The elevator door inside the Omni Hotel opened, and Jared McCain pushed his two suitcases and a duffle bag into the hallway. That's everything he packed for the Philadelphia 76ers' five-game road trip, which didn't include a stop in Oklahoma City. But that's exactly where he found himself in the late hours of Feb.

4 after being traded to the Thunder earlier that day. "When I left for the road trip, I thought I was coming back to my home," McCain told The Oklahoman on Monday, March 16. "Just having to have movers come and take everything that you own without knowing what you have and going to a hotel in OKC, just sitting there and waiting to find a home, I think those are the little things people don't understand about getting traded.

" McCain has since found a home, both literally and figuratively, in Oklahoma City. He has settled into the Thunder's system and unlocked new levels of his game, all while growing close with his locker room neighbors. And when OKC travels to Philadelphia to face the 76ers at 6 p.

m. CT Monday , McCain will be a visitor. More: Jared McCain may be new to OKC Thunder, but he 'looks like he has been here' a while "I really love these guys," McCain said of his OKC teammates.