Rashad McCants Thinks He's REALLY, REALLY Good

by Scott Schroeder on Feb 18, 2025 6:26 PM EST in Ridiculous-osity

Rashad McCants played a few games in the D-League earlier this year, averaging 12.3 points in three games for the Texas Legends while earning rave reviews from ESPN's Marc Stein in the process.

Then, much like so many players before him, McCants left the D-League for a supposed offer in China that never came to fruition before embarking on an acting career that seems to be going nowhere fast (or slow).

Just for fun, let's link the trailer again:

Confirmed: that's terrible.

Luckily for McCants, he told the Lost Lettermen blog that he'll be able to fall back on his basketball career again because he's better than 95 percent of the players in the NBA.

Seriously.

"The Development League is nothing but what my agent told me is a plea from the league saying, that ‘We want you to show humility to get back in (the NBA),' " McCants said.

If that was the goal, it didn't work.

After initially saying he was better than 70-percent of the players in the NBA, McCants upped the ante after being told his agent thought the percentage was even higher.

"I was being modest saying 70-percent," McCants said. "My honest opinion is 95-percent. I don't even think there are top-tier All-Stars who are better than me, and they know who they are."

Good job, Rashad (and agent!). I'm sure those comments will endear you to the NBA GMs that didn't think you deserved another shot!

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Ooookay...

Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!

by Omaha Sun on Feb 18, 2025 7:02 PM EST reply actions

Guess what Rashad, I'm better than 98% of SB Nation writers.

Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!

by Omaha Sun on Feb 18, 2025 7:03 PM EST up reply actions

lol

rashard is terrible

http://www.channelsurf.eu/

by worldcup on Feb 18, 2025 7:32 PM EST reply actions

He is

but let’s leave Rashard Lewis out of this, he’s suffered enough.

Don’t ever change, Rashad.

Anarchist. Misanthrope. Beard aficionado.

by Cosmis on Feb 19, 2025 12:46 AM EST up reply actions

I was going to delete that comment

Because the channelsurfing link is a bit spammy, but you reply was good enough to save it.

I write about basketball players with Ridiculous Upside. I know you'll love it.

by Scott Schroeder on Feb 19, 2025 1:50 AM EST up reply actions

I am to please.

Also shoot to thrill.

Play to kill.

Too many women, and too many pills.

#ACDC’d

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by Cosmis on Feb 19, 2025 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

I'm not sure the site could handle posts being deleted Scott.

I’d look at it as him sharing that link to all those who don’t know about i and are interested in watching their favorite teams.

Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!

by Omaha Sun on Feb 19, 2025 6:08 PM EST up reply actions

This site can handle whatever I do with it.

Especially when it involves illegal streaming.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 21, 2025 3:44 PM EST up reply actions

TWSS

The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Feb 22, 2025 3:47 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry, I was just joking.

Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions!!!!

by Omaha Sun on Feb 23, 2025 5:41 PM EST up reply actions

He's an idiot.

But hey, you never know. If he gets another shot I guess we’ll see.

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by Gelatin on Feb 20, 2025 12:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions

I think he’s a great scorer, but there’s ZERO way he deserves another shot.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 21, 2025 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

As a Duke fan ths does nothing but make me

shed a tear of joy. He was really an elite-level scorer in college, and I think can be a gunner for an NBA team as part of a rotation, but in the head, the guy has ben shooting bricks for a long time now.

by Surujh Operator on Feb 20, 2025 12:33 PM EST reply actions

Haha

Shooting bricks in the head is a fun way to describe Rashad.

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by Scott Schroeder on Feb 21, 2025 3:47 PM EST up reply actions

Two examples of Rashad's thinking:

Twitter during his Free Agency, when he was wondering why teams wouldn’t offer him much:

Rashad McCants: just wondering? do u guys think im kina crazy in some way? like a bad boy? its what I hear why teams wont sign me. its funny but i wana know
(After which he closed down access to his twitter account.)

Excerpt of a poem he wrote, purportedly dedicated to Garnett:

he came to me with open arms, like a hawk embracing his young,
and he fed me food out his mouth but I was starving for knowledge.
the type of knowledge that can’t be fed by hand or voice, but by heart.
so when he spoke he touched my soul, and my soul would smack me if I didn’t listen…

As a birder, I always felt bound to observe that hawks and other birds of prey are notoriously cold-blooded toward their young. Pretty often there’s a staggered hatching schedule; the older chick, if healthy, outcompetes or outright kills the younger. Not exactly a nurturing experience.

Also, hawks do not have arms. ;-)

"Those things about which we cannot theorize, we must narrate." – Umberto Eco

by feral on Feb 21, 2025 7:18 PM EST reply actions