Your Rashad McCants Update
2010-07-20
As some of you may know, Rashad McCants was on the Cavs’ Summer League Roster. You may also know that Rashad did not show up for Summer League. After talking to Rashad’s agent and the team, here’s what I know about what happened:
-Rashad was supposed to show up for Summer League and was expected to be there. His mother, a breast cancer survivor, became ill, and Rashad decided that being with her and her family was more important than being there for Summer League. According to his agent, Rashad informed the Cavalier personnel in charge of picking the Summer League team that he would not be attending, and they were very supportive of his decision. The team corroborated this version of events.
-Some of the Summer League coaches, who were not involved in the team-selection process, were confused as to Rashad’s whereabouts during Summer League. When I asked Byron Scott about McCants before the weekend, he told me that he had been made aware of Rashad’s situation before.
-The Cavaliers told me that their experience with Rashad has been a positive one.
-There was some initial confusion over whether Rashad planned to show up late to Summer League and play the last game or two with the Cavaliers; whether that was Rashad’s plan or not, it was not an option Byron Scott was interested in pursuing when I spoke to him. In any case, Rashad always planned on being in Las Vegas this week to work out with Tim Grgurich.
That’s the extent of what I know about this situation. If it really was just a big miscommunication, I hope he gets another chance to prove that he can be an NBA player both on and off the court.
Not entirely sure if this is true but i had heard he’s interested in playing for the Lakers, the Clippers or the Miami Heat. He didn’t make mention of our team. If this is true, it goes to show where this guys head is at and also shows how people love to hate on our town.
I hope the Cavs give him a chance. I loved watching him play at UNC and Minnesota, and his “me against the world” attitude might be a good thing for this team to take on now that no one will be giving them a chance.
If there’s one thing about a person that always holds water, if they are known for being untrustworthy, they’ll never not be untrustworthy. You can get a lot of second chances in life, but changing behavior is really hard.
He made the right decision. Now hopefully he gets a chance to show he belongs.
I guess this guy is okay…but we’re depending on stats from 3 seasons ago in hopes he achieves that again…if he was that good why is he still in summer league with another team that is better than his old team? sounds fishy to me….never cared for the dude even when he was at unc…i think we’re better off with sessions or someone else…maybe this is last minute move…but this whole mix up involving summer league just sounds really screwy on both sides…
With DWest having all these issues, Rashad seems like a perfect replacement coming off the bench. Keep expenses down and bring in a young player with a proven(07-08) record.
I hope the Cavs take a look at him. He might be the 2 guard we need…
Hope his mother is on the mend. And I hope too that he can get another chance. He had a great year with Minnesota in 07-08 coming off the bench mostly. 15 points a game.