Why Rashad McCants Is Still Unemployed

With very little going on in the next couple of days because it's the quiet before the training camp storm, I often find myself distracted by things on the internet (especially Twitter) that have very little to do with anything relevant in life. A perfect example of this would be the Twitter of ex-NBA player Rashad McCants. Rashad McCants was someone with a great deal of potential and talent coming out of North Carolina. In fact, he was taken with the 14th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft. I thought it was a steal for the Wolves to end up with him because he showed a versatile offensive attack. Unfortunately, I really had no idea what kind of mental player he was. He wasn't much of a factor in his rookie season and was actually a complete non-factor in his second season. By the time he broke through with a solid performance in his third season, he seemingly had already worn out his welcome with the T'Wolves. He always looked like he had the body language of a malcontent. He pulled the Wally Szczerbiak role of refusing to pass to open teammates and not appearing to try much on defense. He was dealt away to the Sacramento Kings in the middle of last year and showed up with the same attitude and the same baggage. He scored in double digits for the Kings over 24 games but wasn't given a second look during the off-season when the Kings could have retained him for a very low price. So why is Rashad McCants still unemployed? Is it because of his perceived attitude problems? Is it because he doesn't play defense? Is it because he dated something called a Kardashian? Well, the answer to this problem might be the last question I posed. You see, Rashad used to date Khloe Kardashian. I'm not positive if she has a sex tape or not. But that doesn't really matter. What matters is the fact that Rashad McCants is showing his maturity level through his Twitter account and it all stems from his former "relationship" with Khloe. The following is a FAKE, imagined conversation/interview (using REAL tweets from Rashad) between McCants and any GM who might be considering him for a job. GM: Rashad, let's sit down and talk. Fantastic workout today. Your game looks good and you're in fantastic shape. RM: Thanks, . Thanks for having me here. GM: I just had a couple of questions to see where your head is. Just want to clear up a few questions we had. RM: Sure thing. Shoot.GM: Well, we know you used to be involved with Khloe Kardashian. Is that correct?RM: Yeah, that's right. But it wasn't like that. It was a set up.GM: Okay, that's fine. Um, we recently came across some of your Twits? Tweets? Twitters? I'm not quite sure what it is. Regardless, I wanted to ask you your thoughts behind some of the things you posted on Twitter. RM: Like what?GM: Well, first off do you actually do the Twitter or does someone do it for you? Like a cousin or a friend from back home? Maybe your assistant?RM: Nah, that shi...stuff is all me. Connecting with my fans and such. GM: Okay, good to know. Well, the other night you stated, "Ms kardashian is blaming me for her trust issues when we didn't even have a real relationship! I'm really not shocked she would do that! Hah." So what was going on with this? Why did you want people to know this stuff?RM: See, you don't understand what this girl be like. This whole thing was set up for this TV show. It was just so she could be with a celebrity type and such. GM: Okay. So when you said, "plus it aint cheating if the relationship was for tv in the first place.. It was all a set up like all TV shows," what was the situation with that? RM: Oh my GOD, dude. You don't even know how funny that is to me! See she was trying to tell people that I cheated on her and shi...stuff. It's really crazy though. I mean, you feel me? How could I cheat if we wasn't together? Plus, you should have seen that girl she talking about. Oh my GOD, dude. Banging like gongs and drums. GM: Yeah...we figured that when you posted, "hahaha If I showed you who I cheated on Khloe wit lol..... PPL WOULD GIVE ME A STANDING OVATION!!!!! she a JERSEY CHASER." We assume this was a very gorgeous young lady. The problem is that it's hard to promote a family environment with our players when we have a fan base reading comments like that. RM: You know what the crazy thing is? I lost the B's number. I wonder if the club she work at can give me that info? GM: This young woman works at a night club?RM: Strip club. All nude. Champagne room. Swings. All kinds of stuff to get down. GM: Okay, neat. Moving on, to be honest this comment by you raised an eyebrow or two around the office. "Its all good tho twit fam! What goes around comes around! Hahaha "I will strike my vengence apon the!" " And you will feel my wrath!" Lmao." LMAO? What does that mean? Is it an acronym?RM: Nah, the letters just stand for a phrase. It means laugh my ASS off. Folks on the web say it. GM: Well, what did you mean about your vengeance? RM: Oh that's from that Pulp Fiction. My man, Sam Jack. He had that jheri curl. Bustin' fools left and right. Him and that angel dude. GM: Angel? You mean, John Travolta? RM: Yeah, him. The angel. Dude had big white wings. Hid them with one of them trench coats. Performing miracles and such. GM: Oh! You mean the movie Michael? Yes, that was a good movie. RM: That's my thing right there. Love Michael. Did Ang Lee direct that? Seems like something he'd put his vision into. GM: I don't know who directed it. Rashad, the point is that we just want to make sure you aren't going to try to exact some revenge on a former girlfriend. We don't condone any kind of violence or domestic abuse. We're just covering all angles here and trying to protect what we're trying to build. RM: Oh, don't even trip. I got this. She just a jersey chaser anyway. GM: Do you feel like this whole incident is over? RM: Oh definitely. GM: Then why did you say, "Now that I think about it!!! I'm not gonna sit back and let this chick be fake and lie on me! She must be exposed! Its on and poppin! When it comes to the truth its a game that fake ppl don't wanna play! This will be fun. Like eminem and mariah! Haha final warning! Hahahaha," after you stated you were happy for the reported engagement between her and Lamar Odom? RM: Because it's so funny to me. I mean, why did she say that stuff? To hurt me? She called me a bench warmer? I went to North Carolina. I've scored almost 2,500 points in my career. Why she hatin'? Jealousy. What's the old Oscar Wilde quote? Fine lookin' women always jealous of their man's husbands or something like that?GM: I believe the quote is "plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands." He was a brilliant man. RM: That's what's up. So what's the deal? I got a spot on your team or what?GM: We'll be in touch. RM: Cool. I'm gonna go call The Lusty Lady and see if they have that girl's name and number. I'll holler. You can follow Rashad McCants on Twitter here. And while you're at it, you should follow me as well.