McCants was a beast. From high school to the NBA he was an elite talent. If you watch Gils arena you can clearly see why his NBA career didnt pan out. It has nothing to do with talent its his mentality and inability to fit into the team concept. He had the same issues at UNC. Its always been a mental thing with Rashad. Everything is a slight, everybody else is always wrong, and McCants embraces being the odd man out. But no NBA team is going to pay a player who goes about life like that.

You don’t understand how big of a deal it is to be a top scorer at UNC especially in the early 00’s

he had the athleticism and physique just not the brain and discipline

You pick up a basketball, play at the highest level in college and win a national championship. You go to the NBA and make millions. People who have done nothing close call your career a failure. Make it make sense

I think he did have some talent but listening to him talk you would think this guy was on mj level or something. Yes he played in the NBA which there are not alot of people who can say they did that. However he speak about others who accomplished far more than he did as if he knows more or could do better. Personally I like Brandon Jennings more as a player and commentator. He is more realistic and was a better player despite not having the "A type" personality. He just let his game do the talking and competed at a higher level despite being smaller.

Can’t call bro a failure just cause you don’t like his takes fam. He’s in the 1% of the craft bro. There’s a lot that goes in to it

All I can say is he was the best player on the wolves on NBA live 😂 when he started appearing on Gil i realized he was who I was cooking with on Live back in the day

His career was not a failure. McCants played on the highest level. It’s easy to judge someone and say what you would do if you were in their shoes. Most of you haven’t achieved greatness at your job. Appreciate his perspective and listen to his wisdom.

Not a fan of him on Gil's Arena but 40% from 3 on nearly 5 attempts a game would definitely have made him a bigger named player in today's game

If you listen to him, talk on the show, you will see why he only lasted less than five years in the NBA. He constantly talks about how he was the man in high school in college so he didn’t have to work as hard as everybody else. That attitude doesn’t translate well into the NBA era, he played in. He blames agents, the Kardashians, NBA coaches and his coach at NC for him being blackballed. Zero accountability for anything. He also stated out of his own mouth that he did whatever his teammates did because he wanted to belong. Was he an NBA failure? Not necessarily, but he definitely wasn’t who he thinks he is. All of these things in totality is why he was so easily forgettable when he was in the league.

@1:34 - either right before or right after revealing his list, Mccants gives an explanation for why Magic isn't on his list: he was under the impression that hybrid PGs (players listed at multiple positions throughout their career) were not eligible for the list. Magic was listed as SG for the first 4ish years of his career while Norm was listed as the PG. By not mentioning this, either you are willfully leaving out crucial info or did not diligently research the info. Not sure which is worse tbh. It made me click off of this video right after since misinformation about something I know taints all following info on things since I'll have the question of whether the presented info is actually the whole truth or a partial truth.

Rashad was an average NBA player. He was a useful rotation piece. Which means that objectively he's a _great_ player, but for him to claim he was the best player on Gil's Arena -- sitting next to Gilbert Arenas, who would have been a hall of famer if not for injury, and Brandon Jennings who would have been an all-star if not for injury -- was pretty over the top. And he completely ignored Gilbert's logic, which was sound: If Gil started off way below Rashad but reached his level in college then surpassed him as a pro, doesn't that mean Gilbert is better? He basically implied it was because he outworked him and honestly that's probably true.

The way he talks on Gil's show, I thought he was a The Killer😂😂😂

The problem is everybody understands about what happen to him talented dude...Basically got black balled out the league. But when you hear him open his mouth, it makes you feel like he deserved it

Lifelong Timberwolves fan here. I would describe McCants as the most forgettable draft pick during the Wolves most forgettable stretch. Zero impact. There was absolutely no buzz about him coming here despite his notoriety at North Carolina. My most vivid memory of him was at a game at Target Center when McCants had been relegated to coming off the bench. He was part of a newly minted 5 man substitution unit dubbed the “Zoo Crew”. It had a little success for 2 or 3 games but in this game the “Zoo Crew” had been awful and the coach called a timeout to sub them all out. Target Center was deathly quiet and a guy bellowed out from the second deck for all to hear, “Zoo crew you suck!” The whole crowd laughed heartily. Literally my only memory of his time here.

He is a prime example of bein a star in college doesn’t mean it’ll carry over to the league!

great vid dude!

His only nba highlight (if you wanna call it one) was when he assisted Gerald Green in the 2008 slam dunk contest while playing for Minnesota. Besides that he’s loud & confrontational to people his size and smaller. Good college player, average nba player.

He was a good college player for sure but not so in the NBA

This video has a condescending tone to it. Although I may not always agree with McCants he did make it to the NBA. Plus he played for Minnesota Timberwolves which is a small market team, and not known for winning outside of KG. McCants explained why Magic Johnson wasn’t on his list of point guards being he listed pg’s being their primary/ only position. I need the video creator to list his athletic accomplishments.

How can you fail making millions of dollars? 🤔

As a kid Rashad was one of my favorite players, along with Eddie House lol

He got respect for some of our favs because of his come up . He was a talent

When I first say McCants, I thought Al Harrington had shrunk and had a different voice.

I actually came across him the same way you did by Gil’s show. And all I kept thinking was who is this arrogant fool with a tiara on his head. When I found out it was Rashad I had completely forgot about him!! I mean on one end he played for UNC and made the NBA which in itself is a monumental accomplishment. But hearing his takes, you would think he was like Kobe or something and on that end it’s like pump the brakes there bro you were no where near the elite level of the players you shit on with your podcasts takes. And that’s what bothers me about him on the show. Dude still has an ego and over inflates his career as if no one can pull receipts. Like the other day on the show he was completely disrespecting Pat Bev, who you can argue has had a way better career the Rashad. His ego is way too much.

His career was a failed ? But you wish you could have his career tho 😂

#MCCants a certified legend college champ’ he always keep it 100 never sugarcoat nothing’ Plus making it the NBA 6 seasons along with all the politics in the business’ is a high fete within itself

You would think he was an ALL-STAR the way he talk!

Bro played 5 years in the NBA at the 14th picked overall. I wouldnt call that a failed career. If youre not a top 3 NBA pick and get 5 years played in the league thats a success story.

Rashad was one of the best college players I’ve ever seen play

Any person that makes the NBA, NFL, MLB, etc. has to believe they are the best person to ever play their position. They may not share that with anyone because it can be perceived as delusional/arrogance, but as a former athlete, we all felt that way inside. McCants was on be front cover of Sports Illustrated in college for a reason. He was drafted 14 overall as you mentioned so there’s no reason to not feel he was the best player on the court. There are many reasons a career is cut short but you can’t question him thinking he was always the best player on the court.

Rashad McCants was a scoring machine during his three years at Chapel Hill. As a freshman, McCants lead the Tar Heels in scoring with 17.5 points per game. McCants was an All-American all three years at UNC, and was a crucial part of their 2005 National Championship team… The Timberwolves selected McCants with the 14th-overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, but received very little return on their investment. During his four seasons with the T-Wolves, McCants started just 38 games and often feuded with teammates and coaches. After one more miserable season with the Sacramento Kings, McCants was out of the NBA by 2009. Since then, McCants has played in pro leagues in Puerto Rico, Philippines, China, Brazil, Lebanon, Venezuela, and Dominican Republic. At least we know his passport has a lot of stamps

thuggalious rocking a tiara like a princess never heard of him

nothing to sneeze at being the best player at UNC and winning a championship.

I dont understand the crown and big hats he wears... am I missing something

The fact he led his team to a national title and also able to avg 15 efficiently is enough to know he could've had a longer career

He was a beast for the TRILOGY

Averaging 14.9 points in 26 minutes ain't that bad.

Purple prince, do a review on your nba career next.

In not gonna lie,i know everybody else in Girls arena from the NBA but not Rashard

Just like most players he got drafted by the wrong team and his career disappeared being on sorry teams he's not elite but a really good player

The kardashian curse is crazy 😂

At 6-4 didn't have point guard skills wasn't big enough for either forward spots and didn't have the foot speed to play the 2 guard ,played well in big 3 which is only a half court game. Gilbert was a far better pro

You had me til the end when you called this man’s NBA career a failure. You know how many people have tried to even make it to the league and never step foot on a roster? They have done what less than 1% of the earths population could ever dream of doing. I’m not a mccants fan but yall should respect these guys much more than yall do.

MCccant's lowest accomplishments were beyond your realm of capabilities and you called his NBA career a "failure"? Who the hell are you?

Wow looking back at these 2000 highlights they look so untalented, and this era met so much to me

15 ppg in 26 mpg is crazy. Talented fa sho

WOW very interesting persperctive

Sooo why the Kardashian curse didn't work on Devin Booker❓

I was really into basketball back then he was decent

A College National Championship. Name in the Dean Smith Arena in Chapel Hill NC. Played all over the world in a professional capacity. I say that's not a failure. He was never drafted to resurrect a team. He was a piece

Name one athlete to come back from the Kardashian curse

Y’all can hate all you want that dude would dominate todays league he was a corn fed 2 guard with a little bounce they don’t make guys like this anymore and the only reason he didn’t play in the nba more is they weren’t drooling over 3pt shooters like that back then

You didn’t watch the video . He left hybrid guards like curry , magic , and Lebron off his list

To the average human he wasn’t a failure however when compared to his comp…

He was a good player no matter what way you want to slice it. Saying he had a failed career because of his play is honestly letting him off easy. He has long history of being hard to deal with, which is why his career was cut shorter than it should have been. Putting in a good effort and just not being good enough is much easier pill to swallow. It happens... but having proof you were good enough to play at the next level and messing it up because of character flaws must sting.

this title is insane lmaoo

Everybody not going be a superstar player in the NBA‼️ To even make it is a huge accomplishment ‼️✅💯 To play 7+ years your successful✅💯‼️ My respect to anyone who has achieved this feat‼️✅💯

I remember him on Timberwolves he had a good 3 ball that’s about it

Ok to be fair and honest though, every best player on their college teams usually goes to the league. Same in hs, the best player on ur hs team that stand above and beyond the rest usually gets a chance to go to college on scholarship. It’s just how sports work 99% of the time. So yes if you are the best in ur respected league you’re average in the next.

He made nba. 8th or 9th man at best. By listening to him talk now seems like it was everyone else's fault but his. It was coaches fault management or whatever it was says him. He's the guy that goes 120 percent in blowouts.

He was 1 of the one percent that made it to the highest level of men basketball

The basketball HOA is includes college and NBA accolades. Rashad is a National champion on a all time great college team and was the best player so yes he was a dawg

Nah after 2:33, I cant. My boy said a national title in college is nothing 😂

Pop ain’t all that, Eric been holding the heat down, why ain’t pop do the same???

Being from a small town his ego was and is way bigger than his talent guys last longer in the league when they accept their role

If you havent watched enough basketball to know who Rashad Mccants is then youre a casual and need to stick to 2k. You BREEZED by his college career and that shows you are someone yourself who was never a hooper just loved a culture you were never apart of.

You wasn’t watching hoops like that until 2013 ima say

Damn khloe was part of the Work

He’s not a failure for being an nba player. He’s a failure for having delusions of grandeur. Some ppl be finger reading super hard in these comments.

Cants was A DAWG in NC and I'm a Duke fan......

Failure is harsh. Injury is the main problem for him, do we call derrick rose failure now? It happened, now let it be. Maybe underwhelming but failure is not fair.

Rashad McCants was nice especially in college he had pretty decent career in NBA but he did go to a horrible organization at Timberwolves.

The irony of social media on this guy complaining about his nba takes because he wasn’t a superstar having never played in the nba. Lmaoo. You making this video is worse than him commenting on pros. wtf team you played for? Lmaoo “I’m closer to lebron than you are to me”. -Brian Scalabrine

1/4/2008. Minnesota vs Denver. 118-107 Denver win. McCants 31 min; 12/18 fg; 3/5 3pt; 34 pts (career high); 5 rbs; 4 ast. AI 42 min; 10/21 fg; 4/8 3pt; 33 pts; 3 rbs; 4 ast. K Mart 24 min; 5/8 fg; 11 pts; 5 rbs; 3 ast; 1 stl; 1 blk. Melo 37 min; 11/20 fg; 0/1 3pt; 4 rbs; 4 ast; 2 stl.

I think that for this show it's a right guy. Because it's some one how seen lot of basket at all the continents and in backyard and it's the reality of sports also 🎉 and reality of sport os this kinda of destiny even more often. Sorry for my English

My only question is: why does Rasheed McManns wear a tiara? 🤷🏽‍♂️

hearing poor ppl use their words in the right way to call rich people failures is the epitome of so many sad examples of what people will do or say to get clout or attention

If you’re in the NBA you’re a damn good basketball player …..

If you made it to the NBA and played one minute in any game and got a check for it you not a MF failure at all!💯

Cl the guy could get buckets

How was his career a failure????? He succeeded in many ways

The fact that he wears a crown on his head as if he’s one of the NBA greats speaks volumes about his character and how he isn’t even a good podcast co-host to me because he’s ALWAYS talking over everybody AND thinks he is ALWAYS right AND thinks that he was the greatest thing to enter the NBA since MJ. He thinks that he was better than everybody. Think I’m 🧢 cappin? Watch the story that Patrick Beverley tells about them working out together and you’ll see EXACTLY what I’m talking about

REAL TALK: I’ve been watching the NBA since “Showtime Lakers.” And I have no idea who TF Rasheed McCann is. Never heard of him until this podcast. I know who Gil is. I know who Brandon Jennings is. But who TF is Roshod MacAnn’s? No cap.

The man's temper is what hurt his career. He was better than Brandon Jennings. He could've been a superstar.

He made it somewhere not even 1% makes it.

Who are you to say he failed? Only he can say if he failed or not. He did something millions have tried to do and that play in the NBA. I would say he did fail.

Not a bad top 5 pg list

He ain’t fail he got hurt

He had talent.To go 14th in the first roung draft was impressive.Attitude is everything.If his attitude matched his athletic ability i think he could've been a better NBA player. As i look at his playing days at UNC there was issues there.He hurt the UNC program due to his dislike for Roy Williams.Seems if something went wrong it was time to point the finger Rashad thank you for helping the Tarheels win the 2005 NCAA CHampionship.Yor all layed it to Michigan State. Wish you well.Go forward my friend.

14ppg off 26 min a game is solid 🤷🏽‍♂️

His EGO is his DOWNFALL

And wear a ridiculous crown

I get where you was going but to sum it up as a failure is obsurd. You’re playing NBA basketball, he won. He never tapped into his full potential due to his mental state but I think had he been given the right circumstances, the right push on the right team he could’ve found himself and played better

The Best team he was ever a part of was the T'wolves, and they were never a standout or league leading team...they were always sub par and never had any seasons to look back on because they never accomplished anything or had any established dominance...he was a regular rotation player on a below average team...watching how angry he gets during responses is pure comedy...lmaoo he barely made it out of college..and im saying that athletically and educationally...he got by on hype during his college days... and then he never panned out to be anything great in the NBA...he ultimately became a regular mediocre role player that complained too much...basically another "JOE SMITH"... And then he got himself booted from the league after crying and begging, and lying on his team mates for playing time...which led to him being another player in the world of obscurity.. he was lucky to even have a chance...with all his ego and cockiness compared to his overall lack of skill..its crazy to see anyone get that far without any proof of their game and skills...he snuck into the league and they immediatley sent him packing 😅😅😂..couldnt even make the g league..so he went to china...and then the big 3 where he also failed...😅

Dudes personality and mindset ruined all of his athleticism and potential. Imagine him in the locker room

If you really watched basketball you would know McChants was a hooper

Gil said he was a jab pump fakers why I see this man doing this 😭😂

His NBA career wasn't a failure. He was a beast in college. His injuries & other things just made it harder than it would've been otherwise.

If he wanted to be a better player and stay in the league, he would try harder.