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Rashad McCants has an easy time letting go of love

Posted on July 7th, 2009 – 12:20 PM
By Michael Rand

mccants.pngThe gift that keeps on giving is, as you perhaps already know, former Wolves guard Rashad McCants’ Twitter page. It catches our eye frequently, and one of those occasions was yesterday. It was an eye-opener, particularly in light of the recent sad news about Steve McNair. These are verbatim (sic).

Tweet 1: Looked thro my chicks phone and I be damn if she didn’t have more league [redacted] numbers then I did.. Even unc teamate. I don’t even have it.

Translated, to the best of our abilities, for the Rashad/Twitter impaired: He’s been seeing a woman and recently went through the list of contacts in her phone. She has more telephone numbers for other gentlemen who play in the NBA than Rashad does. She even has the number of one of his former North Carolina teammates, which he does not even have.

Tweet 2: Crazy thing is… I’m not mad…. Chicks gotta keep options too… Just sad her options aren’t nothing of a comparison..lol how yall doin?

Translated, again, to the best of our abilities: While he could get upset or jealous about the other men this woman knows, Rashad isn’t experiencing those things. Life is based on choice, and he is confident that she has chosen him because he is far superior in many ways to any of the other NBA players in her phone. Laughing out loud.

The point: Twitter might just expose the world to a subculture of athlete romance unknown a decade ago and only occasionally glimpsed as digital cameras became part of the club scene. Should be interesting to see how things go from here, particularly when some folks don’t let go of love quite as freely as McCants.

13 Responses to "Rashad McCants has an easy time letting go of love"

jama says:

July 7th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

The Wolves are in need of a SG and Mr. McCants is currently unemployed. Is this a match made in heaven?

On the Tweets, WOW.

lattewarrior says:

July 7th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

This could usurp Conan’s Twitter Tracker as my favorite Twitter-themed running bit.

Facial says:

July 7th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Was Shawn Kemp in her contact list?

Stu says:

July 7th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Even unc teamate. I don’t even have it.

Henrik Rödl doesn’t give that number out to just anyone, Rashad.

Clarence Swamptown says:

July 7th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Wait, the internet has umlauts? To think of all crappy jokes I left on the table becuase I don’t know how to make an umlaut. Well done.

Clarence Swamptown says:

July 7th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

Motörhead.

Clarence Swamptown says:

July 7th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

It worked! Thanks Stu!

Dave MN says:

July 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Lemme try:

Queensrÿche

Dave MN says:

July 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Sweeeet

sham says:

July 7th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Quicker translation: I love groupies and groupies love me.

lattewarrior says:

July 7th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Stu graduated Summa Umlaut from St. Cloud State University.

Dave MN says:

July 7th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

latte: you’re rolling this week.