Post UNC, Rashad McCants has no one to protect him

Posted Jun 20, 2005

Now that Rashad McCants has left Blue Heaven and is headed to the NBA Draft, he has no coach, SID and compliant sportswriters that have his back. Never a media friendly guy, McCants is now about to enter a world that won’t include many softball questions and fawning Web site interviews from star-struck fans disguised as journalists. (Asheville Citizen-Times)

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