[DondiJohnParticipant]

http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1601



Published on May 29, 2012

Can the Powerade Tigers contend for the championship with Rashad McCants? The coaching staff has

decided they can’t.

 

Having gone 0-2 (win-loss) with McCants, Powerade dumped the four-year NBA veteran for former

University of Memphis star Omar Shriff Sneed.

 

Sneed was to arrive in the country Tuesday, debuting as a PBA import when the Tigers take on the

Alaska Aces at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Friday.

 

McCants, a former Minnesota Timberwolf and ex-Sacramento King in the NBA, didn’t last long in the

local pro league as he was unable to turn in what was expected of him in two games he played with

the Tigers.

 

He averaged 25 points, eight rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals.

 

Powerade coach Bo Perasol is hopeful Sneed can do a better job.

 

Sneed is an elite product of Memphis with a rich experience playing international ball in Belgium,

the Netherlands and Venezuela.

 

The Texas native suited up with the Houston Rockets in the 2001 Rocky Mountain Summer League after

finishing his collegiate career as Memphis’ 29th all-time leading scorer with 1,072 points though

playing only two seasons.

 

He started in 56 of 57 games he played with the Memphis Tigers. 

 

As a senior, he averaged 16.7 points and 7.5 rebounds, ranking among C-USA’s top five in scoring

(fourth), rebounding (fifth), and field goal percentage (third). 

 

He scored 20 or more points in 10 games and recorded six double-doubles on the way to making the

all-C-USA second team.

 

Before starring for Memphis, Sneed strutted his stuff for two seasons with San Jacinto College in

Pasadena, Texas.

 

As a sophomore, he averaged 24.0 points and 10.5 rebounds while starting in all 35 games in the team

that included future NBA star Steve Francis. 

 

He led his team in scoring and rebounding and was named Texas Eastern Athletic Conference MVP.

So its finished again for Rashad McCants. I do wish him well in his endeavors
 

 

[CynthiaParticipant]

So… 25 ppg, 8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.5 isn’t good enough? Wtf did they expect? 30 / 10 / 5? Only giving him 2 games, this is just ridiculous. I’m not really a McCants fan but words can’t even describe this situation. 

To be blackballed from the NBA is one thing, but the man can’t even get a job in Europe with that statline? Terrible.

[FastAndFuriousParticipant]

Well didn’t he say he was going to AVERAGE a triple double wherever he went until he got back in the NBA or something like that? Lol guess every team is going to hold him to his word!

But on a serious note, that’s ridicolous, those are damn good numbers in ANY league, and he can’t catch a break.

[surveParticipant]

Obviously McCants is still a talented player as last reported.  He is likely being blackballed all over for some reason…I mean how else do you explain it? 

[UNCbasketballbumParticipant]

that acting career where he played the bisexual pimp or whatever he was could not have helped his cause…

[benny15Participant]

he’s not playing in europe when he posted that numbers, he did it in the Philippines, PBA is Philippine Basketball League. and the way they measure their foreign players is at a very high standard, mostly looking at the win-loss column over than the box score.

its so much easier for him to put up those numbers in that league since he has so much physical advantages over his opponents. also, each team is only allowed one foreign player on the roster, and since most of the league is already driven by guards and not forwards, its difficult for McCants to enhance his teamates play when its redundant to his own. he can be a star, but one that doesnt complement his team that is already guard heavy. add in the fact that the other teams are getting undersized bigmen as their foreign player, so he’s already presured into guarding guys he doesnt normally do as to off-set his opponents advantage.

all in all, it was nice for the philippines to get McCants to play there and all from an entertainment perspective, but not really the best on the court for both parties involved. Rashad would be much better suited in a league that already has lots of Bigs like the NBL of Australia or China’s league so that he can concentrate on playing his game in a role that would be simillar to whats asked of him if he gets back to the NBA.

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