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Timberwolves rookie Rashad McCants said he's aware his reputation precedes
him. Now it's just a matter of doing something about it.
After being ejected for collecting two technical fouls Sunday night in Denver,
McCants said Monday he will "tone it down" in regard to the emotion he shows
during games. It's a fine line, though, between playing with emotion and
getting hit with technical fouls.
And it's one that McCants is struggling to understand.
"Either you're an emotional player or you're not," McCants said.
"Michael Jordan was very emotional. When he dunked on somebody … kind of
like the Patrick Ewing dunk he did in New York. He got all up in his face.
It's a reaction. In the heat of the moment, and the game is tight, you just
kind of react. It's not anything disrespectful at all."
In the fourth quarter of Sunday's game, McCants dunked on Marcus Camby,
shoved him in the back and was hit with his second technical foul, which
resulted in an automatic ejection. Wolves coach Dwane Casey said the incident
was clearly taunting, and he criticized the rookie.
Wolves all-star Kevin Garnett suggested McCants try to talk to official
Bennett Salvatore about the ejection after the game. McCants said he didn't
get the chance, but Garnett's point was understood. McCants has to take the
initiative to change his reputation.
At the University of North Carolina, McCants developed a reputation of having
a questionable attitude. He once compared the restrictions of playing college
basketball to being in jail. The scowl on his face during games became his
trademark.
"I think that's just going to come with time, seeing the refs, being familiar
with them and them being familiar with me," McCants said. "I think a lot of
people, whether it be this business or any other business, they only go by
what they've heard. I haven't proven anything here (in the NBA), so they can
only go by what I've done in the past. The reputation is what it is. … I just
got to try to clear it up somehow."
Contrary to a report, McCants will not be fined $1,000 for Sunday's incident,
but he will be fined a total of $3,000. Each technical foul draws an automatic
$1,000 fine from the NBA, and an ejection costs an additional $1,000.
McCants' first technical on Sunday was called when he bumped chests with
Garnett and yelled at him in celebration of a Garnett dunk. Casey said the
first technical wasn't clear-cut but that McCants shouldn't have put himself
in that situation.
"We were down 14 at that time or something like that," Casey said. "There's
no reason to be celebrating. I understand you're trying to get your teammates
going, but do it in a professional way. The second (technical), he deserved."
In regard to another ejection in the future, McCants said, "It won't happen
again." But he's also not apologizing for trying to establish himself in the
NBA as a rookie. The dunk on Camby was a highlight-reel play.
"You can't be too passive, you can't just act like you're just showing up and
punching the clock," McCants said. "You've got to enjoy the game. Fans are
going to come to see dunks and defense, things like that. That's what brings
the ticket-holders in."
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