Rashanda McCants follows her brother to Minnesota

Jason Sandford May 26, 2009

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Story here by TwinCities.com:

It is inevitable, Rashanda McCants says, that wherever she goes in life and whomever she meets, the question always comes up: How is your brother?

“It’s usually the first question someone asks,” the Minnesota Lynx rookie said. “People usually ask me how my brother is doing before they ask me about how I’m doing. I don’t mind talking about my brother at all, but that part sort of bugs me.”

The conversation takes on added meaning in Minnesota.

Rashad McCants was a first-round draft pick of the Timberwolves (No. 14 overall) in the 2005 NBA draft. His nearly three seasons with the Wolves were checkered with injuries and attitude problems that led to his trade to the Sacramento Kings in February.

When the Lynx selected his younger sister in the second round (No. 15 overall) of April’s WNBA draft, the symmetry of their professional careers starting in the same city immediately sounded alarms.

With Rashanda McCants, the Lynx say there is nothing to worry about.

“We found out in the (pre-draft) background checks that she is a great individual,” Lynx coach Don Zierden said. “She plays hard, practices hard and is a good, strong teammate. We have found nothing to the contrary.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Jamunca May 26, 2009

Thanks for clarifying. All good points. Not sure why I was feeling sleighted, but anywho…

At the risk of saying something about our beloved online department, I’ll just say again… all good points.

Keep up the blogging and photos and I’ll be sure to keep checking in.

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Huh? May 26, 2009

Poor you.

"Where’s the love?"

What do you care? You’re still getting paid, aren’t you? And by the same paper that slammed Ashvegas, but still gets news from this blog.

Where’s the love. Give me a break.

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Ash May 26, 2009

Jason, here’s the deal:

– I missed your stories, plain and simple. I don’t buy a copy of the paper product of the Citizen-Times and when I go to the web, I scan the front page and read the headlines. If your story isn’t there, I probably won’t see it.

-I generally don’t link to Citizen-Times stories. That’s because the Citizen-Times still continues to break its links. That’s just about unheard of in this day and age on the Web. (The C-T needs to get up to speed on all the industry talk about the importance of a link economy.) But if you break your links, you’re pretty much worthless to me online. I’m not blaming you. I’m just sayin’…

-Suggestion: feel free to point me to cool stories you’re doing. I love to read a good prep sports story. The few bones I have to pick with the C-T are almost exclusively Gannett-related. I’ve got nothing but love for my former colleagues on a personal level.

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Jamunca May 26, 2009

Another example of a post I wrote about North Buncobme tennis. Where’s the love Jason? I wrote a next-day feature on McCants goign to Minnesota back on April 10. So, almost a month and a half later, you link to someone else for a lesser story? I understand you’ve got plenty of bones to pick with the C-T, but are you just purposely avoiding linking anything we do? Is it just a rule now?

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