06/24/2008 - 04:52
YBG and Training Hard
by Rashad McCants

I love my family and all friends. All glory to GOD.

Here I am…typing to all my fans to show you how much of a nerd I really am. Haha.

YBG IS GROWING, AND COMING TO YOU SOON
Back on May 1st, I started my summer with YBG introductions. There are now seven members of the YBG Team to help me share our vision to the world. Their names are: Michael Moore, James Keith, Barrington Edwards, Giovanni Turnipseed, Rahmeen Underwood, Jarvis Rivers, Sylvester Carver, and of course, myself. Everyone brings something different to the table with special skills, kind of like the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. On this day, we established a movement to inspire all young and gifted children and adults to follow the path of evoultion, to evolve and change negative habits. These eight young black and gifted men are the leaders of the next revolution. We also received samples of our YBG collection, which should be coming soon. We want it to be perfect, and perfection takes time and planning if you want something to last.

GOLF IN MIAMI
We -- the YBG -- recently all went to Florida for Memorial Day weekend. We were all sporting YBG gear, including, hats, shorts, polos, and tee shirts. In Ft. Lauderdale, I kicked it with my main man Mark Doman, who is a head of the AMP sports and management agency. I played like Mr. Woods during a charity fundraising golf tourney hosted by Jay Fiedler of the Miami Dolphins. It was the first time I've ever been in the sun for five hours, never to hit the ball in the direction it was supposed to go. But hey, Tiger has bad days too.

FOCUSED ON HOOPS
My intial plan to workout in LA for a month soon changed after having too much fun in Miami. I decided to stay in Minnesota so that I could stay focused on basketball. It's for the best interest of my team and my contractual situation.

Watching the playoffs I found it hard to sit around and do nothing. Kobe Bryant is inspiration to become a better all-around player. Always been my fav all time player since Michael Jordan. Watching his approach to the game is amazing to see when great is what I inspire to be. Kobe is the next greatest...we work for the greater good....

So, now I'm here in Minnesota, lifting and working on my ball skills to become a more lethal threat on the hardwood. I've watched countless hours of film to understand what can be better in my game to help my team become a playoff contender. I've been with the Wolves for four years now, yet I still need to find my true fit with the team. This past year after working extremely hard to recover from microfracture surgery, I found myself coming of the bench being the sixth man and the second leading scorer. The only bad part about it was that I could have been twice as productive with more minutes. I would have been able to meet my individual goals, we could have won more games, and I'd be on my way to being a respectable player in the NBA. 

The road is long to greatness. Now, it's the middle of June and my workouts are, as expected, extremely exhausting. My days consist of early morning workouts, then office work, then NBA 2K8, my fav game ever. They better update me this year, though -- that's not how I shoot. Hahaha.

I plan on going to Jamaica for a charity event where I will be handing out my YBG t-shirts to the little kids there. This trip should be very exciting…..

Till next time!!!

YBG : Loyalty before Royalty

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