McCants was born in the state of Florida[1] but grew up in Queens, New York with his mother and grandmother, attending Benjamin N. Cardozo High School.
[12] At the end of the 1994–95 season he ranked 2nd in assists in the whole NCAA Division I with an average of 9.3 per game, behind Nelson Haggerty of Baylor.
[13] He also had a new George Mason record for most assists in a single season with 251[14] and ranked second on the team in scoring behind Nate Langley.
[18] On April 20, 1996, McCants was charged with disorderly conduct and arrested after getting into a fistfight with Camerron Taylor,[19] a former GMU player.
He briefly signed for the Connecticut Skyhawks of the USBL, being released on May 10, 1997,[23] and moved to Israel, joining Hapoel Tel Aviv, playing in the Israeli second level and averaging 20.6 points per game.
He then joined Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela, and then moved to Ukraine ending the 1999–2000 season with BC Kyiv.
After experiencing success in France he moved to Russia after a brief experience in Venezuela with Marinos de Oriente, and signed for CSKA Moscow.
[25] He then went back to France, this time signing with Limoges CSP where he averaged 13.8 points and 6.9 assists per game over 17 appearances.