Career
He represented the senior men"s Russian national basketball team internationally. At 2.01 m (6"7") 235 lbs., he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.
McCarty played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi, with the Southern Mission Golden Eagles, leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year, in 1997-1998.
After playing in just 2 regular season games for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association in 1999, McCarty went on to play in Israel, spending 5 seasons there - at first with Maccabi Raanana. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.
McCarty also played for the senior men"s Russian national basketball team at EuroBasket 2009.