Sunday, December 17, 2017
raptor blog: VINCE CARTER the great, the good, the ugly
raptor blog: VINCE CARTER the great, the good, the ugly: Vincent Lamar Carter has had himself a very up and down career that spans 20 years which started with being selected 5th overall in the 98 d...
VINCE CARTER the great, the good, the ugly
Vincent Lamar Carter has had himself a very up and down career that spans 20 years which started with being selected 5th overall in the 98 draft by the golden state warriors and immediately traded to Toronto for Antwan Jamison. Vince immediately joined his cousin Tracy mcgrady in Toronto and started Vince world wind with the first two years with Tracy and brought the nba in Toronto to the world starting with 2000 slam dunk competition.
From that moment lifted him to being the one and face of the nba while playing in Toronto with networks down south making sure to put on Vince Carter highlights on on a nightly bases because it attracted an audience which included boy named Kevin Durant to pick-up a basketball along with many Canadian boys who r in the nba now along with girls as well.
It was great until 2001 playoffs when he took a charter plane to chapel hill the morning of the 7th game of the eastern conference final to pick up his diploma from the university of north Carolina and got back to philly to play the game and would miss a buzzer beater to send the raptors to the eastern finals against the Milwaukee bucks to c who would face squa and kobe in the finals.
He would sign a max contract that summer but would never b the same player in Toronto I do not know if he could not handle fighting the pain in his legs or playing in Toronto just was not fun anymore. It got really embarrassing to watch him roll around on the floor time after time just to come jogging out of the locker room minutes. To me this is why I do noy like vince carter and why I feel that the raptors should not put his name in the rafters because it went on for just over 3 seasons. So the ugly vc in Toronto went on longer than the great vc in Toronto.
When he got traded to the nets he some how figured out to stay health and fight through pain and would b a star in new jersey but then after that he was able to check his ego at the door and become a roll player. Being able to adapt to being a roll player after being a superstar because guys like Tracy mcgrady and Allen Iverson when their skills faded they were unable to do what it took to keep playing while vince was able monitor and get into the gym to keep his muscles strong things he was not known to do in Toronto which makes him special.
U did good Vince
Tom Mehegan
From that moment lifted him to being the one and face of the nba while playing in Toronto with networks down south making sure to put on Vince Carter highlights on on a nightly bases because it attracted an audience which included boy named Kevin Durant to pick-up a basketball along with many Canadian boys who r in the nba now along with girls as well.
It was great until 2001 playoffs when he took a charter plane to chapel hill the morning of the 7th game of the eastern conference final to pick up his diploma from the university of north Carolina and got back to philly to play the game and would miss a buzzer beater to send the raptors to the eastern finals against the Milwaukee bucks to c who would face squa and kobe in the finals.
He would sign a max contract that summer but would never b the same player in Toronto I do not know if he could not handle fighting the pain in his legs or playing in Toronto just was not fun anymore. It got really embarrassing to watch him roll around on the floor time after time just to come jogging out of the locker room minutes. To me this is why I do noy like vince carter and why I feel that the raptors should not put his name in the rafters because it went on for just over 3 seasons. So the ugly vc in Toronto went on longer than the great vc in Toronto.
When he got traded to the nets he some how figured out to stay health and fight through pain and would b a star in new jersey but then after that he was able to check his ego at the door and become a roll player. Being able to adapt to being a roll player after being a superstar because guys like Tracy mcgrady and Allen Iverson when their skills faded they were unable to do what it took to keep playing while vince was able monitor and get into the gym to keep his muscles strong things he was not known to do in Toronto which makes him special.
U did good Vince
Tom Mehegan
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