VINCE CARTER
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'Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter' (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a starting shooting guard for the New Jersey Nets. He is considered one of the best scoring guards in the game today.
Biography and career
Vince Carter, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, was a McDonald's All-American player in 1995 out of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach.[7] Carter enjoyed tremendous popularity during his initial years in the NBA, especially after showcasing his athletic abilities in the 2000 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, in which he competed alongside teammate and third cousin[8] Tracy McGrady. He took the newly franchised Toronto Raptors to new heights as he helped the team to three playoff berths. Until 2006, Carter had perennially topped All-Star team voting. He currently plays for the New Jersey Nets. He is widely considered one of the elite players in the NBA.
Toronto Raptors
Carter was drafted by the NBA's Golden State Warriors 5th overall and then traded to the Toronto Raptors for Antawn Jamison, his UNC college teammate and best friend[9]. Carter and Jamison played together at the University of North Carolina. Carter's rookie season was the shortened 50-game 1999 season after the NBA locked out its players in 1998-99. Carter started almost every game for coach Butch Carter and eventually won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.[10] The next year, Carter was selected to an All-Star Team for the first time, and showcased his athleticism and dunking abilities in the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He won the contest by performing an array of dunks including a 360° windmill, a between the legs, and an "elbow dunk." Though he has not competed in the dunk contest since, Carter has been voted into the Eastern Conference NBA All-Star Team starting lineup several times through fan balloting.[11]
In Carter's first two seasons, his teammate was cousin and future all-star Tracy McGrady; the two would form a formidable one-two punch as Raptor teammates. Though initially tight and close on the surface, McGrady often found himself in Carter's shadow. While Carter was responsible for scoring, it was McGrady's job to be the team's defensive stopper and ball distributor. The duo of Carter and McGrady led the Raptors to their first playoff berth in the 2000 NBA Playoffs, but they were swept by the New York Knicks in 3 games. Upon McGrady's departure to the Orlando Magic the following season, Carter became the Raptors' franchise player.
On the morning of the day of Game 7 of the 2001 Eastern Conference playoffs (Raptors vs Philadelphia 76ers), Sunday, May 20, he attended his UNC graduation, although he arrived in Philadelphia before the rest of the team did. In that game, Carter missed a game-winning shot with 2.0 seconds remaining and shot just 6 of 18 from the field.[12]
In the summer of 2001 , Carter signed a $94-million, six-year extension with the Raptors.[13] In addition, Carter announced that he would be hosting a charity basketball game featuring fellow NBA stars that would be played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on August 3, 2001. The success of the first game encouraged Carter to make the game an annual summer event.
During the 2003 NBA All-Star Game, under great public pressure, Carter gave up his starting All-Star spot to the Washington Wizards' Michael Jordan to allow Jordan to make his final start as an All-Star.[14]
As his Raptor tenure progressed, Raptor fans began to witness a transition in Carter's offensive game that featured more perimeter shooting. This was in stark contrast to Carter's initial repertoire of regular drives to the hoop for dunks which had subsequently gone on a decline. This, combined with Carter's chronic injury problems, predominantly from Jumper's Knee[15], had Raptor fans questioning his toughness & durability. Carter's work ethic was also questioned with his play declining as the years went on, culminating in a mediocre 15.9 points per game in 2004-2005 [16] and the team failing to make the playoffs. Carter became frustrated with the Raptors' management team as he felt they failed to surround him with players who could help carry the load offensively. At the same time, Raptors' management was equally frustrated, as they thought he was a player who could carry a load offensively without feigning an injury during a poor shooting performance - a feat he proved incapable of performing.
On November 22, 2004, when pressed by the local media about his lack of dunks, Carter responded, "I don't want to dunk anymore."[17]
In late December 2004, there were allegations that Carter tipped off the opposing Seattle SuperSonics (the Raptors' opponents on November 19, 2004) of an upcoming Raptors play by yelling "It's a flare! It's a flare!".[18]
2000 Summer Olympics
During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Carter performed a memorable dunk when he flew over 7-foot-2 (2.18 m) French center Frédéric Weis. Carter took off, spread his legs in midair, and slightly scraped Weis's head before slamming the ball. Teammate Jason Kidd said it was "One of the best plays I've ever seen". The French media later dubbed it "''le dunk de la mort''" ("the Dunk of Death").[19] He helped the team to win the gold medal that year.
New Jersey Nets
Carter made it clear in the 2004 off-season that he wanted to be traded from the Raptors.[20] On December 17, 2004, Raptors General Manager Rob Babcock traded Carter to the New Jersey Nets for Alonzo Mourning, Eric Williams, Aaron Williams and two future first-round draft picks. The trade to the Nets, combined with Carter's increasingly declining popularity with Raptors fans, also put an end to his charity basketball games in Toronto, with the last one being played in the summer of that year.
In early January 2005, he admitted in a television interview with TNT's John Thompson to not giving effort in his last months as a Raptor; when asked if he always played hard, Carter replied, "In years past, no. I was fortunate to have the talent. You get spoiled when you're able to do a lot of things. You see that you don't have to work at it."[21]
Months after the TNT interview, Carter returned to Toronto as a member of the Nets on April 15, 2005. Carter scored 39 points in front of a hostile Toronto Raptors crowd that booed him throughout. The fans chanted his name the entire game, but the Nets won 101–90.[22]
Carter guided the Nets to an eighth-place seed in the 2005 NBA Playoffs.[23] Although New Jersey was swept in the first round by the Miami Heat[24], Carter finished the series with averages of 26.8 points per game, 8.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists; highlighted by a buzzer-beating two-point fadeaway shot in the first overtime of Game 3 that forced a second overtime.[25]
Carter returned to Toronto on January 8, 2006 for the third time since his trade to the New Jersey Nets, and was given the same treatment by the fans that he received the first time he played against the Raptors in the Air Canada Centre.[26] With the Nets trailing 102–104, Carter hit the winning three-point shot with 0.1 seconds left on the game clock and finished with 42 points and 10 rebounds. Carter considers this winning shot as his greatest ever, considering the atmosphere, the emotion and the hostility in the arena.[27]
In the 2005-06 NBA season, he co-led the Nets to 49 wins, an Atlantic Division title, and the number three seed in the playoffs, while averaging 24.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game. He led the Nets to the second round of the playoffs before losing to the eventual NBA champions Miami Heat in five games. Carter averaged 29.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 11 playoff games.
On February 1, 2007, Carter was named, along with teammate Jason Kidd, as a reserve to the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, after losing out on a starting spot to Gilbert Arenas by 3,010 votes.[28] Both Carter and Kidd made their eighth All-Star game appearance.[29]
Carter has a player option in his contract that, if he does not exercise, will make him a free agent in the summer of 2007.[30]
In a 120–114 overtime win over the Washington Wizards, April 7, 2007, Vince Carter and Jason Kidd became the first teammates in over 18 years to record triple-doubles in the same game since the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen achieved this feat against the Los Angeles Clippers in 1989. Carter finished with 46 points, a career-high 16 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kidd finished with 10 points, tied a career-high with 16 rebounds, and tied a season-high with 18 assists. Carter's Triple Double is the second highest total for a triple double, second only to Alvin Adams of the Phoenix Suns who tallied 47 points and 18 rebounds over 30 years ago.
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After the Nets were eliminated from the playoffs by the Cleveland Cavaliers (lost series 4-2), rumors of the Nets trading Carter again arose. After the New York Knicks and Nets discussed a trade around February of Carter (which was ended with the trading deadline), the two teams again revisted the subject. Carter, who opted out of his contract on June 30, reportedly wanted a three-year, $60 million deal however, which the Knicks are wary of. On July 1, 2007 Carter signed a 4-year $61.8 million with the Nets. [32]
Awards and achievements
★ '8-time NBA All-Star selection': 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (2002-did not play due to injury)
★ '2-time All-NBA':
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★ 'Second Team': 2001
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★ 'Third Team': 2000
★ 'NBA Slam Dunk Champion' 2000
★ 'NBA All-Rookie First Team': 1999
★ 'NBA Rookie of the Year Award': 1999
★ 'The Sporting News NBA Rookie of the Year': 1999[33]
NBA playoff records
★ Co-holds NBA playoff record for 'most three-point field goals made in one game' with '9' (May 11, 2001 vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Eastern Conference semi Finals).[34]
★ Holds NBA playoff record for 'most three-point field goals made in one half' with '8' (same game as above).
★ Holds NBA playoff record for 'most consecutive three-point field goals made in one game with '8' (same game as above).
★ Holds NBA playoff record for 'most consecutive three-point field goals made in one half' with '8' (same game as above).
New Jersey Nets franchise records
★ Holds for 'most three-point field goals made in one game' with '9' (December 11, 2006 vs. Memphis Grizzlies)
★ Holds for 'most points scored in one season' with '2,070' (2006-07)
★ Holds for 'most consecutive 20 or more point games' with '23' (2005-06).
★ He is the first Net to score at least 2,000 points in a single season. (2006-07)[35]
Toronto Raptors franchise records and milestones
★ Holds for 'most career points scored' with '9,420'
★ Holds for 'most points scored in one game' with '51' (February 27, 2000 vs. Phoenix Suns)
★ Co-holds for 'most points scored in one quarter' with '20' (November 7, 2001 vs. Golden State Warriors)
★ Co-holds for 'most field goals made in one game' with '20' (January 14, 2000 vs. Milwaukee Bucks)
★ Holds for 'most points scored in a playoff game' with '50' (May 11, 2001 vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Eastern Conference Semi Finals)
★ Ranks 3rd for 'games played' with '403'
★ Ranks 1st for 'games started' with '401'
★ Ranks 1st for 'total points' with '9,420'
★ Ranks 1st for 'total minutes' with '15,154'
★ Ranks 2nd for 'three-pointers made' with '554'
★ Ranks 2nd for 'three-pointers attempted' with '1,445'[36]
Career highs
★ Points 51 2 Times
★ Field Goals Made 20 vs. Milwaukee 01/14/00
★ Field Goals Attempted 36 @ Philadelphia 01/21/01
★ Three Point Field Goals Made 9 vs. Memphis 12/11/06
★ Three Point Field Goals Attempted 20 vs. Memphis 12/11/06
★ Free Throws Made 23 @ Miami 12/23/05
★ Free Throws Attempted 27 @ Phoenix 12/30/00
★ Offensive Rebounds 8 vs. Chicago 11/05/05
★ Defensive Rebounds 13 2 Times
★ Total Rebounds 16 vs. Washington 04/07/07
★ Assists 13 @ Golden State 01/24/07
★ Steals 6 2 Times
★ Blocks 6 vs. Chicago 03/28/99
★ Minutes Played 63 vs. Sacramento 02/23/01
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Video game and TV appearances
★ Vince appeared on a T-Mobile commercial, talking to his family on a cell phone to demonstrate the extra minutes. He also appeared on various commercials for Nike and Gatorade.
★ Carter's penthouse is a stage in the video game NBA Ballers.
★ Appeared on the cover of ''NBA Live 2004''.
★ Also appeared on the cover of NBA Inside Drive 2002.
In popular culture
★ Mentioned prominently in the chorus of the track 'Slam Harder' by rap group Onyx.[38]
★ Was given a shout-out by rapper Foxy Brown on her "Broken Silence" CD: "I'm going to Vince Carter this."
★ Is referenced in Jurassic 5's song "The Game": "Malicious, vicious dunks, I'm Vince Carter".[39]
★ He is referred to by the nicknames Vinsanity, Half-Man Half-Amazing and his own initials V.C. In his Toronto days, he was also referred to as "Air Canada". Raptors announcer Chuck Swirsky also liked to refer to him by his full name, "Vincent Lamar Carter".
★ Is mentioned on the new G-Unit mixtape (Best of 50) "Watch me slam em down like Vince Carter" (50 Cent)
★ In the 1999 Dr. Dre album ''2001'', on the track Some L.A. Niggaz, Hittmann sings the lyrics, "I bang through, like Vince Carter from the baseline, don't waste my time."[40]
Off the court
★ He has donated large amounts of money to his former high school, Mainland High School as well as to his foundation, The Embassy of Hope. On February 3, 2007, a statue of Vince Carter was unveiled at Mainland High School. [41][42]
★ Visited with the Duquesne University basketball team in Pittsburgh as a show of support after its shooting incident in September 2006. [43]
★ Vince has announced on his site that as of early February 2006, he no longer owns any private property in Toronto. However he remains the co-owner of Club Inside and recently opened the Kai Lounge - named after his daughter.
★ He sold his condo in Toronto to Toronto Blue Jays' Pitcher A.J. Burnett for $2.8 million. He took a loss of $700k due to all the upgrades. It's a 10-room luxury condo with sweeping views of Lake Ontario and Toronto's skyline in an exclusive building on Queens Quay. [44]
Physical Stats
★ 'Height:' 6'5.5" 197 cm ( w/o shoes), 6'6.75" 200 cm ( with shoes)
★ 'Weight:' 225
★ 'Wingspan:' 7'0"
★ 'Vertical Leap:' 43 inches
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Notes
1. Raptors receive three players and two picks
2. Raptors NBA TV To Air Carter Charity All-Star Game
3. NBA.com player news May 5, 2007
4. ''Vinsanity'' Lands in New Jersey
5. Dare to Not Dream Team
6. Nets Fantasy Focus: February 28, 2007
7. McDonald's All American Alumni
8. Raptors' Skywalker Cousins
9. Vince Carter Player Profile
10. Rookie of the Year
11. Vince Carter Info Page – Bio
12. Philadelphia Rapts Up Series With Toronto
13. SI's 2001-02 NBA Preview: Toronto Raptors
14. Vince's wild ride Mike Zeisberger
15. Vince Carter out four weeks
16. Vince Carter Info Page – Career Stats
17. Raptors' Carter not dunking anymore
18. Did Carter slip secrets to opposition? Robert Macleod
19. Top 10 'Best Damn' dunks Hench, Kevin
20. Vince Carter demands trade: report
21. Ex-teammates surprised at comments
22. Carter Scores 39 Points In Return to Toronto
23. 2004-05 Conference Standings
24. HEAT: Playoff History 2005
25. Miami Outlasts Nets in Thriller
26. Clutch Carter Carries Nets to 10th Straight
27. New Jersey Nets/Toronto Raptors Recap
28. Arenas edges Carter for starting nod; LeBron is top pick
29. Jason Kidd and Vince Carter named to 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star Team
30. NBA Salaries – New Jersey Nets
31. Kidd, Carter match feat not done since Jordan, Pippen in 1989
32. http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/05/26/ny-post-knicks-want-vince-carter/
33. Vince Carter – NBA Players
34. Playoff Records: 3-pt Field Goals – Game
35. Nets Notes
36. Raptors Notes
37. [1]
38. lyrics | Onyx – Slam Harder
39. lyrics | Jurassic 5 – The Game
40. lyrics | Dr. Dre – Some L.A. Niggaz
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42. Mainland High School :: Listed Calendar. Retrieved on April 9, 2007.
43. NBA Star Visits Duquesne To Support Shooting Victims
44. Vince Carter buys Toronto lakefront condo: report
45. http://thehrr.com/Samples/june'98.pdf
46. http://vertcoach.com/content/view/33/47/
External links
★ Official Website
★ Profile at NBA.com
★ Vince Carter's U.S. Olympic Team bio
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