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Vincent Lamar Carter is a 6-foot-6, 225-pound shooting guard and small forward who currently plays for the New Jersey Nets. He was selected No. 5 overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 1998 NBA draft after his junior season at the University of North Carolina. His draft rights and cash were traded on draft night (June 24, 1998) to the Toronto Raptors for the draft rights to Tar Heels teammate Antawn Jamison. Carter played for Toronto for 6-1/2 seasons and was nicknamed "Air Canada'' and "Vinsanity" for his high-flying, above-the-rim playing style. He remains the Raptors' all-time scoring leader with 9,420 points and their all-time blocks leader with 415. Carter and cousin Tracy McGrady...
Vincent Lamar Carter is a 6-foot-6, 225-pound shooting guard and small forward who currently plays for the New Jersey Nets. He was selected No. 5 overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 1998 NBA draft after his junior season at the University of North Carolina. His draft rights and cash were traded on draft night (June 24, 1998) to the Toronto Raptors for the draft rights to Tar Heels teammate Antawn Jamison. Carter played for Toronto for 6-1/2 seasons and was nicknamed "Air Canada'' and "Vinsanity" for his high-flying, above-the-rim playing style. He remains the Raptors' all-time scoring leader with 9,420 points and their all-time blocks leader with 415. Carter and cousin Tracy McGrady teamed up to lead the Raptors to the NBA playoffs for the first time in the 1999-2000 season, and after McGrady left for the Orlando Magic, Carter helped the Raptors win their first NBA playoff series in the 2000-01 season against the New York Knicks and to take them back to the playoffs in the 2001-02 season. The pressure of carrying an NBA franchise for all of Canada began to wear on Carter, and rumors that he was unhappy with the direction the Raptors franchise was heading began to circulate. On Dec. 17, 2004, Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets for Alonzo Mourning, Aaron Williams, Eric Williams and two first-round draft picks. In July 2007, Carter signed a new four-year contract with the Nets that is worth more than $60 million.
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A distasteful effort for Miami Heat in Paris
South Florida Sun-SentinelWednesday night, it was all about French cuisine for the Heat. Thursday night, it again was about the inability to find the recipe for preseason victory. Aptly, it all came down to the Heat's resident Cook. With second-year guard Daequan Cook...Tags: Keyon Dooling, Dwyane Wade, Mario, Basketball, Eduardo Najera
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Overseas flight doesn't do any favors for injured Heat players
South Florida Sun-SentinelEight hours of air travel hardly proved to be the best therapy for the Heat's Chris Quinn, Shaun Livingston and James Jones, with all three held out of Tuesday's practice in Paris because of swelling. Quinn, who sprained his left ankle late in Sunday's...Tags: Keyon Dooling, Injuries, Jason Kidd, Contracts, Basketball
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A full-court press
Los Angeles TimesAs "cheesy" as Nike's nickname for this team might be - as Nike spokesman Kobe Bryant keeps noting - the United States has more to redeem than its primacy in basketball. If sometimes you win and you really lose, as Gloria says in White Men Can't Jump,...Tags: Nike Incorporated, Awards and Prizes, Toronto Raptors, Justice System, Basketball
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Call the U.S. men the esteem team
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As "cheesy" as Nike's nickname for this team may be -- as Nike spokesman Kobe Bryant keeps noting -- the U.S. has more to redeem than its primacy in basketball.
If sometimes you win and you really lose, as Gloria says in "White Men Can't Jump,"...Tags: Nike Incorporated, Toronto Raptors, Kobe Bryant, Derrick Coleman, Shawn Kemp
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Second to first rarely happens in the NBA
The return of Andrew Bynum could tilt the odds in the Lakers' favor, of course, but recent history has not been kind to NBA Finals runners-up. . . . Only one team in the last 22 years has won a championship the year after losing in the Finals -- the...Tags: Michael Olowokandi, Milwaukee Brewers, High Schools, National Hockey League, Colorado Rockies
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Vince Carter's basketball camp starts Monday
Sentinel Staff WritersOak Ridge ran the fastest qualifying time of the day, 46.79 seconds, to win its heat in the girls 4 x 100-meter relay at the Nike Outdoor Nationals track and field championships Friday night in Greensboro, N.C. The Pioneers, who ran 46.22 in winning...Tags: Nike Incorporated, Joe Williams, Colleges and Universities, Athletics, Track and Field, Major League Baseball
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Shawn Marion likely to bypass opt-out; his Heat future now in question
South Florida Sun-SentinelDan Fegan, agent for Heat forward Shawn Marion, said Sunday night it is "highly unlikely" that his client will opt out of his $17.8 million for next season. Marion must finalize his decision by Tuesday at 6 p.m., but Fegan said unless there was a...Tags: Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Dwyane Wade, Utah Jazz
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Vince Carter's basketball camp opens play today
Sentinel Staff WriterA total of 35 high school boys basketball summer teams are entered in the second Vince Carter Team Camp, which opens today with games starting at 2:30 p.m. at the NBA standout's alma mater, Mainland High of Daytona Beach. Carter arrives Tuesday and...Tags: ESPN, National Basketball Association, Basketball, Multi-Sport Events
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Oriakhi, Coombs Continue On Road To UConn
Courant Staff WriterAlex Oriakhi and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, two kids on a long and shifting path to an adult world at UConn, are strolling through the quaint Tilton School campus on this late April day. A few piles of snow have yet to melt around the picturesque slice of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jim Calhoun, Tom Moore, Ethics, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Nets rally past Bobcats in OT
The Associated PressRichard Jefferson scored 28 points and hit a go-ahead jumper as the New Jersey Nets rallied from a 20-point first-half deficit to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 112-108 in overtime Tuesday night. Vince Carter added 18 points, Devin Harris had 17 and eight...Tags: Nazr Mohammed, Jason Richardson, Emeka Okafor, Richard Jefferson, National Basketball Association
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NBA Insider: NBA All-Stars can't afford another black eye
It was almost a year ago, with the NBA reeling from a disastrous All-Star game in Las Vegas, when NBA Players Association president Billy Hunter raised some serious concerns about bringing the event to New Orleans in 2008. In the wake of Hurricane...Tags: Police, Isiah Thomas, Steve Nash, Trials, Aaron McKie
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