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ESPN.com - Found 2 hours ago ... a five-year offer worth an estimated $50 million that the Magic are highly unlikely to compete with after trading for Vince Carter last week. NBA.com Notebook: Gortat reportedly headed to Dallas - NBA Mavs in the hunt for Gortat - Star-Telegram What does the pursuit of Gortat mean? - Star-Telegram Gortat Gives Verbal To Dallas - HoopsWorld.com Explore All |
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CBSSports - Found 23 hours ago He opted out of his Orlando contract last week when the team acquired Vince Carter from New Jersey. Turkoglu spurns Blazers, could be Toronto-bound - SI.com Source: Turkoglu Cuts off Talks With Blazers - ABC News Turkoglu cuts off talks with Trail Blazers - NBC Sports Source: Turkoglu pulls out of talks with Blazers - ESPN.com Explore All |
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ESPN - Found Jul. 3, 2009 The Orlando Magic's recent trade for Vince Carter, who has a large salary and plays small forward -- which is Turkoglu's position -- made it... NBA free agents: Hedo Turkoglu, Portland Trail Blazers have ... - ESPN.com Sources: Turkoglu, Blazers agree in principle - ESPN.com Report: Turkoglu agrees to terms with Blazers - Denver Post Report: Turkoglu agrees to terms with Blazers - San Jose Mercury News Explore All |
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ESPN.com - Found Jul. 2, 2009 ... a realistic scenario that enables Orlando to afford keeping him after the financial commitment it took on in trading for Vince Carter. |
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ESPN - Found Jul. 1, 2009 8 -- and the Orlando Magic lacking the financial flexibility to re-sign Turkoglu after trading for Vince Carter last week, Turkoglu is widely... NBA free agents: Hedo Turkoglu to visit with Portland Blazers - ESPN.com Blazers speed free-agent courtship of Turkoglu - ESPN.com Explore All |
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New York Times - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Two days later, the Phoenix Suns traded O?Neal to Cleveland, and the Nets sent Vince Carter to Orlando, also for cap-friendly contracts. |
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Philadelphia Daily News - Found Jun. 28, 2009 ... everything from the glitzy transfer of big names - the trades of Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland and Vince Carter to Orlando - to the more... Sixers played it wise and prudent on draft day - Philadelphia Inquirer Bob Ford: Sixers played it wise and prudent on draft day - Philadelphia Inquirer Bob Ford: Sixers played it wise and prudent on draft day - Philly.com Explore All |
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Orlando Sentinel - Found Jun. 26, 2009 So the man who once called Vince Carter "fool's gold" now wants us to believe the all-star guard is what the Magic need to win the NBA Finals. Turkoglu officially opts out of contract with Magic - TSN Magic can't afford to sign Turkoglu - Philadelphia Daily News Turkoglu looking for big payday as a free agent - Denver Post Turkoglu is set to leave the Magic - Los Angeles Times Explore All |
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Seattle Times - Found Jun. 26, 2009 O'Neal's trade - and the Orlando Magic's deal to get Vince Carter - overshadowed this year's NBA draft. Shaq looks to play in NBA to age 40 - AFP via Yahoo! O'Neal trade to change the NBA - Sydney Morning Herald Shaq to join Lebron in Cleveland after trade with Phoenix - China Post Cavs Land Shaq In Trade With Suns - WLWT Explore All |
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ABC News - Found Jun. 25, 2009 Vince Carter is going home to Orlando, and to the Eastern Conference champion Magic. Turkoglu opts out of contract with Magic - NBC Sports Magic Gets Carter and Hope From Nets - New York Times Magic acquire Carter from Nets - Sports Network Hours after Cavaliers get Shaq, Magic get Carter - Sacramento Bee Explore All |
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Vince Carter
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| Orlando Magic – No. 15 | |
| Shooting guard/Small forward | |
| Born: January 26, 1977 Daytona Beach, Florida |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| College | North Carolina |
| Draft | 5th overall, 1998 Golden State Warriors |
| Pro career | 1998–present |
| Former teams | Toronto Raptors (1998–2004) New Jersey Nets (2004–2009) |
| Awards | 8-time All-Star 2-time All-NBA Selection 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Champion 2000 Olympic Gold medalist |
Vincent Lamar Carter (born January 26, 1977), better known as Vince Carter, is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a shooting guard for the Orlando Magic.
Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Carter was a McDonald's All-American basketball player in 1995, out of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach.1 After high school, he spent three seasons playing basketball at the University of North Carolina, before entering the 1998 NBA Draft. He won the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, in which he competed alongside his third cousin and then-teammate, Tracy McGrady.2 He became the third player to lead the NBA All-Star Game fan voting three or more times, after Michael Jordan and Julius Erving,3 and helped lead the Toronto Raptors to three consecutive playoff appearances. In 2004, he was traded to the New Jersey Nets. In 2009, Carter, along with Ryan Anderson, was traded to the Orlando Magic.
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In 1995, Carter began playing college basketball at North Carolina under Dean Smith and later, Bill Guthridge. During the 1997–1998 season, he was a member of new coach Guthridge's successful "Six Starters" rotation with Antawn Jamison, Shammond Williams, Ed Cota, Ademola Okulaja and Makhtar N'diaye. That season (his final college season), he averaged 15.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game to go along with career averages of 12.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.4
Carter also became a pioneer of the internet during his collegiate career. In 1995, Carter became the second collegiate athlete, after teammate Shammond Williams, to have a website dedicated to him.5
In 1998, Carter was drafted by the NBA's Golden State Warriors with the fifth overall pick, and then traded to the Toronto Raptors for Antawn Jamison, his college teammate and good friend.6 His first agent was National Football League super agent William "Tank" Black who was later sent to prison in connection with money laundering and other charges. 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.7 The next year, Carter was selected to an All-Star Team for the first time, averaged 25.7 ppg, made the Third Team All-NBA, 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 bounce dunk, and an "elbow in the rim" dunk (also known as a "cookie jar" dunk or the "honey dip").6 Though he never competed in the dunk contest again for safety purposes, Carter was voted into the Eastern Conference NBA All-Star Team starting lineup several times through fan balloting.8
In Carter's first two seasons, he and his distant cousin Tracy McGrady formed a formidable one-two punch as Raptor teammates. The two led the Raptors to their first playoff berth in the 2000 NBA Playoffs, but they were swept in the first round 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.
In 2000–01, his third season, Carter averaged a career-high 27.6 ppg, made the Second Team All-NBA, and was voted in as a starter in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, while the Raptors finished the regular season with a franchise-record 47 wins. In the playoffs, the Raptors beat the New York Knicks 3–2 in the first round, and advanced to the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they took the Philadelphia 76ers to a decisive seventh game. On the morning of the day of the Game 7, May 20, 2001, Carter attended his University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduation.9 In that game, Carter missed a game-winning shot with 2.0 seconds remaining,10 and shot just 6 of 18 from the field.11
In the summer of 2001, Carter signed a $94-million, six-year extension with the Raptors.12 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.
The next season was an injury-riddled one for Carter. He started in 60 games and he averaged 24.7 points per game. He was voted into the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, but he could not participate due to injury. The Raptors did not fare well without their All-Star player. The team lost 17 of 18 games to drop to 30–38, then won 12 of their last 14 to finish at 42–40. Carter was injured during the 2002 NBA Playoffs, and his team was defeated in the first round by the Detroit Pistons, in 5 games.
During the 2003 NBA All-Star Game, as a sign of respect, 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.13
During his Raptors tenure, Carter developed jumper's knee14 in his left knee. During the 2004 off-season, Carter became frustrated with the Raptors' management team as Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment president Richard Peddie promised to give him input on the hiring of the team's next general manager, but failed to do so. Carter recommended Julius Erving,15 who arrived at Pearson Airport and never set foot at the Air Canada Centre for a legitimate meeting. On November 22, 2004, when pressed by the local media about his lack of dunks, Carter sarcastically responded, "I don't want to dunk anymore."16 During his 2004–05 season, Carter posted a career-low 15.9-point scoring average on reduced playing time,17 before his eventual trade.
Carter made it clear in the 2004 off-season that he wanted to be traded from the Raptors.18 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 continually 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 stated during 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."19 Though Carter's comments were perceived by Raptors fans as his confession to not giving his all as a Raptor,20 Thompson said the comments were misinterpreted, saying, "That boy never said to me, 'Coach, I just laid down and quit.' ...I was embarrassed and felt awful about it for his sake, because I knew what he was communicating to me. I think he was more expressing a desire of wanting to do better, as we all do."21 Despite Thompson's defense, publications including Sports Illustrated, the Toronto Star and ESPN.com have included pieces condemning Carter for offering a lackluster effort in his last season as a Raptor.2223 The Toronto Star's Dave Feschuk wrote that Carter "cheated on (the Raptors). He quit on the floor."24 Carter has been booed by Raptors fans each time he has returned to play Toronto as a New Jersey Net.25
Carter guided the Nets to an eighth seed in the 2005 NBA Playoffs.26 Although New Jersey was swept in the first round by the Miami Heat,27 Carter finished the series with averages of 26.8 points per game, 8.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists;17 highlighted by a buzzer-beating two-point fadeaway shot in the first overtime of Game 3 that forced a second overtime.28
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.29 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.30
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.31 Both Carter and Kidd made their eighth All-Star game appearance.32
In a 120–114 overtime win over the Washington Wizards, April 7, 2007, 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 Alvan Adams of the Phoenix Suns who tallied 47 points and 18 rebounds over 30 years ago.33
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 revisited the subject. Carter, who opted out of his contract on June 30, reportedly wanted a three-year, $60 million deal however, which the Knicks were wary of. On July 1, 2007 Carter signed a 4-year $61.8 million contract with the Nets.34
On January 24, 2008, the Nets played on the road against the Golden State Warriors. The game was broadcast on TNT, and at the half-time show, Magic Johnson claimed that Carter's game was on the decline due to chronic injuries to his knees.35 This was proven to be unfounded as Carter had hurt his ankle in an October game against the Boston Celtics which would hinder him throughout the 2007–2008 season. Hampered by injuries, Carter was not named as one of the reserves for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game.36 This marked the first time in his NBA career Carter was not named as an All-Star since his rookie season, when the game was canceled due to the NBA lockout. Despite playing with an ankle injury, Carter finished the season strong with averages of 22.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists after the All-Star break.37 He was one of only three NBA players, along with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, to average at least 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the year, with averages of 21.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. He led the Nets in freethrow percentage, assists and steals per game (81.6%, 5.1, 1.2).38 Rod Thorn credited Carter for becoming a leader since the All-Star break, and said he believed that Carter could lead the Nets back to the playoffs the following year.39 Carter's injury was confirmed after undergoing a successful arthroscopic ankle surgery in the off-season.40
For the 2008–09 season, Carter was voted team captain, a title that had been given to Jason Kidd for the previous 6 years.41 On November 21, 2008, in a return to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Raptors, Carter scored 39 points in a 129–127 overtime win. After making a three to send the game into overtime, he scored the winning basket, a reverse dunk off an inbounds pass from Bobby Simmons, with 2.1 seconds left.42
On June 25, 2009 Vince Carter was traded to the Orlando Magic with Ryan Anderson for Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courtney Lee. 43
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Men's Basketball | ||
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| Gold | 2000 Sydney | United States |
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 stole the ball, sprinted, took off—legs spread in midair, and hit Weis's head as he bent over to avoid the collision, 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").44 The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal that year.
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1998–99 | Toronto | 50 | 49 | 35.2 | .450 | .288 | .761 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| 1999–00 | Toronto | 82 | 82 | 38.1 | .465 | .403 | .791 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 25.7 |
| 2000–01 | Toronto | 75 | 75 | 39.7 | .460 | .408 | .765 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 27.6 |
| 2001–02 | Toronto | 60 | 60 | 39.8 | .428 | .387 | .798 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | .7 | 24.7 |
| 2002–03 | Toronto | 43 | 42 | 34.2 | .467 | .344 | .806 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .9 | 20.6 |
| 2003–04 | Toronto | 73 | 73 | 38.2 | .417 | .383 | .806 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1.2 | .9 | 22.5 |
| 2004–05 | Toronto | 20 | 20 | 30.4 | .411 | .322 | .694 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | .8 | 15.9 |
| 2004–05 | New Jersey | 57 | 56 | 38.9 | .462 | .425 | .817 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 1.5 | .6 | 27.5 |
| 2005–06 | New Jersey | 79 | 79 | 36.8 | .430 | .341 | .799 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | .7 | 24.2 |
| 2006–07 | New Jersey | 82 | 82 | 38.1 | .454 | .357 | .802 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 | .4 | 25.2 |
| 2007–08 | New Jersey | 76 | 72 | 38.9 | .456 | .359 | .816 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 1.2 | .4 | 21.3 |
| 2008–09 | New Jersey | 80 | 80 | 36.8 | .437 | .385 | .817 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 1.0 | .5 | 20.8 |
| Career | 777 | 770 | 37.7 | .447 | .376 | .796 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | .7 | 23.5 | |
| All-Star | 7 | 5 | 20.7 | .477 | .375 | .600 | 2.6 | 1.9 | .9 | .1 | 10.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1999–00 | Toronto | 3 | 3 | 39.7 | .300 | .100 | .871 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 19.3 |
| 2000–01 | Toronto | 12 | 12 | 44.9 | .436 | .410 | .784 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| 2004–05 | New Jersey | 4 | 4 | 44.8 | .365 | .316 | .861 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 2.2 | .0 | 26.8 |
| 2005–06 | New Jersey | 11 | 11 | 40.9 | .463 | .241 | .796 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 1.8 | .6 | 29.6 |
| 2006–07 | New Jersey | 12 | 12 | 40.6 | .396 | .389 | .693 | 6.8 | 5.3 | .9 | .6 | 22.3 |
| Career | 42 | 42 | 42.2 | .418 | .332 | .780 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 1.5 | .9 | 25.9 |
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