Johnny_Blaze_47
11-23-2004, 05:13 AM
http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?ID=105601&hubName=nba
TSN.ca Staff
11/22/2004
Vinsanity is taking a step back.
Raptors all-star Vince Carter told a scrum of reporters on Monday that he was finished with his high-flying dunks.
"I don't want to dunk anymore," he said flatly.
For the first few seasons, the North Carolina earned the moniker, "Half-man, half-amazing" with spectacular dunks for nightly highlight reels and made French player Frederic Weiss a poster boy in the 2000 Olympics with a clear jump over him to get to the hoop.
Carter's statement is another footnote in a storied year for Carter. The 2000 NBA Slam Dunk winner made headlines in the summer when he asked to be traded out of Toronto. He still has three years - plus an option - on the six-year contract extension he signed with Toronto following the 2000-2001 season.
Last week, the NBA said he couldn't wear his iPod in the warm-up period before games.
On Friday, a trade rumour emerged that would see Carter go to Portland in a package for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
The news seemed to be the final straw for Raptors fans, who have booed Carter angrily in the team's latest home stand. Carter is averaging 14.5 points a game this season - nine below his career average.
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Blaze's Take: So he's essentially stopping the one thing that people are attracted to about him. Isn't that kind of likie Stephen Hawking turning off "Masterpiece Theatre" to watch "COPS"?
TSN.ca Staff
11/22/2004
Vinsanity is taking a step back.
Raptors all-star Vince Carter told a scrum of reporters on Monday that he was finished with his high-flying dunks.
"I don't want to dunk anymore," he said flatly.
For the first few seasons, the North Carolina earned the moniker, "Half-man, half-amazing" with spectacular dunks for nightly highlight reels and made French player Frederic Weiss a poster boy in the 2000 Olympics with a clear jump over him to get to the hoop.
Carter's statement is another footnote in a storied year for Carter. The 2000 NBA Slam Dunk winner made headlines in the summer when he asked to be traded out of Toronto. He still has three years - plus an option - on the six-year contract extension he signed with Toronto following the 2000-2001 season.
Last week, the NBA said he couldn't wear his iPod in the warm-up period before games.
On Friday, a trade rumour emerged that would see Carter go to Portland in a package for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
The news seemed to be the final straw for Raptors fans, who have booed Carter angrily in the team's latest home stand. Carter is averaging 14.5 points a game this season - nine below his career average.
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Blaze's Take: So he's essentially stopping the one thing that people are attracted to about him. Isn't that kind of likie Stephen Hawking turning off "Masterpiece Theatre" to watch "COPS"?