Vince Carter Was “Half-Man, Half-Amazing”!!! 👀🔥 | Ultimate Career Highlights
Celebrating the amazing career of 2024 Basketball Fame Inductee Vince Carter, here are his best career highlights!
• Career summary: “Half-man, half-amazing!” with just a dash of giant tortoise or Timex. The No. 5 pick in 1998, Carter was traded on Draft night for UNC teammate Antawn Jamison, then played — and played and played — for a record-setting 21 seasons (six more than Jamison). Only three players have topped 20, with LeBron James set to match Carter’s mark with his first appearance of 2024-25. But of Carter’s 1,541 games, 959 came after age 30 — more than Jerry West, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and some other legends played, period. Carter’s remarkable longevity only ended on March 11, 2020 — and it took the global COVID-19 lockdowns to do it.
• Hall of Fame credentials: Carter’s tenacity and ability to earn roster spots and contracts with eight franchises gets a lot of run now. But he started his NBA career flashing across the sky like a meteor. His eight All-Star selections came before his age-30 season, by which time he was averaging 24.1 points per game. The Rookie of the Year in 1999 made All-NBA in his second and third seasons with Toronto. Over Carter’s final nine seasons, he averaged 8.5 ppg off various benches and three times finished in the top 15 of Kia Sixth Man balloting.
• Most memorable moment: He retired at 43, but Carter was an explosive 23 when he took over the dunk contest at the 2000 All-Star Weekend. His repertoire of high-flying theatrics made him a household name in two countries, not just one, and furthered comparisons to that other former Tar Heel, Michael Jordan. Carter was the Raptors’ first All-Star, the first star to lead them to the playoffs and a playoff series victory, but nothing topped his rim-rattling display in Oakland.
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Keep making such wonderful videos. Your videos are like little masterpieces.💥🤑⭐️
Elo
Vince and Dirk poster dunks were crazy in early 2000s.
It’s ova! It’s ova, ladies and gentlemen!
Uncle Vince!😎🍻🍺
Never forget, he's also top 10 in 3 pointers made, he really was one of the most versatile players ever.
Vince Carter vid, soon it’ll go from 500 to a million views
Half Man Half Amazing VC!!
4:13 has to be the greatest alley oop dunk in nba history….. dude threw a alley oop from the three point line, and vince caught it from that distance with one hand and banged it with that same hand, no 2 hands to grip the ball, just one hand and bang …….
0:28 Dikembe Mutombo. RIP
STILL GOT THE CASSETTE TAPE OF THE 2000 DUNK CONTEST!
My favorite player!
Nba pleaseee pinnn
Love his it’s over cele
Love these types of highlight videos where there’s no corny music in the background.
Just the commentary and the sounds from the game.
VC will forever be one of my favorite players in the NBA.