Carter vs. Sam Mitchell
Would everyone please stop the personal attacks on Vince Carter
waiting for the punchline...
there isn't one.
You can trash Vince all you want for his play on the floor, and some of the statements that he has made. You can go as far as saying he has NO HEART.. I have taken to calling him TIN MAN OR RUSTY..
What gets me is that most of you are the same guys that are complaining about Ron Artest, Ray Lewis, Jamaal Lewis and others like them who act like complete morons and are borderline criminals.
Then you rag on VC like he is worse than Ron Artest et al..
It's very rare that you get both qualities out of a guy.... Super aggressive leader and decent person..... From what I see, Vince Carter is a pretty decent fellow... no drug deals, no gun fights, no ganster friends, etc... Vince may never be the super aggressive Ray Lewis...but then again, he may not want to be that type of person...
My take on VC is that he is like many gifted people that I have known. They have been blessed with some form of talent, and have been able to cruise through life without really applying themselves. They have had no hurdles that have stopped them, so they have not real obstacles that have required them to become mentally tough.
Carter at UNC was part of a larger team that was stockpiled with talent and VC never had to carry his team.
Take VC out of UNC, throw him into the NBA and give him a couple of million bucks, put him on a team that was less talented than his UNC team, and then expect him to win 40 games. Then win the Dunk Contest give him a nickname, and he starts to think that he is in the same category as Jordan
PLAIN AND SIMPLE...Vince has cracked under the pressure. The expectations have been too high, and he is not capable of carrying a team.... Vince wants to be Scottie Pippen not MJ.
Charles Oakley was right about Vince.
So cut the guy some slack. We need to trade him or get Kenyon
Martin here to kick his ass.
Lebron James...now there is a leader....