Friday, April 29, 2005

Im coming down with a case of Vinceanity(Big No Homo)

Corny titles aside, Vince Carter is turning into the player insiders never thought he could be. I have never been a Carter fan. I have always thought that outside of dunking, he doesnt really bring anything to his team. I would watch Raptors games and see him jack up 3 after 3 and then occasionally on a fast break go in for a dunk. I never was impressed and I never understood why everyone seemed to be enamored with him.

However, after being traded out of a situation that he didnt like, I would put money that there hasnt been a better player in the league. Since the trade from Toronto to New jersey Carter has averaged close to 30 points. He is responsible for the Nets being in the playoffs and last night he was nearly responsible for allowing Jersey to escape a sweep at the hands of the Heat. In one of the better early round playoff games, Vince Carter sent the game into double overtime on an unbelievable shot off an inbounds pass at the buzzer. With 2.3 seconds left he shot from just inside the arc, the ball bounced around the rim hit off the backboard and went in.

Now the Nets have no chance to win this series, and maybe if Jefferson can learn how to put down a layup* this series would be 2-1 instead of 3-0 but I digress. The bottom line is that Vince Carter has shown me and the league that he is in part worthy of the praise that he has recieved since he entered the league from North Carolina.


*seriously that missed layup was ridiculous

8 Comments:

At 1:08 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

I'm pretty sure that Vince missed about 3 or 4 Game tying/winning shots last night, too.

>seriously that missed layup was ridiculous

Seriously

 
At 12:07 PM, Blogger tonymacq said...

True he did heave up about 3 ill advised 3's at the end of the first overtime, but some players are afraid to shoot those. In some situations id rather have a guy who is willing to take a stupid 3 or two or three, rather than a guy whose too much of a pussy to take a good 3.

 
At 2:46 PM, Blogger David said...

god i hate the nbs

 
At 2:47 PM, Blogger David said...

god i hate not spelling NBA correctly

 
At 12:23 AM, Blogger tonymacq said...

There really isnt anything else worth talking about besides basketball.

Baseball really isnt good until late summer

 
At 10:23 PM, Blogger Zodiac Digital said...

> There really isnt anything else worth talking about besides basketball.

sez the foreigner: world cup qualifying!

 
At 3:12 PM, Blogger Geekbird said...

yeah, i was never a VC fan. but, one of the best playoff series (in terms of individuals) that I've ever seen was the 2000-01 season when toronto played philly. A.I. and V.C. were matching 50 point games after 50 point games. It was incredible. That was the series where Vince decided to walk at chapel hill before game 7. Mistake. A.I. was king that year and would have won the whole thing if it wasn't for the Lakers.

 
At 11:56 PM, Blogger tonymacq said...

Also if you remember Carter had a chance to win the series on a runner that bounced of the rim at the buzzer

 

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