TORONTO — Ask any Canadian playing in the NBA about Vince Carter and they'll tell you they're there because of him. And there are a lot of them.
TORONTO — Ask any Canadian playing in the NBA about Vince Carter and they'll tell you they're there because of him. And there are a lot of them.
"He showed me what the game could be for an individual and be able to show that throughout the game and throughout his character." "He's put a lot of inspiration in a lot of young kids, and he's inspired me to put inspiration in others like he did for me. It just comes full circle." His Hall of Fame career ended at the age of 43 with the Atlanta Hawks in the pandemic-impacted 2019-20 season. Over his 22 NBA seasons he averaged 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists, and finished with a total of 25,728 points, 6,606 rebounds and 4,714 assists.
His performance at the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest — aided by Raptors teammate and cousin Tracy McGrady — was the stuff of legend before YouTube made it easy to share basketball highlights, with Carter nailing all four of his revolutionary dunks on the first try. "He broke some barriers on what people even tried to do with the dunk contest. A lot of kids, including me, went into their backyards and tried to emulate what he did on the court. I think that effect is huge."
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