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Vincent Lamar Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star professional basketball player in the NBA. He currently plays for the New Jersey Nets.

Biography and career

Vince Carter was born at in Daytona Beach, Florida.

He was a McDonald's All-American Player in 1995 out of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach .

He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. He was then picked fifth overall in the 1998 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and immediately traded to the Toronto Raptors for the rights to college teammate Antawn Jamison. Up until his trade on December 17, 2004, he was considered the best of the Raptors. He won the Rookie of the Year Award for the 1998-99 season. Next year, Carter was selected to All-Star Team for the first time, and showcased his athleticism by amazing dunking abilities in the NBA slam dunk contest. He did an amazing 360 windmill, went through the legs and was the first to stick his elbow in the rim. The NBA 2000 Slam Dunk Contest is regarded as one of the best of all time. Though he has not competed in a slam dunk contest since, Carter has been an All-Star several times since then, and has been consistently voted into the starting lineup through fan balloting for the Eastern NBA All-Star team. As of January 2006, Carter has averaged 24.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 4.0 APG, shooting 38.9% from 3 point range. His career high in points of 51 was accomplished on two different occasions: February 27, 2000 against the Phoenix Suns and December 23, 2005 against the Miami Heat.

During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Carter performed one of the most memorable dunks in history when he literally flew over 7-foot-2 (2.18 m) French center Frédéric Weis. Carter took off from just inside the foul line, spread his legs in midair, and slightly scraped Weis's head before slamming the ball home. The French media dubbed it "le dunk de la mort"—the dunk of death.

Carter is one of the lead advertisers of Nike Basketball, along with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, cashing in on a 6 year, $60,000,000 U.S. deal signed in 2000. Since then, branded as a signature athlete, Nike has released performance basketball footwear the Nike Shox VC (and a low version), the Nike Shox VC II, the Nike Shox VC III, Nike Shox VC IV, and the Nike Shox VC V. Nike has placed Carter as the face for its Shox technology and the ambassador for the recently resurrected Flight Line of Nike basketball footwear.

On the morning of the day of Game 7 of the 2001 Eastern Conference playoffs (Raptors vs Philadelphia 76ers), Sunday, May 20, he attended his UNC graduation, in which Stuart Scott gave a graduation speech. In that game, Carter missed a game-winning shot with 2.0 seconds remaining .

During the 2003 All Star Game, despite the fact that he was selected to be a starter for that game, he gave up his starting spot, instead letting then Washington Wizard Michael Jordan take his place in his final All Star appearance.

Carter's mother, often a spokesperson for her son, made it clear in the 2004 offseason that he wanted to be traded from the Raptors. Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets on December 17, 2004 by the Raptors for Alonzo Mourning, Eric Williams, Aaron Williams and two future first-round draft picks. In early January 2005, he admitted in a television interview with TNT's John Thompson to not giving effort in his last months as a Raptor; when asked if he always played hard, Carter replied, "In years past, no. I was fortunate to have the talent. You get spoiled when you’re able to do a lot of things. You see that you don’t have to work at it.” Carter's play improved considerably with the Nets. As a result of his higher level of play, his popularity resurged, although his image may be tarnished by the way he parted ways with the Raptors, his admission that he did not play hard in the final weeks on that team, and allegations that he tipped off the opposing Seattle Supersonics (the Raptors' opponents on November 19, 2004) of an upcoming Raptors play by yelling "It's a flare! It's a flare!" to sabotage his own team. Vince made his return to the Air Canada Centre as a member of the Nets on April 15, 2005 and scored 39 points in front of what many considered the most hostile home crowd in Toronto Raptors history. The sellout crowd booed Carter mercilessly, chanted his name from the pre-game shootaround to the final buzzer, and many fans brought derogatory signs to express their frustration at Carter's apparent lack of effort in his final days as a Raptor. Carter was able to ignore the heckling of bitter Raptor fans and the Nets would ultimately prevail in blowout fashion, 101-90. Upon the conclusion of the match, Carter was seen clutching the game ball near the Nets' team bench while emphatically stating, "This is still my house!"

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