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Hell if I had the ball running the first break Vince Carter was on one end and Jesus on the other one I had to throw it to Vince Carter When you really look at him you think he's flying How did he just do that and Vince was that guy the passion that stood out to me when I watched him After he dunked after he made a big shot. You say Vince Carter brought out the best in you. How so? Well, I was always really competitive with it. You know Vince is a special dunk Special don't he's a special special dog. I didn't want to do it Because I knew I mean, this is my teaming like I see him every day and what he's capable of And then got in the post spin move in cocked it all Boom, right, right. We were celebrating two totally different things Crazy What was the most memorable part about that series with him? him Amazing people. I think cuz he played so long people forget how fucking amazing But look who you think was who you think had the craziest hop Oh You think I'm cool. I love to watch you down and I saw him do some things this summer that people haven't seen in a game To trust me that guy right there. He had the left leg now was a the most exciting He took the world by storm man in his style. He just changed the culture We all know Mike was like, you know, Mike was different like Dr. J was Dr. J Then Mike came with the whole You know what I mean everything else, you know different a little different and then Vince took it to another level I don't know Mike that excitement that excitement to a bit for the excitement to That shit you ain't ever seen and then that and then his his jumble was so pretty his handle was so crazy First step was crazy his first step was so crazy because if you get by you, you know, you know, what's going to grab before you take off Before you take off who's gonna have Your favorite Vince Carter story Well, it's a two-part story, but I'm gonna make it quick It was three guys that whenever I played against them I let them do whatever they want to do Vince T Mac and white chocolate. So D way is gonna remember this story So and I'm you know telling the Vince like yo man, you got to do something you got to do something So Vince goes baseline against me. I got a flagrant him. He my man enough But I'm like I can't have Vince dunk on me for a girl. I get a file I go to the bench couple plays later Jason has a ball and tries to steal it from Vince Vince wrapped around his back He comes down a lane and the lines are morning jumps Vince caught that thing back and threw it down. I'm on the bench like this. Look at that D way I'm like You remember that D way That was that's top 10 right there and in the whole history of the NBA In the history of the NBA Yeah, that might be better than the Ronald Damon last year, but that was top 10 amazing Watch me underneath I was here like I did it. I was like, that's what you get messing with me Look at that. That's when you have a big bro that could just go up to another level that nobody else could I stand by this He was my favorite dunker when I was in college and I got the opportunity to play with him And even when I got to play with him He was far greater far more athletic than anything I could imagine The funny thing I remember about us is when we play in the dunk on zoe and us running down the court together Having a little laugh But he paused in the midair Like that was the crazy thing about the dunk shotguns. He paused in midair and let zoe fall to the ground and then booth them Was crazy We had got a little weak dunk on them both of us. I said he's not gonna let us do that again He's gonna jump at us and try to you know lay us out. So when he hit me, right? I went higher And it kind of having nerves. I was scared. I was jump I jumped higher than I So while I'm up there, I'm like man, don't miss this dunk and and that's what I said Like when I dumped it, that's why I was running down when I had to be mugged But I heard you say Right Oh He didn't talk to me like that for as he shouldn't six seven years. No six or seven years It's a basketball play he tried to block it he's a shot blocker exactly so it happens But the fashion you done But I just couldn't do it like Matumbo just like statue of Liberty Because I thought he's gonna hurt me I was protecting myself hit him protect yourself cut back And then dunked on him like this over here six or seven years. It was like six or seven years You say Vince Carter brought out the best in you how so well I was always really competitive with Vince Vince was a year ahead of me and he's still playing by the way, which is which is um, I mean I saw him windmill the other day just goes to his insane athletic ability Dominique Wilkins Michael Jordan Dr. J Vince Carter and yourself now that is a powerhouse you guys have all won dunk contests in the past So I'm curious in the prime of all those players career who wins a dunk contest Vince Couple of tricks on my sleeve I'm coming up this stuff tonight and it's working. It's over for people. Ain't no point total. He's off the charge I mean really off the charge the arm in the river instance. I didn't want to hear. I wanted to hear nothing. I Wanted the crowd to be in awe and not say a word. What? Yeah, I would say Vince I got you know, you know Vince is a Vince. No You know Vince is a special dunker man, and you see what he can do He's a special dunker. I mean, he's a special special dunker and I think MJ you know did some stuff that was revolutionary for his time as did dr. J and You know the way Vince dunks the ball You know the way that he's dunked the ball when he was in a dunk contest was just was unbelievable What if Vince Carter mean to you as a basketball player because I know like for me, you know, Vince Sanity Half-man half-man as we can keep going all day, but like What was it about Vince Carter that kind of you know inspired you as a basketball? I mean, I've been watching Vince Since he was in high school, you know, even as a young kid and you know, watch them in a McDonald's game Obviously, I followed him. I mean I was a huge. No, I wanted to go to North Carolina at the time So him going to Carolina. It was like, okay, you know watching Ed Coda Throwing the lobs to him with him and Antoine Jameson and all those guys on that team So I'm watching when you watch him Vince. You are understanding This guy is bigger than North Carolina He's the guy in a college game that gets about 12 to 14 points But you like he has no business out here on this court. Yeah, he's out here This is just straight up. He's just straight for the conditioning and when he gets to the next level So whoever gets him is gonna be is gonna be special. So You know for me and for all of us it's something about It's something about Basketball when a guy can literally When you really look at him you think he's flying You like how did he just do that and Vince was that guy Vince was that guy where you like if you get one dribble inside that three-point line, you better move even in college Even in college, you better move or you're gonna be on the poster and every for a kid like myself Who started to find his way with some athleticism you look that Vince like? Hey, I ain't gonna be able to get to that point But if I can get half or three-fourths of it, you know, then I'm doing something, right? Vince had kids actually believing That they can jump if they put on a pair of Nike shocks very true You had a pair absolutely the white No, I had everybody didn't have a pair I didn't have a pair till I got dressed. I had a pair listen if you Vince noble Vince really had you believing that the shock technology In those shoes Like that You really had you believing that Mine was the the black Silver to the raptor coat. Yeah, raptors. The shock. I ain't get them to the tooth the shock Locker when you got drafted Well, Adam, it's hard to pick one Vince Carter story, but I would go back to the beginning Vince So 2000 2001, I'm in Marquette University and I'm red-shirting. I'm sitting out and My team went on the road And the Milwaukee Bucks was playing the Toronto Raptors No changes for the Bucks tonight up front Glen Robinson Joel Presbilla and Mark Hope the backcourt Sam Cassell and Ray Allen For the Toronto Raptors, it's Corlys Williamson Antonio Davis and Charles Oakley Vince Carter in the backcourt With Mark Jackson coming over from the Indiana Pacers So I didn't have a ticket to the game, but I decided to Go to the arena and with hopes that the security who worked our games because we played at the Braliston as well Well, let me in they did they let me in and I was sitting up there with the retired jerseys real high up But I got there early Because Vince Carter was was famous for his his pregame workouts, right? So before the games started Vince Carter will put on a dunk show man And like I'm talking about all the dunk contest dunks Vince Carter would do and one Of my favorite things that you did at the end before the game started You always grab the net and you always lift yourself up and did chin-ups on the net And if you know or anybody who know me once I got to the NBA I will grab the rim before every game and I would do chin-ups on the rim And it all started from being that little kid that young kid that got a chance to get into the arena to see One of his favorite players do some amazing amazing things. So thank you for inspiring me Vince Thank you for inspiring a whole generation of players not only in Canada, but around the world man you are one of our goats and Just thank you No, thank you, man. Godly. That's crazy Look, I'm not even gonna lie to you, bro My first game we playing against Vince Carter We're playing against Vince and you know, I'm in there cocky and he's trash man The TV make these players look better than they really are and he missed like two straight shots So I'm all right, I knew he was trash and then he got mad and then got in the post-spin move and cocked it on Boom, right. I jumped out the seat. Oh my god I'm on the court. Yo, y'all see that and then I had to realize I was in the NBA. Oh my bad And I'm on a bench like Man, he didn't touch the his hand. I don't like it was the best thing I've ever seen but what ended up happening was Reality kicked in because I'm like he just did that the Jason Richardson and Jason Richardson Athleticism is huh and then it's like I just seen somebody who go, huh, and I'm here and I'm like, oh Man, I can't even play in this league, but I got so depressed just from the dunk realized like yo I'm not I don't have this type of athleticism. So I spent I ain't go I spent probably the first part of the season just Like I can't do this. Just I can't do none of that. Kobe. I can't I can't even guard him Ray Allen I can't even guard like these these people I can't even and I was doing that to myself You know the mean you you know We we tend to look at what we can't do because someone else can do it instead of looking at what we can't do The passion that stood out to me when I watched him after he dunked after he made a big shot and how much he loved to play You know you tell he was excited I just made me go out there be more free as a player when I was a kid because I'm just like he expressing the stuff like that I think I can too, you know, so I think I took that from Vince, you know Obviously his highlights and his athleticism stood out but like his passion for the game is something that I really appreciate it Cali, I mean, it's an honor. Like I say I've Watched Kevin obviously going against him and everything and just just think back into back to his career Well, first of all say I once heard the whispers. Yeah, he got me right there on the crossover Caught me right there caught me slipping But no, I mean and he hit the game winner after I hit that shot. I mean, I remember all of these But let me tell you I heard whispers and I was like, okay, you know, he's a he's a fan Oh, I'm his favorite player. Okay, cool. Yeah, you know But people say that and then to actually hear from the horse's mouth This is I mean, it's unbelievable and getting the opportunity to play play against him watching him as a rookie And remember hearing how they said could he survive in the league because he wasn't strong enough And so on and so forth to watch him grow into The best score In the game's history. I mean offensively, what can he not do? I mean, he could do it all He you know at one point was like, oh, he he can only go left in the hesitation and scouting That's you know, you guard him on and now he can go right. He can go whatever he wants He'll pull up he can shoot he can do it all so it's just been great to see him mature grow And and become a champion and do it his way Absolutely. Well, it's an honor in both directions All right, so talk talk about teaming up, uh with k with kg ray allen Peyton jason kid and uh gold medal team Here's a dream come true for me, man It was talked about obviously that you know, you told my 92 and the dream team And then you had dream team to then comes us in 2000 and the funny thing about it guys I wasn't on the initial team. Uh, I didn't make it. So shack was supposed to be on that team Grant hill was supposed to be on that team and I missed it another name because I think great was hurt or shack. I know shack was was hurt as well Tim Duncan, Tim Duncan was supposed to be on the team and then tango go yada got hurt. So ray allen Ray allen actually made the team over me And we played each other that night In toronto What kind of work It was one of those things I wanted to show more so it had nothing to do with it I wanted to show the Olympic folks that you know, I'm worried made the wrong choice right that to be on that squad I hit like my first eight shots. I ain't I was eight for eight from the beginning I was just in another zone, bro. I was in another zone and then Weeks later tango yada gets hurt. I get that call. Would you like to be what I like to be? Hell, yeah, so I missed the original team the original photo. I was photoshopped in So when you see that picture like on me on there, I had to take a picture and then to get photoshopped in Right, so from there I had I had to go earn my way, but it was it was all worth it man. It was fun. It was great You know, I was going through some ups and downs in my life really That's why I had the fro and all that me and gp rocking the fro out there Some different something different. Hey, that was my favorite outside. I mean the dunk that the gold medal My favorite part was seeing vince with the fro He's a young fella, you know gp They can't jump with you young fella. So anytime you halfway open i'm throwing all right The rest was history and just making history and just doing some crazy stuff and then the dunk happened Let me ask you a question. Right does he have one of the best dunks in basketball history? vc has jumped over the seven footer in the olympic listen Best in-game dunk that you will ever see in nba history line them up with any of them 2000 2000 that was a memorable moment. I don't know if everybody Got the opportunity to see that dunk his name was frederick weiss from france. So The the funny thing about the olympic dunk um is That it was more so more so instinct and I was just trying it was uh, it was uh Uh pass he threw he threw the ball behind his back I get the steal I want to get back and attack the rim before the rest of their defense kind of gets back into the place The opportunity is there to take advantage of it now one two one dribble two dribble go And it's kind of like a read one dribble. We don't move two dribble. He's still there Attack the rim and I all I all I could see was the rim And when bench went up We was like, oh, he ain't gonna make this maybe just gonna do flips up because I was standing there like this Darnett was coming behind and there Darnett was like he's gonna gift it off to But then all of a sudden I was right over on the side. I said, oh Yeah, I said he going up some more. I said, whoa, and I see I see the rim. I don't see here. I see the rim I didn't pay attention to where I was jumping from so, you know, the the paint is is is different than the NBA Yeah, it's wider. So yeah, uh-huh in in my mind So when I jump I see him and all I remember God's my witness All I remember is touching his shoulder with my left arm I'm focused on the rim because I thought I jumped too far They were going in transition. So my team is running back on defense. So I just attacked the rim So when I jump I hit him. I ain't thinking about hitting him more I thought he moved out of the way Or he tried to take a charge and fell down. So if you go back and look at it, I stretch out Because I'm reaching for the rim because I thought I was too far But I end up dunking the ball with my wrist because I was I actually had enough, you know flight time My left hand touching the shoulder and my focus now is the rim because in my mind I felt like I jumped too far And I wasn't going to make it The celebration that everybody saw where I almost knocked Kevin Garnett out was because We're celebrating two totally different things. First of all, my celebration when I almost punched KG I was celebrating that I wasn't celebrating that I jumped over because I didn't know That's crazy. That was my favorite. That was my favorite part of the dunk seeing you in KG That was KG because KG went nuts Right. We were celebrating two totally different things That was just crazy He was celebrating because he watched me jump over seven for god I was celebrating because I did not think that I was going to make it and I thought I was going to fall shorter the rim And bust my face open and embarrass myself In front of the rest of the world So I never actually knew I jumped over him until later on Like you said, that's all instinct. That's nothing that you planned. That's nothing that you think about I didn't even think I could do something. Yeah. First of all, you just think about tacking them You see a big guy. You say, oh, I'm gonna get it. I'm going. I'm going right at him Those things happen kind of organically. You don't you can't plan that if I had the ball Run the frat break Vince Carter was on one end and jesus was on the other one. I had to do with the Vince Carter I don't know the michael, you know, met the lots for the mv8 And I think right now Vince is that same type of commodity The comparison view is deja vu for Carter who has been there Heard this Before it was more pressure coming out of high school into college into North Carolina That's when you know, you started to hear it and that's when I think a lot of pressure now It's like I was just like here we go again No matter how breathless his play how fair is it to mention Vince in the same breath? That is unfortunate because as you know, no two players are alike and The similarity may be exciting dunks, but there are different type of players I can see it, but let's not get ridiculous. You're talking about michael joy. The difference in him is that Vince does not have a ballhandle ability that mj had or understand What his shot selections are that mj had a better feel for mj is often imitated never duplicated But he you have to say that He's the next thing close to mj. They can hang in the air Make other opponents just fear feel Like scared or just don't want to be around them because they don't want to be on their poster And it's tough. It's tough to be out there and try to come up with something that fans haven't seen Michael move over somebody's coming to get your best up ever How would you do in a dunk contest with Vince Carter today? Oh, I'm 37 years old. I think you have that advantage But if you talk about when I was younger, I think we can have a really good competition I'm referring to when you were younger. I think it would be fun. I think the fans would certainly get entertained, you know, it doesn't matter who win because you're gonna see Creativity at its best, you know, I think it really shows us A part of your personality to some degree And there it is the complete collection of Vince Carter's greatest stories If you would like to help me out by hitting that like button, that would be greatly appreciated If you're new around here and you enjoyed the episode be sure to subscribe hit that notification button So you never miss another episode in the series and I'll catch you in the next one. I'm out. Peace