 Vince Carter One of the most electrifying players of all time Arguably the best dunker of all time today. He's seen as a great mentor for those young players in Sacramento He's gained a lot of support after not joining a championship contending team like the Warriors or the Cavaliers Saying that he still thinks he can contribute to a team and does not want to play just five minutes a game 10 minutes a game because anyone can simply do that he believes he still has game and honestly I'm with him despite how old he is he still performs at a high level for a bench player And that's all any team can ask of him But back in the day when Vince was the man the star player in Toronto who captivated many fans around the world He had a disappointing 0405 season which in fact he did not find basketball fun anymore And frankly according to many he possessed characteristics that was simply not him He was simply just not interested and he was selfish which does happen occasionally with star players He was upset number one at his role on a rebuilding team with no clear plan especially after losing his cousin Trace immigrating to Orlando and the in the 2003-04 season they only resulted in a lottery selection and they hired hardline coach Sam Mitchell Carter salt and sweep walk through 20 games as a Raptor before the Raptors ended up shipping him off to New Jersey in a trade Now you have the backstory Vince was not happy he gained a new tough head coach and Jalen Rose was Vince's teammate at the time and according to Rose Vince Carter and their coach Sam Mitch You got into a tussle that resulted in VC slamming the coach to the floor after an extended argument Which is pretty insane So here's the story but before I get started with the story I'd really really appreciate if you guys could hit that subscribe button My goal is now to reach 250,000 before the end of 2017 and I would love your support Anyway, I'll let Jalen Rose explain the story and afterwards. I'll share my thoughts on the whole incident Sam Mitchell incident in Toronto locker room check one two one two. Tell them why you mad son I remember being in Portland people that won events out of town at that point They felt like he was on the training table just as much of not more than the basketball court He was getting booed Now this is a guy I know that is a good teammate and wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight He's just not that guy anytime. You're struggling and things aren't going so well. Everybody's on edge So we're in the locker room and somebody's on the table getting their ankles taped I'm sitting like on a stool and Vince is sitting on the other training table getting some treatment Sam Mitchell was standing at the table and Sam Mitchell made a comment to Vince about always being injured and always being on the training table So that's kind of how Vince know Sam Sam know it's Vince back And you know how sometimes you get tangled up with somebody a little bit a little testosterone charge to take over It's almost like arm wrestling you go a little bit I go a little bit before you know what the resistance gets a little stronger Until everybody's going as hard as they can and then of course I'm part of horse shack on the sideline So it's getting a little more physical Before you know it they tangled up and they really trying to slam each other on the ground So Vince got this arm underneath their crouch So now you got them up like this and If they're kicking and screaming you won't be able to get them up like Hulk Hogan, but you can still get them down real good Boom ain't nothing you can do about it. And when you get down, it's like And then we just made sure he had all of his bearings He didn't you know lose a kidney in the transaction or a rib or something and then as grown men everybody I hate to say everybody start laughing And he got up and it was cool him events gave each other that but obviously that relationship was never the same at that point It's pretty crazy According to Jalen the incident took place in Portland before the Raptors were set to take on the Trial Blazers in the team Seventh game of the season. That's right after just six games the rookie coach and his superstar scorer was so added Fighting already on top of that. This was Mitchell's first month as an NBA coach He'd been an assistant for two seasons prior But it's worth noting that it took him six whole games as a head coach to have Vince Carter Actually care enough to body slam his own head coach pretty crazy Worst the ploy didn't work Relative to his previous success and brilliant work with the Nets once he was dealt Vince was in the mid-set of a miserable season that game against Portland just a few minutes after the tussle Saw Vince Carter take nine shots and only make two in 22 minutes of work to make matters worse The Trial Blazers weren't very good at all and the Raptors lost by just three points a few weeks later Vince was dealt to the Nets and the rest is history Magically though Vince put together what was just about a career year once he hit the Nets in the 2004-05 season Carter jumped from an above average player efficiency rating of 17 in Toronto to a top 5 rating of 24.5 with New Jersey playing an aggressive brand all the round ball that Raptor fans hadn't seen before Really, we'd only seen Vince Carter playing the 04 Olympics where he was really aggressive Once the Nets got him though he turned his play around became a new type of player now People credit Jason kid for what he did with the Nets and what he did with Vince Carter making Vince a great player But it wasn't Jason kid although Jason kid may have been a contributor to Vince's success in the Nets I believe that it was Vince Carter. He was a new man. He wanted it something else He didn't love Toronto the way that they were treating him at that time and he obviously didn't like the team He hated the coach. He didn't like the management who traded away his cousin and he just wasn't all that happy So his Nets play of style was really really fun to watch. He was still athletic He was still determined, but this time he was aggressive something that well people credit Jason kid for like I said But it was Carter that was the man the thing is Carter never claimed closer the 2004-05 numbers over the next three seasons and for those three seasons He was playing with Jason kid. So people can't say that it was Jason kid who made Vince Carter the better player It was Vince Carter's aggressive behavior and aggressive play style that really allowed him to take the jump to take that jump from the Star player in Toronto to a determined wanting to win an NBA championship player in New Jersey Unfortunately as we all know Vince has never won an NBA championship And people love to hop on the fact that he should have gone to a championship contending team But I love the fact that he went to Sacramento It proves that he doesn't really just care about NBA championships and personally I want to see him play in Sacramento because I love watching Vince Carter play So when we watch him just enjoy what we have because he doesn't have too many years left And hopefully he will join a championship contending team in maybe one or two years And he can win an NBA championship because that's the one thing that Vince Carter really doesn't have although He wasn't a star player that won an MVP like Alan Iverson I was still love for Vince Carter to win an NBA championship But the jump that he went from Toronto to New Jersey in that one year was simply because of the fact that in Toronto He felt like he was treated as a dog, which is why when he came to New Jersey He had that aggressive behavior So there you go a pretty crazy story from a player That is definitely one of my all-time favorites if you enjoy this video and want to watch more be sure to smash that subscribe And if you're enjoying these types of videos definitely hit that like button as well. 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