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Vince Carter explains why he never returned to the Slam Dunk Contest after 2000: "I'm going to do it against the best competition. I want the best athletes"
NBA All-Star Weekend, Vince Carter made the world fall in love with the Slam Dunk Contest all over again. The high-flying ...
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When Vince Carter shook the Raptors by demanding a trade: "I do not have time to wait two to four years for a team to mature"
Vince Carter’s legendary Raptors run ended in 2004 when he asked for a trade, citing frustration with the team’s slow ...
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"He's not in a position to know everything that goes into the GM position" - Raptors president shut down VC's pitch for Dr. J to become Toronto's general manager
The Raptors ended up hiring Rob Babcock, who made the call to trade Carter to the Nets during the 2004-05 season.
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When Vince Carter's pregame ritual was shut down by the NBA: "He can no longer do that"
But back in November 2004, when Vince Carter showed up with his iPod — which, for younger readers, was like an iPhone but ...
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Richard Jefferson says Jason Kidd helped Vince Carter forget his Raptors exit: "Guys would get around him and just start having career years"
No one, not even Vince Carter, thought he would leave the Toronto Raptors. But that's exactly what happened in 2004. After ...
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10 greatest Raptors in franchise history, ranked
The Toronto Raptors debuted in 1995 along with ... The city was just moving on from the Vince Carter fall out and the succeeding era that followed after overshadowed how great he was for the ...
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The History of the Toronto Raptors
The Raptors’ fortunes began to change after acquiring Vince Carter through a draft-day trade ... the Raptors entered a new era led by Chris Bosh. Bosh, drafted in 2003, became the face of ...
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Raptors’ Brandon Ingram Trade Completes A Franchise First
Let’s run back some of the Raptors highest-profile stars and contributors to the franchise in the team’s 30 years of existence. It started with Vince Carter, and from there, you had Tracy ...