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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. more...

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Biography and career

Vince Carter was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and was a McDonald's All-American Player in 1995 out of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach. . Carter enjoyed tremendous popularity during his initial years in the NBA, especially after showcasing his incredible athletic abilities in the 2000 All-Star slam dunk competition, which he competed alongside cousin and teammate Tracy McGrady. Hence on, he had been perenially the top vote-getter in the annual All-Star games. However, this took a change after the way he parted with the Toronto Raptors. Carter did not get enough votes to be a starter for the 2006 All Star Games held in Houston - but the starter, Jermaine O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers, was injured, allowing NBA Commissioner David Stern to select Carter as a starter for the 2006 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team.

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. 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 a 360º windmill, went through the legs, and was the first to stick his arm in the rim up to his elbow. 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.

During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Carter performed one of the most memorable dunks in history when he 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 .

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