Vince Carter
Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar Carteris an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is 6'6" and can play both shooting guard and small forward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 January 1977
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
doubling presence
Just his presence out there (helped)...they weren't doubling me.
brought came games maybe playoff win
Maybe it came off as a chip, it was just focus. I wanted to get my first win here. They brought me here not to just win 49 games but to win playoff games. That was my goal. It was important for me to come out and just be Vince.
flow good starting
We're really starting to gel, starting to move. We've got our flow going as a starting unit. It's good to see.
board drawing home
We've got to go back to the drawing board and get some home cooking.
conference finals good guy missed shot team took
We thought we were a pretty good team and we could go far. We were one shot away from going to the conference finals that year, but unfortunately the guy who took the shot missed it.
brings intangible nobody talks teammate
He's a bulldog. He's one of the unsung heroes. Nobody talks about the intangible things that he brings on the floor. He's an unbelievable teammate and he's just hard-nosed.
ball great last minutes quarters shares six turns
He's a great player. He shares the ball for 3 1/2 quarters and in the last six minutes he turns it up. He's phenomenal.
against doubting everybody focused frustrated guys including individual mad stay team
We have the right to be frustrated and mad about individual play and mad about the team play. But when everybody is doubting us and everybody is against us, the guys that are on this team, including staff, must be on board. We must stay focused and we must stay together.
success types
For us to have success in that streak, we had to play many types of styles, and we were able to succeed.
best care dangerous five fortunate guys player team together trying
I don't care who is on the other team. If they only have five guys to play with we're trying to win. It's unfortunate for them and fortunate for us. Sometimes when your best player isn't in the lineup that's usually when a team can be very dangerous because they play together and they play real loose.
initially mind
I wouldn't mind it. Initially it would be like.
beat loosen sit
I was going to give it a try. If (it didn't loosen up), I was going to sit down. He beat me to it.
free giving guys knocking lane later open taking
I was taking what they were giving me early. I was free on some pick-and-rolls and was able to get into the lane and make things happen. Later I was able to find open guys and they were knocking them down.
close guess guy looks lost playoff quicker time tough
Looks like he lost a little weight. Looks lighter, quicker on his feet. He's going to be a tough guy to stop. It's close to that time now, so I guess he's getting in playoff form.