Vince Carter was born on January 26, 1977. He went to college in North Carolina and graduated. He now plays guard for the New Jersey Nets. The Toronto Raptors picked Carter in the 1998 NBA Draft because he was one of the most exciting players in the league. Vince Carter, one of the best players in the NBA, got back on track with the Nets after getting hurt.
Even before he joined the NBA, Carter showed that he was going to be a big star in basketball. He averaged 12.3 points per game while playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels. During his junior year, Vince Carter was named First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference, Second Team All-America, and a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, which goes to the best player in the country.
As soon as he got into the NBA, Vince Carter's acrobatic moves on the court shocked both his teammates and his opponents. In the same year, he was named Schick Rookie of the Year and the first player from the Toronto Raptors to be named NBA Player of the Week. Carter was named to the All-NBA Third Team and was again named the NBA Player of the Week during the 1999-2000 season. By 2000–2001, Vince Carter was getting a lot of attention from fans and his name was starting to show up in the NBA rankings. During that season, he was one of the best in the NBA in seven different ways.
Carter was doing well when the 2001-2002 season started. But on March 22, he said he was going to have surgery on his hurt left knee. Because of this bad luck, he had to miss the last 14 games of the season. During the 2002-2003 season, Vince Carter played in 43 games and averaged 20.6 points per game. This year, he was on the injured list several times and missed a career-high 39 games. Vince Carter got the most votes in the NBA All-Star voting programme for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game the following year.
During the 2004-2005 NBA season, Vince Carter made a name for himself. He averaged 24.5 points per game and led his team in points. He also won Player of the Week and Player of the Month for the Eastern Conference and was chosen to start in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. Vince Carter has done well both on and off the basketball court. This married father of one was named one of "Sporting News 2004 Good Guys" because of what he does when he's not playing sports. In Toronto's Dixon Park, Carter opened a professional-sized basketball court in July 2003. The court was paid for by his foundation. The court is worth $130,000, and Carter was the first person to shoot a ball through the hoop. In September 2002, he gave $2.5 million to his old high school in Daytona Beach, Florida, to help pay for building a new gym.
Fans who want to ask Vince Carter to sign a picture or just send him their best wishes should do so at the attention of his NBA franchise team. Include a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) with your autograph request. You should send letters and requests to:
Vince Carter
The New Jersey Nets
390 Murray Hill Pky.
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
