Vince Carter

When he played for the Raptors Chuck Swersky would say of Vince (Air Canada) Carter after a great play "Half man, half amazing". The guy is that talented a ball player that you could say Swersky nailed it. However, after watching him hit the last second three-point shot to defeat the Raptors today I could not help being irate and desiring to hit this "man" over the head with a basketball hoop repeatedly. This is a person who tanked his play on purpose to get the team to trade him. This is a person who says all the rights things, but is completely hollow. This is a person who screwed the people of Toronto (Canada) so he could get his. The same case could be made of his cousin Tracy McGrady. It seems to be a family trait. Lots of talent without any honour. I would wager that New Jersey Nets fans will eventually get the same treatment Raptors fan received. I find it sad that the NBA would allow such happenings. How it can condone a person purposely tanking his performance in order to pressure the team into making a trade is beyond reason. I believe the NBA as a whole is predjudiced towards Canada and will always make Toronto a bottom-feeder where has-been players wind their careers out or where talented players bolt as soon as their contracts are fulfilled or (as in the case of Carter) tank their effort to push the team into bad trades. In any case, Carter may be a star quality player, but he is also a dishonourable playa'.