Great retrospective on Vince's legendary Olympic dunk and what was going on behind the scenes.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/sto...c-weis-sydney-believe-witnessed?ex_cid=espnfb
My favorite quotes:
Rudy Tomjanovich, 2000 USA Olympic team head coach: In our practices, he was catching lobs that were misthrown, away from the basket. And he's jumping this way, gathering them and somehow turning and [dunking]. Guys were like, "Did you see that?" Jason Kidd would say, "Man, I can just throw it anywhere up there, and he's gonna get it."
Mo Peterson, close friend and Raptors guard 2000-07: It was just like that in Toronto, too. After that [dunk] in the Olympics, every time I was on his team in practice that [next] season, I would just try to throw lobs as high as I could -- just to see if he could catch it. He'd be running back downcourt mad and yelling, "Man, what the hell kind of pass was that?" And I'm like: "Man, I knew you could catch that, dude. You're Vince Carter."
Tubby Smith: I remember standing on the sidelines listening to Gary and Jason Kidd and Tim Hardaway say, "I bet he can't catch this lob." It's funny, because those guys would actually be betting.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/sto...c-weis-sydney-believe-witnessed?ex_cid=espnfb
My favorite quotes:
Rudy Tomjanovich, 2000 USA Olympic team head coach: In our practices, he was catching lobs that were misthrown, away from the basket. And he's jumping this way, gathering them and somehow turning and [dunking]. Guys were like, "Did you see that?" Jason Kidd would say, "Man, I can just throw it anywhere up there, and he's gonna get it."
Mo Peterson, close friend and Raptors guard 2000-07: It was just like that in Toronto, too. After that [dunk] in the Olympics, every time I was on his team in practice that [next] season, I would just try to throw lobs as high as I could -- just to see if he could catch it. He'd be running back downcourt mad and yelling, "Man, what the hell kind of pass was that?" And I'm like: "Man, I knew you could catch that, dude. You're Vince Carter."
Tubby Smith: I remember standing on the sidelines listening to Gary and Jason Kidd and Tim Hardaway say, "I bet he can't catch this lob." It's funny, because those guys would actually be betting.
