Oh, the Vinsanity…
As Kenny Smith famously yelled out during the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest after Vince Carter (with a little assist from his cuz T-Mac) took the ball mid bounce and delivered a VERY nasty through-the-legs dunk, “it’s over”.
Hate to be the cynic, but being a long-time Magic fan, this Carter trade has WTF written all over it. For one, in signing Carter, that only makes it worse for the Magic in keeping Hedo Turkoglu as they would for sure have to pay luxury tax in order to keep either Hedo or Gortat. So this dicy trade could potentially probably means Turk’s not comin back to O-Town.
Furthermore, this is not the year 2000. It’s 2009 and Vince Carter is not the same explosive athlete he once was. If anything he is very similar to his cousin in that they are injury prone and have progressively sucked since getting hurt. If the Boston Red Sox have their curse, then this just might be Orlando’s. The Magic have a long history of getting “star” players on their last legs (See: Patrick Ewing, Dominique Wilkins, Spud Webb, Mark Price, Steve Francis, Shawn Kemp, Steve Kerr, Juwan Howard, Grant Hill, Derek Harper, Rod Strickland, Reggie Theus, Rony Seikaly) only to have them contribute their names and once “star appeal” but nothing on the court. And let’s not forget the carcinogen that is Darko Milicic too.
I don’t know. Maybe Otis Smith has an ace up his sleeve. Or maybe the reality is that despite the Magic receiving a pretty good rookie in Ryan Anderson, they will have the burden of an aging, 3/4 man 1/4 amazing Vince Carter with the possibility of keeping Gortat once they pay the luxury tax.
Or maybe, Vinsanity will snap out of it, as he is practically hometown (from Daytona Beach) and this could be his last time to get to the finals again so maybe, just maybe, he’ll pull through and be a good replacement for Hedo. Either way, angry Magic fan over here.
- Mark (waxandmilk)
Thoughts?
