VINCE CARTER PROFILE
Full Name: Vincent Lamar Carter
Date of birth: January 26, 1977
Place of birth: Daytona Beach, Florida
Nationality: American
High school: Mainland
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career
College: North Carolina (1995–1998)
NBA Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Pro career: 1998–present
Career history
1999–2004 Toronto Raptors
2004–2009 New Jersey Nets
2009–2010 Orlando Magic
2010–present Phoenix Suns
Career highlights and awards
* NBA Rookie of the Year (1999)
* 8× NBA All-Star (2000–2007)
* All-NBA Second Team (2001)
* All-NBA Third Team (2000)
* NBA All-Rookie First Team (1999)
* NBA Slam Dunk Champion (2000)
VINCE CARTER PHOTOS
VINCE CARTER BIOGRAPHY
Vince Carter born January 26, 1977 is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns. He is a shooting guard who can also play small forward.
A high school McDonald's All-American, Carter went on to star for three years at the University of North Carolina before being selected as the #5 pick in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, who traded him to the Toronto Raptors. The NBA Rookie of the Year his first season, he shot to fame as the winner of the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest the next season, competing alongside his third cousin and then-teammate, Tracy McGrady.
An eight-time NBA All-Star, Carter joined NBA players Julius Erving and Michael Jordan as the only players to lead the NBA All-Star Game fan voting three or more times. He helped lead the Raptors to three consecutive playoff appearances before various injuries and losing seasons caused relations between Carter and the Raptors to deteriorate. In 2004, he was traded to the New Jersey Nets, where he spent five years before being moved to the Orlando Magic on the day of the 2009 NBA Draft. In December 2010 he was traded by the Magic to the Phoenix Suns.
Carter has donated to his high school, Mainland, as well as the foundation he established upon being drafted into the NBA in 1998, The Embassy of Hope. The foundation's slogan, "Believing in Your Dreams", is Carter's personal mantra for success. On February 3, 2007, a statue of Carter was unveiled at the Mainland.
Carter visited with the Duquesne University basketball team in Pittsburgh as a show of support after its shooting incident in September 2006.
He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Carter married Ellen Rucker, a doctor of chiropractic medicine, in July 2004; the couple divorced in 2006. They have one daughter, Kai Michelle Carter. born on June 1, 2005.
In Spring 2010, a restaurant opened in Daytona Beach located on LPGA Boulevard named "Vince Carter's Restaurant".
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