plainballing wrote:I am not sure why fans are still upset about him. I get the part he left and he gave up on the team...but this was 20 years ago and friends growing up in my neighbourhood all fight to call themselves Vince Carter than Kobe Bryant. That's the impact on Vince back then and being a Raptors fan was the new cool stuff back then.
This man need his jersey retire. Now, GROAT to this date is still Lowry. Fire at will guys.
Personally, I don't hate Vince...I just don't think he deserves to have his jersey retired here.
First, he never really accomplished anything significant in terms of winning apart from the 2001 playoff run. In his 7 years with the franchise we made the playoff 3 times and got bounced in the 1st round twice. In 2002, the team actually made a playoff run when he was hurt.
Second, when you leave in such an unprofessional way by deliberately tanking your trade value by playing intentionally bad, that isn't something that should be rewarded.
Vince definitely did some great things and was an important part of Raptors history. He was the most electric player in the league for a brief period of time while wearing our jersey and is the greatest dunker of all time. He should be commended for that and applauded for making the hall of fame, but that's about it.
