Scouting report: Carter is an ace scorer because he can do it so many different ways. Though his stupendous leaping ability makes him an explosive finisher, he's also an excellent outside shooter who must be played tightly. He's strong off the dribble, too, with good vision and the muscle to finish plays at the rim.
Carter doesn't score in the post as well as you'd expect for a player with his physical attributes, and the oft-heard criticism is that he settles for too many jump shots and doesn't attack the basket enough.
He's more explosive than laterally quick, and as a result Carter's defense isn't on par with his offense. It's not that he's a bad defender -- he has good size and can play both wing positions, and he helps on the boards -- but he's nobody's idea of a stopper either.
The thing about Carter is that he is a quiet person. He is not the loudest voice in the locker-room. He is more of a Ben Wallace than a LeBron James in this respect. One thing that teams have always expected of Vince is leadership. But Vince is more of a follower with Superstar skills. He always hated Toronto, and he hated his coach in Toronto...as did all the players. When he went to Jersey, the Nets went to the finals for two years... not bad considering that he was the only real go to scorer. Kidd was the reason that Jersey was playing team-ball... but Vince was the "reason" they got to the finals... as Kidd said himself. As for vince being an "ego" guy... You must be thinking of someone else... because that is not Vince Carter. Vince is like LeBron in the sense that he likes to make the extra pass, and does it very well too. He is also like LeBron in his ability to get to the rim. Has he got discouraged? or down? Yeah... but at the same time that people (Kidd) said that Vince quit on the team, people said the same thing about Kidd... and from the things that Kidd said in the papers last year, I believe that it was more Kidd than Vince. And just think... we wanted him here (thank God for unanswered prayers).
Vince Carter would be an excellent addition to our team... and would make us nearly unbeatable. We'd have so many interchangeable parts.... I dont know if any team could even win 2 games from us in a 7 game series. Add-in a big-man (we still have our full MLE), and the Cavaliers will win the NBA championship for sure... and likely have LeBron sign an extension next summer.
