The slam dunk. It's only worth two points, but it could change the outcome of a game depending on how it is performed and at what time.
It gets a crowd on its feet, gets a team fired up, and makes this player a Top 10 highlight for the next day and possibly for the rest of NBA history.
You can argue that players such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, and Jason Richardson are all formidable choices as the NBA's best dunkers, but when it came to who threw down the most ferocious, devastating, and intimidating dunks, no one can do it quite like Vince Carter.
Carter is seemingly impossible to stop when flying through mid-air and has made some of the NBA's best shot blockers feel like changing sports.
Vinsanity possesses one of the highest vertical leaps at 43'"and has reported to have touched at 12' 6". Carter adds strength and agility to his dunks as well as he can jump quick enough before any shot blocker can even give a thought to block a shot.
As far as strength goes, just ask Alonzo Mourning what he thinks of Carter's strength.
You can criticize Carter all you want as a team player, but it is diff ...
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