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Question: How does it feel to be widely considered the best dunker of all time? Vince Carter: “Oh man, I don't know. That's says a lot. I just think of all the players who've electrified the NBA for years. Dominique (Wilkins), M.J., Larry Nance, Kenny Walker. I mean, it's always a great feeling. But it's always a debate. Even with my friends I argue back and forth. Which dunkers were you a fan of? “I was a Dominique fan. I'm a Dr. J fan No. 1. But I studied the art of the dunk for so long. I still have VHS tapes of dunk contests from back in the day that I used to watch to understand the thinking behind every dunk that they were doing. That's how I approached it, like what was Dominique trying to get out of the two-hand windmill dunk? Was he just doing it to say, ‘Hey, I can do a two-hand windmill dunk?' Or was he showing technique? I'm more into the technical side. I feel like you understand more about the move that he was trying to do. You have more of an appreciation for it.” Oklahoman

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Vince Carter still calls Orlando "my town.'' He spent a season and a half with the Magic and helped Orlando reach the Eastern Conference finals in 2009-10. He also was born in nearby Daytona Beach. Carter still is beloved in the area. He has a large artist's drawing of him that still hangs in the hallways near the visitor's locker room at Amway Center. "That thing is nice, too,'' Carter said. "I tried to get them to let me have it, but then they traded me.'' Dallas Morning News

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Daytona Beach native Vince Carter, now with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, was scheduled to host a dinner at his Central Florida home Thursday with President Barack Obama as the guest of honor. Florida Courier

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About 70 high-profile guests were to dine with the president at the event catered by Vince Carter’s Restaurant, located in Daytona Beach. "For the past six weeks, I have not thought of much else. I have had a few sleepless nights," said Michelle Carter-Scott, who is hosting the dinner along with her son, Vince. "Since I love to coordinate colors and fabrics, my natural progression was to first consider the table linens and place-setting patterns. Everything else from a decor standpoint would follow. Vince’s home is very large so there is a lot of space. That is a blessing," said Carter-Scott. Florida Courier

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Vince Carter on why he picked Dallas in free agency: “It was a great opportunity, great basketball team, and once the lockout was lifted you’re kind of scrambling trying to find teams, to talk to teams who are interested in you and there’s always been an interest in possibly playing here. Once you get that call and weigh your options with some of the other teams you look at the pieces to the puzzle and what they accomplished last year and said ‘hey they can possibly do it again this year.’ I just wanted to be a part of that. A lot of guys here, like J-Kidd (Jason Kidd) and Brendan (Haywood), I’ve played with before at some point in my career and makes my transition easier.” Sports Radio Interviews

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Vince Carter On using cryotherapy and a hyperbaric chamber: “Let me tell you that thing is great. Both of them. I got the opportunity to use them and I heard about them and even read up on them and now getting the opportunity to kind of utilize the facility and what we have here, it’s been great for my body. It keeps you fresh and it’s done wonders for me.” Do you feel differently compared to who you’ve felt the last couple of years: “I feel pretty good. Just taking care of my body, that’s the most important thing particularly with a season like this. It’s imperative that you get your rest and utilize all those things available to you. This is just another thing, I think the hyperbaric chamber has been great for me and of course cryotherapy. It’s cold. It’s cold, let me tell you, but it really works, I feel great, and it’s something that is there for us so you might as well take advantage of it and I’ve done so.” Sports Radio Interviews

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On Charles Barkley saying Dirk is done: Vince Carter: I don't listen to Charles Barkley. I don't think it's funny. I have respect for all players out there. The groundwork that Dirk has laid has been unbelievable. I'm just glad to see him healthy, feeling good about himself and playing ball. You (Barkley) called him the greatest player in the world (during the playoffs) and at the beginning of the season you said the same thing, or something towards that .. and all of a sudden... It's just his opinion. You can't get caught up in his opinion. Night in and night out, Dirk's putting up big numbers, hitting big shots for our team to win. Dallas Morning News

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Blake Griffin's dunk over Kendrick Perkins has everyone scrambling to try to figure out where it ranks all time, and naturally your dunk over Frederic Weis at the Olympics is a big part of that discussion. What goes through your mind when you see footage of that dunk now? Vince Carter: I hope I can explain this the right way. It was a moment that I'm very proud of. But people always ask me: "What's your favorite dunk?" And it's hard for me to say. I do them for other people to enjoy them. But I will say that dunk [over Weis] was an out-of-body experience. That's not something I set out to do. If you would have asked me, even when I was jumping my highest, I would never, ever in my life have said that I would have jumped over somebody. People are still talking about a dunk that was 10, 11, 12 years ago. So that's a great feeling. It's something that can never be duplicated. I tried it [later] and couldn't really accomplish it again. ESPN.com

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After scoring a season-high 21 points in Sunday’s win over the Spurs, Carter is averaging 14.2 points on 57.1 percent shooting in his last five games. That’s a span that includes a five-game layoff due to a sprained right foot, but that didn’t interrupt the rhythm Carter established before going down. “I’m starting to feel comfortable,” said Carter, who was 8-of-15 from the floor against the Spurs. “I take pride in trying to learn the offense and learn a couple positions. It’s getting easier and easier and I’m getting more comfortable. And it helps that I can finally make a shot.” ESPN.com

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Vince Carter engaged in some light shooting again at the end of practice Tuesday. He doesn't know when he'll be back from a sprained left foot, but he knows it could have been much worse. "I tried to walk it off ... but it felt a little different, so that's the first thing I was worried about was breaking that first metatarsal bone," Carter said. "I'm just glad it was just a mid-foot sprain. It's still aggravating just because every time you flex forward you still feel it under your foot." ESPN.com

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Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Vince Carter is sidelined indefinitely with a mild sprain of the left foot, the team announced on Friday. The oft-injured guard hurt his left foot during a 3-point attempt in Monday’s 73-70 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. X-rays were done immediately after the game and revealed that Carter did not not suffer structural damage. HoopsWorld

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Earl K. Sneed: According to Rick Carlisle, the Vince Carter mild sprained left foot injury is not serious, but it will take some time for his return. Twitter

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Rick Carlisle said they'll monitor Vince Carter progress before making a decision on possibly recalling second-year guard Dominique Jones from the club's D-League affiliate. The Dallas Mavricks assigned Jones to the Texas Legends on Sunday, prior to departing on this four-game road trip. Carter sprained his left foot on the final play of Monday's loss at the Los Angeles Lakers as he got off a game-tying 3-point attempt. Carlisle ruled Carter out for Wednesday's game at the Los Angeles Clippers, and it would seem unlikely that Carter, who couldn't put weight on the foot after the game, would be available for Thursday night's game at the Utah Jazz. ESPN.com

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Vince Carter injured his left foot while maneuvering to get off a last-second 3-pointer Monday night in the Dallas Mavericks' 73-70 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. X-rays taken at the Staples Center were negative, but Carter emerged from the training room on crutches. He said he heard a "pop" in the top of his foot inside, pointing along the inside of his big toe. Dallas trailed 73-70 with 3.1 seconds to go when Carter got the ball at the top of the arc guarded. Carter said he tried to step right to create space for the shot when he felt the pop. He still got the shot off, but it missed. "I stepped wrong and it popped," Carter said after scoring six points in 18 minutes. "It's not broken, but it's swollen." ESPN.com

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Those two Detroit fans who appeared as though they were sitting on the Dallas Mavericks’ bench during Tuesday’s game against the Pistons were actually sitting in some expensive courtside seats. However, when TV cameras caught the pair sitting between Delonte West and Carter, it went viral -- for all the wrong and laughable reasons. Carter, though, tells another tale about what happened when he came out of the game and couldn’t find a seat on the Mavs’ bench. “Everybody kept saying (the two fans) were sitting on our bench, but they weren’t sitting on our bench,’’ Carter said. “They were sitting courtside. “So when I came out of the game there was nowhere to sit -- but those seats right there on the end.’’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the two fans “were in their ticketed seats. Vince sat in a ticketed seat instead of the bench and it gave the appearance that they were actually on the bench, but they weren’t on the bench. They were in ticketed seats. “For a lack of a better term, (Jack) Nicholson’s seat (at Los Angles Laker games) sit there at the end. They’re at the back end of the bench instead of the front end of the bench.’’ Carter knew something was out of the ordinary when he couldn’t find a place to sit next to West. But his hands were tied -- until the Mavs got the call from the NBA. “I wasn’t going to ask them to move, because they paid their money to sit there,’’ Carter said. “I didn’t feel obligated to do that. “I see where people blew it all of out of proportion. They were sitting there, they were cool and they were watching the game and minding their business.’’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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During the third quarter at the Palace of Auburn Hills, cameras caught Chris Raaban and Aaron Cohen sitting in between Vince Carter and Delonte West. The fans, however, did not sneak down from the cheap seats. They're season ticket holders who run Revive, a boutique shop in Birmingham specializing in hip and hard-to-find high fashion. Cohen says the store outfits a number of NBA players, including members of the Pistons. "Greg Monroe came by today and was laughing about what happened," said Cohen. "We help them during the day and support them at night," said Cohen. MyFOXDetroit.com

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Here's a new incentive to go to the Palace for the Pistons game: Maybe you could sit on the visiting team's bench. No, we're not talking about those uber-expensive seats one the floor next to the coaching staff. We're talking actually on the bench. Don't believe us? Well, then you must have missed what happened during Tuesday night's game between the Pistons and Mavericks. Detroit Free Press

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During the third quarter, Fox Sports Detroit cameras caught two guys in jackets, caps and sporting beards and beers, plopped down on the Mavs' bench. They were shown sitting between new Mavericks guards Delonte West and Vince Carter. George Blaha and Greg Kesler seemed more than surprised to see two men in street clothes hanging out on an NBA bench during a game. Consider everything that happened at with the brawl some 7 1/2 years ago, you'd think two civilans would never make it that far. Detroit Free Press

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Earl K. Sneed: Per the Mavs' PR staff, swingman Vince Carter went through the team's 2nd practice after being held out with knee tendinitis this morning. Twitter

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