I Still Hold It Against Vince Carter That He Never Squared Up Against Jason Richardson

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Dude, Vince Carter is the reason why the Dunk Contest is wack now till forever...

Vince raised the bar way too high and shut it down...Unless players start twirling in the air like ballerinas, the contest will forever be underwhelming...
how is this true when jrich & desmond mason followed up the next couple years with good contests?
 
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Jrich was the truth but I'm salty that Kobe and Vince never went at it in a dunk contest. Kobe teased it at the 2002 All Star weekend that he and Vince had talked about it and Vince was talking about having the rim raised to 12 1/2 feet so that only REAL leapers would apply, but the shyt never happened. That would've been the return of Jordan Vs. Nique levels of excitement and hype
 

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J Rich was underrated but I remember being hyped thinking J Rich would elevate his game in the regular season to another level and never did or do nasty dunks in game in situations that wasn't just fast breaks. I think J Rich game in season hurt his dunk contest status like Gerald Green for many years.
 

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That's how Vinsanity came thru the Dunk Contest:

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...14 years later, All Star Weekend still hasn't recovered:lawd:
 
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Jrich was the truth but I'm salty that Kobe and Vince never went at it in a dunk contest. Kobe teased it at the 2002 All Star weekend that he and Vince had talked about it and Vince was talking about having the rim raised to 12 1/2 feet so that only REAL leapers would apply, but the shyt never happened. That would've been the return of Jordan Vs. Nique levels of excitement and hype
Kobe would've got blown out the building Lmao.

But vince went against Francis and tmac and they were dope
 

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That's what Vinsanity did to the Dunk Contest., 14 years later it still hasn't recovered:lawd:
I agree with the posters who said J Rich had better dunks than VC. It's not J Rich fault nikkas like VC a lot more and ppl had a lot more expectations of VC due to his in game dunks then of course he crush the buildings but all the dunks VC did, we seen them before. I just like VC's style more than J. Rich. Power and finesse to the max.
 

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Jrich was the truth but I'm salty that Kobe and Vince never went at it in a dunk contest. Kobe teased it at the 2002 All Star weekend that he and Vince had talked about it and Vince was talking about having the rim raised to 12 1/2 feet so that only REAL leapers would apply, but the shyt never happened. That would've been the return of Jordan Vs. Nique levels of excitement and hype

kobe, vince, j rich all in one dunk contest:wow:
 

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how is this true when jrich & desmond mason followed up the next couple years with good contests?

They had good contests, but they don't have the longevity or historical effect that Carter has.
I know they were dynamic in their own right, but I doubt most people remember what they even did.
I'm sure more folk remember Carter's performance over than any of those.
Not to mention he had so many crazy in game moments after that contest (like the dunk over a 7 footer in the Olympics) that constantly reminded you he was the most prolific dunker of his time.

Nonetheless...Carter vs JRich would've been pretty epic
 
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I agree with the posters who said J Rich had better dunks than VC. It's not J Rich fault nikkas like VC a lot more and ppl had a lot more expectations of VC due to his in game dunks then of course he crush the buildings but all the dunks VC did, we seen them before. I just like VC's style more than J. Rich. Power and finesse to the max.


We NEVER saw a nikka put his whole ARM in the rim:gladbron: I remember watching that dunk contest live and when he did that shyt even everybody in the crowd was like :what::whoo::whew:. VC's swag was legendary that night:wow:
 

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Jrich was the truth but I'm salty that Kobe and Vince never went at it in a dunk contest. Kobe teased it at the 2002 All Star weekend that he and Vince had talked about it and Vince was talking about having the rim raised to 12 1/2 feet so that only REAL leapers would apply, but the shyt never happened. That would've been the return of Jordan Vs. Nique levels of excitement and hype
Kobe was an average dunker

He was about the level of a runner-up or maybe winner in one of the weak years (any year after J Rich)
 

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Y'all are sheep.Vince carters dunks were wakk.Mason and Richardson had better dunks with more degree of difficulty but they didn't have the crowd and announcers excessively dikkriding everything they did like carter did so they will never get the credit they deserve
u can't tell me the first time you saw vince do that reverse 360 windmill as his first dunk you didn't jump out your chair like :ooh::ooh::mindblown:

dont forget francis and tmac also had great dunks before him, so that shyt was on another level. J rich def had some good dunks, but his competition was much weaker than what VC faced
 

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how is this true when jrich & desmond mason followed up the next couple years with good contests?
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