<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As he had done throughout the 2004-05 season, Vince Carter was doing everything in his power to help his team win. He encouraged. He coached. He cajoled. He even got on the referees after questionable calls. The difference on this night was that Carter?s ebullience was not directed at his Nets teammates on the court but rather at the television in his hotel room. Carter and the Nets were in Cleveland to play the Cavaliers the night of the 2005 NCAA National Championship Game. College basketball?s top prize pitted top-ranked Illinois against Carter?s alma mater North Carolina. The seesaw contest finally tipped in favor of the Tar Heels, giving UNC its first NCAA basketball title since 1993. While an undergraduate, Carter led North Carolina to the Final Four in both 1997 and 1998 but never had the pleasure of cutting down the nets following a championship win. He declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft following his junior season. ?I always said I wish I would have won one but I have no regrets because I have had a successful NBA career,? said Carter. ?Maybe if things didn?t work out and I was fighting to stay in the NBA, then maybe. But I?m happy with my decision.? Carter was selected fifth overall in the 1998 NBA Draft, one behind college teammate and best friend Antawn Jamison. The two were traded for one another later that night. Carter and Jamison had many late night discussions while at North Carolina about whether they should forego their senior seasons for the NBA. ?We talked all the time,? he said. ?We had seniors like Shammond Williams and Makhtar Ndiaye, and we still talk to those guys. ?Twan made his decision first and then I made mine shortly there after. It was great because we all ended up on NBA teams.?</div> Nets.com
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AirJordan:</div><div class="quote_post">Carter, R. Wallace, Stackhouse, Jeff, and Jamison.... :| .... .... :0 .... </div> they should meet up and sign on the same team when they are all like 12 year pros. in the league wow! that would be something insane!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AirJordan:</div><div class="quote_post">Carter, R. Wallace, Stackhouse, Jeff, and Jamison.... :| .... .... :0 .... </div> i wud love to see that team, mostly tar heals
