40 year old Vince Carter

[GatorJ]

Ageless wonder.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Wow - he's a man, he's 40 and looking good.

This is still my favorite Vince Carter though

 

[T REX]

Is he a HOF'er? I just don't see a HOF'er when I see him. Yeah, he can dunk and always could do that.

WHat's his career average? He did play till 40. I don't know maybe somebody can convince me.

 

[t-gator]

I'll still be able to do that at 40 too.

 

[gatordad3]

Still wish he was a Gator instead of a Tar Heel.

 

[URGatorBait]

Guy spent much of his career sitting on the bench faking injuries (or dragging his feet to return from them), so it's no surprise he's playing into his 40's.

He's a pretty good player though when he wants to be on the court.

 

[stephenPE]

Wow - he's a man, he's 40 and looking good.

This is still my favorite Vince Carter though

I CAN"T HEAR YOU....................MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT!!!!!

I heard that Vince and Gomer had a thing going on.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

He still has the best in game dunk of all time.

 

[BMF]

Ummmm....40 isn't "old". It's "old" for a professional athlete, but you don't just completely fall apart the day you turn 40!!

 

[GatorJ]

Ummmm....40 isn't "old". It's "old" for a professional athlete, but you don't just completely fall apart the day you turn 40!!

It's pretty remarkable to be moving the way that he is at the age of 40. I probably haven't been able to dunk a basketball since I was 30 years old. I'm pretty sure that if I did CrossFit box jumps I could eventually get to that point again. But not nearly with that grace.

 

[MertzJay26]

I'll still be abke to do that at 40 too.

I can just see it now.....

 

[oxrageous]

He's the best in-game (and perhaps out-game) dunker I have ever seen. I remember when he did a windmill on an alley-oop pass, something I didn't even think was humanely possible. I was blown away.

 

[TheDouglas78]

I'll still be abke to do that at 40 too.

This is the only way you have ever been able to dunk:

 

[Gator by the Sea]

40 may not be "old," but everything does start to go downhill after that. Knees, back, vision, hair...I can barely even play basketball at all anymore, let alone dunk it.

 

[oxrageous]

If you had asked me if I thought Vince Carter could still do a between-the-legs dunk like that, I would have said no. Huge difference between 40 and 21.

 

[Chomper]

VC was a player that Gator Nation really wanted and for a while it looked like he would be ours. Was a real disappointment when he went to UNC.

 

[GatorJ]

Dude has a pretty jumper to boot.

 

[oxrageous]

Living in Gainesville at the time, I remember him coming here for a visit. We were trying to capitalize off of our Final Four appearance in 1994. Unfortunately, there's no way players like Carter were going to choose Florida over UNC no matter how great of a season we were coming off of.

That 94 dream season didn't translate to the kind of recruiting boost we were hoping for.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Living in Gainesville at the time, I remember him coming here for a visit. We were trying to capitalize off of our Final Four appearance in 1994. Unfortunately, there's no way players like Carter were going to choose Florida over UNC no matter how great of a season we were coming off of.

That 94 dream season didn't translate to the kind of recruiting boost we were hoping for.

Due to style of play we were not getting a player like Carter, especially over UNC.

 

[bradgator2]

Ummmm....40 isn't "old". It's "old" for a professional athlete, but you don't just completely fall apart the day you turn 40!!

Hell yeah, if we are talking about all us non-professional athletes... I'm in the best shape of my life right now. I obviously know you know all this. I think mid-30s is a make or break point for most men. Family is is young, bills are big, working long hours. You wake up one day and wonder what the hell happened to your body. 95% of men throw in the towel at that point... like all the fat ass cry babies in this thread. But for runners and triathletes... all the guys who are absolutely destroying it are in the late 40s. I just blew the doors off a race this weekend and set 4 new personal bests. So to all you coach potatoes... quit your whining and do something about it.