Monday, August 1st, 2011 at 11:01 am | 76 responses
Video: The Mixtape King
The best Vince Carter highlight mix you’ve never seen.
If you read the the 150 best SLAM memories in our 150th issue, you may have been confused by number 91, which references an unreal Vince Carter highlight tape that became the inspiration for the SLAM 104 cover story. The video, which lived for years only on VHS, was recently uploaded to YouTube for the first time, and we’ve got it for you in its entirety above. We’ll run the SLAM 104 Vince feature soon, but until then, enjoy this amazing mix of highlights, with some footage of what may be Mike Tyson’s craziest press conference ever and Bruce Smith passing out on live TV sprinkled in just because.
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Period.
Period.
That and Mister Face Tatoo of course.
Vince, best two foot plant dunker eveerrrrrr. Yes, even above Nique in my book. More air and flair.
Boing! Indeed.
So please, educate me.
Who has or had more natural talent, and more natural gifts at the 2 than Vince?
but i’ll give the nod to carter when it comes to athleticism
now I have to play and pause it to align vince’s and lang’s (or whoever the writer was) thoughts and comments to the slams themselves – unless, you know, some intern at slam could do that and overlay the video over the summer… but even if you don’t – thanks!
Please, Holyfield would have wiped the floor with Tyson, oh wait, he did. Lewis would have wiped the floor with Tyson, oh wait, he did. Buster Freaking Douglas would have wiped the floor with Tyson, that’s right you guessed it, he did. Please name one great fighter Tyson beat?
Great dunks but never any respect for the player.
I posted 2 comments regarding Tyson. They won’t come up. I’ll bet this one comes up, though.
There is none. The only exciting thing about Tyson is how fast he knocked out people. That is his greatness. He’s not the next anything behind Ali.
I’ll try it again.
Tyson beat good fighters back when he was hungry.
Donnovan Ruddock was a great fighter.
Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks.
Tyson’s combinations that he put together rank among the best of all time. No one can match Tyson’s rare combination of speed and power. He was devastating. He would send guys out of fights crying.
His conviction sealed the deal on his prime years…
But as is such, he is still the greatest heavyweight of all time.
In fact, when Ali was asked who would win a fight out of the two, The
Greatest said that Tyson would beat him.
He said it on live TV.
Also, do you really believe that Ali was being honest when he said tyson would beat him? I mean come on now. If Ali was able to withstand 7 rounds of devastating blows from the greatest puncher of all-time in Foreman and then had enough left in the tank to knock him out in the 8th, I think he would’ve made quick work of Tyson. Tyson has the power but he doesn’t have the skill, the stamina, the height, reach or guts to last more than 3 rounds with Ali.
It’s hard to say VC underachieved. I don’t think he had the bball IQ really, or a feel to the game. Never seemed to know how to combine his shooting with his athletism and such… if he was hot, he didn’t drive. If his shot wasn’t falling, he’d slash repetatively and never shoot to mix things up. He was an incredibly athlete, and he was pretty skilled, just didn’t have a feel for the game (his laziness and wimpiness didn’t help tho).
You wouldn’t take Ali’s word?
Frazier used to get in Ali’s derriere. You know that. Frazier would have the most potential to get the better of Gerard. Maybe even Sonny. Sonny was angry and depressed enough to possibly pull it off.
Mike would destroy Marciano…
Sorry, brethren. Rocky was one of the most predictable, methodical, and slowest heavyweights in the history of boxing.
You know that too, JT21.
George is too slow for Tyson. Even in Foreman’s prime.
People also underestimate “The Baddest Man On The Planet’s” chin. Mike used to take some blows as he got older.
Also, many (almost all, INCLUDING Lennox…) were quite scared of a prime Mike Tyson. Nobody wanted any of a part of that man. They couldn’t pay anyone enough money to get in the ring with him.
And, you also are quite aware of that.
On the contrary, EVERYONE wanted Ali’s ass.
Hell, one can argue that Jeffrey still wants to play.
As for Vince…
He never really, totally gave a damn.
When he admittedly took games off in Toronto, Marbury came out and gushed about how Carter can take games off, and get by purely on talent for like, 50 games, and what not.
Te most naturally gifted 2 of all times.
That being said, I still think T-Mac was a more talented basketball player. I mean, he REALLY had GOAT potential. Mac had the height advantage, was every bit as explosive as Vince, could handle the rock, and had unrivaled court vision for a guy his size. It’s such a shame he got injured; had he stayed healthy and hungry, and had more success in the playoffs, we’d be looking at a top 20 all-time player.
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