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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  • larrylegend

    2:26…one of my favs!

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    nbk, Marciano’s one of the greatest due to his punching power and flawless record but I could name about 5-6 heavyweights that are better. The biggest problem for him is lack of size, reach and punching accuracy. To give props where it’s due, the guy beat two all-time greats in Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles aka the Cincinnati Cobra even though both guys were past their prime especially Louis, who was 37. Marciano’s a great boxer but I think he’s also one of the most overrated.

  • http://www.optimabbc.be Max

    Mike Tyson was crazzyyy

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ixy8Uttq0 nbk

    Word JT, that’s my general opinion of him but i know next to nothing about boxing. I saw listened to two old cats at the gym compare him and Joe Louis, one was arguing that Louis was better, just didn’t fight Marciano in his prime, the other was on the Marciano is the GOAT tip, talking about how Marciano despite not being big, or supremely athletic would find a way to beat anyone.

  • logues

    someone needs to put out a vince carter dvd with all his dunks

  • MikeC.

    @logues – forget just the VC dvd. VC, Nique, MJ, T-Mac, Stackhouse, GHill, Shaq, Blake Griffin, etc.

  • robb

    @Philosopher yeah Jordan was a hard worker but he also had a 48″ vert and could run the 40 yds, dash in 4.4 seconds ( the 4.3 time is an exaggeration) he was incredibly gifted. VC was a great (probably the best) dunker off two feet but that’s all.

  • http://www.michaelstarghill.com/ Michael Starghill

    LOL @ Calvin Murphy going nuts on the Rockets defense at 1:58.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    VC dunked ok, but he underachieved in his career. Who cares about dunking. He felt he was better than what he was and did not continue to develop his raw talent. So VC is just another guy playing ball now, that could dunk. Davin Hamm gets no credit, but I think he is one of the greatest dunkers ever, check the tapes. I take MJ, Shawn Kemp and Darvin Hamm and Nique over VC dunks anyday. BOOK IT!!!

  • Weezy

    Didn’t you guys feature a similar video but without Tyson back in the day? Or is this the same video?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    C’mon JTaylor, “Joe Louis was 75 years old when they fought!”. Haha, kidding co-sign most of the things you said about Tyson.

  • http://jksldf.com Jukai

    Yeah, I mean, Jordan was a better athlete than Carter. VC obviously had a better vert and lift and body control, but that’s kinda all he had on Jordan. Money was faster, stronger, had way more stamina… just an odd comment to say.
    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).

  • jimmer

    Good board. VC had long arms man. Made stuff look spectacular. Cosign JT21 on tyson and marciano. Now in the modern age, you’d love to see marciano go up against the cruisers. He would have severely ‘moyded em to death’ as old mick would’ve said. Never mind granite in his chin, dude had cement between his ears, could take a wrecking ball and not notice.

  • http://www.slamonline.com big_ticket

    damn..

  • http://philosopher.view@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    JT21:
    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.

  • http://philosopher.view@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    And again, Michael Jordan, since he got humiliated in high school by his coach, was obsessed AND possessed. He worked. And worked. And worked.
    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.

  • http://Slamonline.com Datkid

    Vc also got hurt ALOT… Which you guys failed to mention. That certainly didn’t help. Personally in their respective primes..I think they were equal as athletes they were just good at different things. Vc had better body control,was the tiniest bit more explosive, could jump just a little higher etc but mj was definitely stronger and faster, as well as possessing FAR more stamina… The only people I can think of who possess similar stamina are Kobe and Lebron. MJ had a ridiculous motor, Phil jackson has talked for about it for a while. They both had those gigantic hands though

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    Man thats why I call blake baby vince, he brought the same exicement to the game in his early years.

  • http://basketbawful.blogspot.com/2008/06/worst-of-celtics-lakers-part-7.html nbk

    Wilt Chamberlain and Allen Iverson had the best “motors” ever.

  • http://slamonline.com Mars

    Where are the torch carriers for this guy? If i was tall, this is whose game i would try to emulate. If Jersey had waited one more year, you might be saying Vince instead of Kobe. Believe dat. So many what “if’s”. Enough with the Jordan comparisons. VC was doing this since high school, college, check out highlights at UNC *(SLAM had us covered then too). And he claims the greatest dunk of all time, sorry Dr J, Nique, MJ.

  • NinjaAT

    Regardless of who’s best at what, it was an honor to be alive to witness VC in his prime. Didn’t turn out to be the player most of us wanted him to be, but damn it, could he dunk that damn ball! Dude was unreal. There’s no one in the NBA right now that is in the same stratosphere as Vince in terms of dunking, and that includes Mr. Griffin.

  • Luiyo

    This is the compilation I have seen from Vince…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmzkJF7Ons

  • brandon

    FOR THE ULTIMATE VINCE CARTER MIX COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmY7k-2pxmo THIS ISNT MY VIDEO BUT ITS THE BEST MIX OF VC ON THE INTERNET.

    pleaSE wATCh!

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Vince was my favorite player when he played for the Raptors, and was the reason I chose the Raptors over the Knicks during those early 2000 years, being that I’d lived in both Toronto and New York.
    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.

  • thegfunk

    Basketball or any other sport or something playing guitar should never be about being the best, living up to potentials or being hyped by the media and all that shi*. You only live once be who you want to be, be individual, practice what you want to be. You don’t have to be the fastest, the greatest, the most powerful. That is the great thing about sports! That there are guys that shoot free throws in the wackiest of ways! Vince is who he is! He shouldn’t have been the next jordan because Michael Jordan is jordan! blah!

  • ryanl1979

    I just watched Bruce Smith pass out with his hands in his pockets ten times in a row and it just kept getting funnier and funnier!

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