netsdaily.com - 9/22/2008
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You hear it and see it all the time: Vince Carter’s next injury is just around the corner. He will wince, dog it, and the Nets’ season will be over. It happens all the time, the pundits claim. It’s as certain as summer fading into fall, the winter snows.
Not true.
In spite ...
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The Weekend Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... NetsDaily: “You hear it and see it all the time: Vince Carter’s next injury is just around the corner. He will wince, dog it, and the Nets’ season will be over. It happens all the time, the pundits claim. It’s as certain as summer fading into fall, the winter snows. But it’s not true. In spite of all that punditry and conventional wisdom, Carter is not injury prone, at least not since he joined the Nets. Among the top 50 players who’ve been in the league at least four years, Carter ranks fifth in terms of fewest games lost.” ...
Guess Which New Jersey Net Is Already Injured?
SLAM Online —
... Marcel Mutoni
Nets writers, bloggers, and PR personnel spent much of their summer defending Vince Carter’s durability, and pointing out that over the last few years, VC has been unjustifiably labeled as being injury-prone.
Well, let’s see them try and spin this one: In the Nets’ first preseason game, which took place in Paris, Carter went down with a hamstring ...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #1
NetsDaily Blog —
... There’s his reputation as “Wince Carter”. Since joining the Nets—and sitting out two games because he had been placed on the disabled list just before the trade, he has missed 11 games, making him one of the most durable NBA players over the past five years. Only a handful of NBA stars have played in more games over the last five years. ...
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