Vince Carter is a professional American basketball player, often known for his role in the Vince Carter Slam Dunk Contest of 2000. This was one of the most well known and exciting contests in the world of NBA basketball.

The Slam Dunk Contest is one of the most popular NBA contests and the crowd was utterly blown away by Vince Carter’s impressive first performance back in 2000 when he made the first 360 ever, even windmilling the ball in the process. Leaving the crowd absolutely amazed by his performance, especially as it was his first attempt at a Slam Dunk Contest, the game has gone down in history since as one of the finest moments in professional basketball.

The historic year 2000 Vince Carter Slam Dunk Contest was also Vince’s first attempt at this particular contest, and was even better known for the fact that Vince Carter made the first reverse full 360 ever. Not only that, but he also windmilled the ball.

The show certainly impressed the crowd something amazing and as a result he has become one of the most widely respected players in the world of basketball. Since then, many famous videos and pictures of this epic moment in the history of basketball have started to appear and a quick search of YouTube will show you this.

However, the Vince Carter Slam Dunk Contest is certainly not the only impressive achievement that he has made over his extensive and impressive career in professional basketball. He has also won the All-Star no less than eight times, two times the All-NBA and in 2009 he earned the Olympic gold medal.

Today, Vince Carter plays for Orlando Magic and continues to develop his career, raking in a salary of more than sixteen million. His career only began in 1998 but continues to skyrocket in terms of significance and impressiveness. Until recently being traded with the Orlando Magic team, he played for the New Jersey Nets.

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