(CRAFT)[VINCE CARTER BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN ME. ]

He came into the league a few years after me and set the world on fire. That sparked the conversation of who was better: Vince or AI. I played with Shaq, so at that point I wasn’t even in the conversation. I was an afterthought. Due to those loud whispers, I always had extra oomph when I played against him.

My mentality was that I was going to play him on both ends of the floor, and he was going to have help guarding me. By being able to score on offense and personally shut him down on defense, I wanted to let people know my place in that conversation wasn’t even up for debate.