From Musty Digital Files, The Nets Reconstruct Their History

…I think all of this Panathinaikos talk is revisionist history anyway. Greece was an ally of Serbia at the time. Croatia’s single biggest national hero playing for a Serbian ally would have been pretty awkward in 1993.)

petro’s role on the powerful yugoslav teams in the 80’s while VC’s best olympic times were being a “leader” on some of USA’s most dysfunctional and embarrassing olympic teams and his best moment was a dunk on some tall softie.

if VC was in drazen shoes MJ would say: “i thought it was going to be tough but my talents must have overwhelmed him”

instead it goes something like: “that was one of the toughest individuals i have ever had to play against”

for a modern day example if kevin martin is not getting his jersey retired for a team that gets mocked for “retiring everyone that suits up for them” then why should the nets retire VC because he scored some points?

all VC will be known for is the Honey-dip. i’d rather retire sugar rays jersey before Vince giving the circumstances and impact he had on the team

I know (as in KNOW) it was a done deal. He would have signed with Panathinaikos Athens and the Nets would have never retired his jersey.

Petro was also more of a pure shooter. But what does ANY OF THAT have to do with who the better player is? Terrence Williams is far more versatile than Kerry Kittles could ever dream of being (even before the injuries) but who would you rather have start for you?

As I said, Petrovic was the superior shooter. No doubt. But Carter was a great shooter, too and his range is ridiculous, I haven’t seen that many players with such a crazy range. He shot halfcourt shots like they were jumposhots.

And that is the only aspect of the game Petrovic was better than Carter at. It is not that he’s just more versatile, he was the flat out superior player in every other single aspect of the game. Please. It is not even close, it truly isn’t. Petrovic could not post up the way VC did (and even still does), nor attack the rim, nor play above the rim, nor pass the way VC could, nor rebound like VC did. Petrovic was an excellent shooter and very good scorer, but he was quite one-dimensional.

I can say for a fact that J-Kidd’s career didn’t miss a beat with or without the "fake tough" aspect Carter brought along.

If it weren’t because of Carter’s arrival, Kidd would have not made the playoffs with the Nets between 2005-07. The Nets were NOT a playoff team when Carter arrived, despite the presence of Kidd and Jefferson on the team.

Vince gets a lot of criticism among some Nets fans for not leading the team back to the Finals, and I think it’s ridiculous, because you cannot compare the situations in 2002 & 2003 and when VC was on the team. The East was a joke back in 2002 and 2003. The Nets would have been the 5th and 7th seed in the West those years. There is just no way they would have made it past even the first round if they played in the West. There is no way they would have made it past the 2nd rd if the east was as strong as it was during the VC years here. With VC here we didn’t have a good big man rotation, bench or coach, all things we had in 2002 and 2003. The 2002 and 2003 Nets teams didn’t have to face a team leading by Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and Pat Riley. In 2005-06, despite having a joke of a bench, the Nets, LED by Carter won 49 games, the 2nd best record in franchise history… that is as many wins as when they made it to the finals in 2003. The difference was the competition they faced in the postseason.

In 2003-04, the year before Carter got here, when the Nets still had Martin, Kittles, Harris and Rogers (basically the same team that made the final the year before) they could not make it past the 2nd rd already, because the competition got tougher with Detroit getting Larry Brown and Rasheed Wallace. So, contrary to what some Nets fans believe, Carter never ruined an NBA Finalist caliber team. They were not even a playoff team, despite the great Kidd and Jefferson being on the team. Like ROD THORN said, Carter brought our credibility right back and saved us when it seemed we were heading back to misery.

This from a guy who played with T-Mac, Bosh, Kidd and Howard.

Come on, buddy. Let’s be honest here. He played with TMac what a couple of years when he was a 3rd and 4th year player, he was not the star he then turned into while in Orlando, give me a break. He played with a rookie Bosh, an ELEVEN points per game player. Sheesh. He played in the psotseason with Howard ONE year and when he was already 34 years old.

But to have his jersey hang alongside Doc, Buck, and in the future, Kidd? No way!

If Buck Williams’ jersey is retired, then Carter’s absolutely should, too.

He scored a lot, he wowed a lot, he awed a lot, but he didn’t win a lot.

And what exactly did we win with Petrovic? WHAT? We didn’t even get past the 1st round! We didn’t get any farther into the postseason with Buck than we did with Carter. Please be honest.

Btw, Carter also played with a wife beater, one that quit on the team with things got ugly, unlike Carter did here. Funny how you remember Carter quitting on the Raps but don’t want to remember how VC stood up for this team even if he had to waste 2 of his last truly good years with a rebuilding team that was going nowhere and that challenged for the worst record in the history of the game right after he left.

Is saying Carter was a superior player to Drazen a wild, dramatic statement? Hilarious. If you disagree with it just make your point, don’t post things like oh boy or try to question other posters with garbage like this you just wrote.