If James Dolan could go back and change history, Vinsanity would have been starring on Broadway, not from the New Jersey turnpike.
In a Thursday appearance on the Roommates Show podcast, hosted by Knicks stars Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, Knicks executive chairman Dolan explained that he wanted him to come back and take Vince Carter to the Knicks.
Apparently, the Knicks were planning to complete the basketball hall of fame trade, but the New York medical team told the front office that Carter “is likely to “be 90% have ablated the Achilles tendon and will never hold up.”
“And when it burst, he never became the same player, so we didn't make a deal,” Dolan said.
The Knicks owner jokingly added: I kept waiting for his Achilles tendon to break, which never broke. ”
“Yeah, we certainly dodged a bullet there,” Dolan quipped.
May 10, 2006 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images
On December 17, 2004, Carter was traded for the then New Jersey Net by the Raptors, sending two first-round draft picks to Toronto, Alonzo Morning, Aaron Williams and Eric Williams.
In a video created by Net, which revisited Carter's trade, former vice president of public relations, Gary Sussman recalled Carter's shock about the return the Raptors received on their contract.
Lenny Wilkens, head coach at the time. He told reporters in 2004 The Internet “give up many players.”
Carter played more than four seasons online, appeared in 374 games and led the team three times into the postseason.
Carter holds the franchise's NBA record for single season points with 2,070 records in the 2006-07 season.
He sits third in net NBA history with 8,834.
Nets retired from Carter's No. 15 during a match against The Heat earlier this year.
