"Raptors fans with long memories didn't get the chance to boo Magic SG Vince Carter, who was scratched with an injury on Sunday.C'est la Vince. A good hate-on is a good hate-on, but honestly, as you get older, you realize the absurdity of hating people who only appear to you as two-dimensional figures on a TV screen. Honestly, didn't all those Green Bay fans (well, most of them) look like a bunch of whiny ingrates booing Brett Favre on Sunday?
"But that opportunity might come Nov. 22 at Air Canada Centre when the player who demanded out of Toronto after six-plus seasons will be ... honored by the franchise as part of their 15th anniversary celebration.
"The Raptors say they will first ask Carter if he wants to go through with a ceremony, realizing the back-story.
" 'Everybody wants to know how we can do it, but Vince is part of the history here," Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo told the Sentinel. 'Most of the people that he had problems with here are gone.' " — Orlando Sentinel
(emphasis mine)
Crystal is the traditional 15th anniversary gift, which is appropriate since Carter has been accused of playing like he's made of glass. Just kidding, but not really. Besides, his injury is a blessing since it meant being able to pick up hot-shooting Ryan Anderson in fantasy this week.
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Packer fans also act like Brett left in a free agent scenario or something. Ummm, the GM got rid of him in a trade. It was after the first "retirement" comeback but he wanted to come back to Green Bay. They must have erased that from their memory.
"Honestly, didn't all those Green Bay fans (well, most of them) look like a bunch of whiny ingrates booing Brett Favre on Sunday?"
Come on now, that's the Vikings fan in you talking Neate. I hate the Packers and their fans just as much, but I bet your reaction would've been a lot more sympathetic if we were talking about fans of a team you DIDN'T hate and a player that wasn't ON YOUR OWN TEAM'S ROSTER.
BTW, I didn't see the game. I don't watch Vikings-Packers games unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic...
Oh, probably. Like Rob points out, Favre wanted to return in 2008 and was told they didn't have a spot for him.
It's worse than Senators fans who boo Zdeno Chara when they should be booing the front office who decided to sign Wade Redden instead, and screwed the franchise.
Hahaha, Wade Redden...that made me smile.
Almost makes up for the McCabe signing in TO.
But Redick has been so good in Carter's absence. It might be time to get Max trade value for old JJ Redick when everyon gets healthy.
Knowing fans of Toronto, I expect Vince Carter to be mercilessly booed. I'm past the point of being angry about it because it's so expected.
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