Aug 6, 2008
Story Timeline: 118 days
Vince Carter embraces his new challenge with the Nets By Al Iannazzone / Special to YESNetwork.com Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson are playing elsewhere, which makes the Nets Vince Carter's team. (AP) EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Vince Carter was back in New Jersey Wednesday, but he has to feel like he's in Toronto all over again. Carter, 31, is the leader of a team that everyone outside of the Nets' practice facility thinks won't be very good, a team with seven players under 25. And Carter is the player the spotlight will shine on from the beginning. If the Nets fail it's because Carter isn't a superstar-caliber player that can carry a franchise on his back. If the Nets succeed, then Carter will silence some of his critics — and there are an abundance of those — that have poured on him since the latter stages of his Toronto...
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