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Vince Carter

1st Round (5): GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Traded to TORONTO RAPTORS, for Antawn Jamison (4th pick) and cash considerations


University of North Carolina
Position: Two-Guard
Height. 6-7
Weight. 215
High School: Mainland, Daytona Beach. FL
Age: 21
Season
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
totals
G
31
34
38
103
FGM
91
166
224
481
FGA
185
316
379
880
PCT
.492
.525
.591
.547
FTM
31
75
100
206
FTA
45
100
147
292
PCT
.689
.750
.680
.705
REB
119
152
195
466
AVG
3.8
4.5
5.1
4.5
AST
40
83
74
197
BLK
18
26
36
80
STL
20
49
45
114
PTS
232
443
592
1267
AVG
7.5
13.0
15.6
12.3
 
1997-98 Season (junior)
  • Named first team All-ACC
  • Led the conference in FG%, 11th in scoring
  • Second team Associated Press All-American
  • Upped his averages to 18.5 ppg and 5.8 rebs in the NCAA tournament
  • Named to the All-East Regional Team
  • In national semi-final loss to Utah, scored 21 points (10-16 FG's), grabbed 5 rebounds and blocked 3 shots
  • Season high 24 points vs UNC-Charlotte in NCAA tournament -- season low one point vs. North Carolina State on 3/6
1996-97 Season (sophomore)
  • Named third team All-ACC
  • Scored career high 26 points vs Wake Forest
  • NCAA All-East Regional Team
  • 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals in national semi-final loss to Arizona
1995-96 Season (freshman)
  • Double figures in 10 games
  • Season high 18 points vs. North Carolina State
Career
  • Ranks 31st in scoring, 3 points ahead of Bobby Jones
  • Ranks 20th in FG%
  • When he and Antawn Jamison are picked in the first round, it will be the 6th time that North Carolina has had two players selected in the first round of the same draft - 1977 (Walter Davis and Tom LaGarde), 1984 (Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins), 1987 (Kenny Smith and Joe Wolf), 1991 (Rick Fox and Pete Chilcutt) and 1995 (Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace)


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