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Carter responds to Camby's comments
Posted: Thursday April 20, 2000 08:53 PM
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter tried not to respond Thursday to being called "a liar" by New York Knicks forward Marcus Camby. "I think I'll maintain my new Canadian manners and turn the other cheek," Carter said after he found himself the object of a harsh barrage of comments from Camby, the player the Raptors traded to New York for Charles Oakley nearly two years ago. Carter and Camby will get to see each other face to face when the Raptors-Knicks first-round playoff series begins Sunday at New York. "He is a liar," Camby told the New York Daily News. "I remember just before I got traded, me and John Wallace were working out with the team in Boca Raton and we had a meeting and he said, 'Yeah, you two guys are going to be the foundation; we are going to keep you guys here.' Whatever, whatever. From that point on, I don't really trust him. "I think the guys who played for him don't really trust him, and the guys that play for him now, there was a lot of bickering going on," Camby said. "No one likes him, and no one wants to play for him. That is the kind of guy that he is." Carter was aware of the comments by the time the Raptors practiced Thursday afternoon. The Raptors, who played at Miami on Monday and at Orlando on Wednesday, decided to stay in Florida rather than return to Toronto to prepare. "I've got no comment, even though I am a person who believes in timing -- and the timing is unbelievable. And it's totally inaccurate," Carter said. Carter said the issue wasn't brought up during practice. He also claimed he wasn't offended. "We're not a bulletin-board team," he said. If anything, Carter has grown accustomed to criticism over the past month. He authored a book in which he accused his former coach, Indiana's Bobby Knight, of being a coward and a racist. He also endured some pointed criticism from his veteran players for calling so many plays for youngsters Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. Carter also exchanged nasty barbs with Milwaukee coach George Karl in the final days of the regular season. "I had a great month," Carter said. "I took a team that won 16 games two years ago to the playoffs for the first time, I wrote a book and I told the truth. There's a price I have to pay for it, and this is part of it."
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