{"id":897691,"date":"2019-03-20T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=897691"},"modified":"2019-03-21T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T23:16:44","slug":"vince-carter-should-be-in-the-2021-dunk-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/vince-carter-should-be-in-the-2021-dunk-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Carter Should Be in the 2021 Dunk Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, PJ Tucker brought out the OG Nike Shox BB4<\/a> in Red\/Silver, originally made for Vince Carter to wear during the 2001 NBA All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n

Carried into the arena by the swaggy small forward for the Houston Rockets, the 18-year-old shoes made it to shootaround, but were not worn on court as they came apart before tip-off.<\/p>\n

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Funny enough, this was not the first time this Red\/Silver pair of Shox didn’t make it to the hardwood.<\/p>\n

Crafted for Vince Carter for NBA All-Star Weekend 2001, VC was voted an All-Star starter in 2001 and even played exceptionally in the game, scoring 16 points and dropping four dimes. However, the Red\/Silver Shox never hit the hardwood.<\/p>\n

In fact, Vince elected to wear a PE pair of the BB4 that was essentially the White\/Red retail colorway, only with his number and initials stamped on the side.<\/p>\n

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Vince Carter in his 2001 All-Star Nike Shox BB4 PE (Photo by Andy Hayt\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wearing a retail twin over a moment made PE in the game had to be good-news-bad-news for Nike. At that time, the BB4 was the hottest hoops shoe on the market and VC was the man in the NBA.<\/p>\n

After saving the Slam Dunk Contest in the year 2000 when Mike’s retirement in ’98 and the lockout in ’99 almost made a Y2K crash for the league as a whole, Vince Carter was on top of the world.<\/p>\n