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Vince Carter delivers message to fans who believe they can defeat bench players

Vince Carter
Feb 15, 2025; San Francisco, CA, USA; Former NBA player Vince Carter announces before the slam dunk competition during All Star Saturday Night ahead of the 2025 NBA All Star Game at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

When fans watch NBA games, they love to trash on players, especially when they are struggling. Fans also love to trash bench players who rarely see playing time.

 

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Some everyday fans truly believe they could beat a bench player on an NBA team. This is obviously absurd. NBA legend Vince Carter recently weighed in on this narrative, delivering a harsh reality to those delusional fans.

“The everyday fan, I want y’all to understand,” Carter said. “Just because you look at the end of that bench, you see that guy that doesn’t play [and think], ‘I will kill him.’ Nah, he will kill you. That is a fact… You go into your front yard, you go into your gym, you’re like, ‘Oh man, nah, I’m doing this.'”

 

 

Carter is right, no ordinary fan can come close to an NBA player. Like when Brian Scalabrine famously told fans: “I’m way closer to LeBron than you are to me.”

Scalabrine and Carter are both correct. NBA players, no matter how much they play, are better than you realize.

About the Author Published Aug 13, 2025

TITAN FREY

Titan Frey is a dedicated father to three wonderful children, whom he takes immense pride in. His passions include reading, writing, basketball, both playing and watching, and playing chess. Titan spent five years working as a journalist for the basketball website fadeawayworld.net, where he served as editor-in-chief for four and a half years. One of his most notable achievements was interviewing Chuck Cooper III, the son of Chuck Cooper, the first African American ever drafted by an NBA team, and writing a biography that has been praised as the most definitive article about Cooper’s legacy. Titan is the author of more than ten novels and the screenwriter of three produced short films. His newest young adult novel, Echoes of the Hardwood: Braxton Foxworthy’s Time‑Travelling Book Report, blends basketball history with heartfelt storytelling and is now available. Order here: https://a.co/d/bo7BYz1

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