Vince Carter played his college ball at North Carolina, where he was a First Team All-ACC Selection in 1998.  He was drafted fifth overall in 1998 by the Golden State Warriors, who swapped him in a draft-day trade to the Toronto Raptors.

Carter brought Toronto to their first playoff and was one of the most popular figures in Canada, helping to raise the game's profile and inspiring a wave of young Canadians to play the game.  Carter brought star power to the young franchise as his electric dunks made regular appearances on highlight reels and put the Raptors on the map.  Named the 1999 Rookie of the Year, Carter put on one of the greatest dunking clinics at the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, which he easily won.

Sadly, Carter and the Raptors had an acrimonious split as Carter grew frustrated with Toronto management and demanded a trade, which he got when he was dealt to the New Jersey Nets in 2004.  

As Carter's skills eroded, he reinvented himself, becoming the consummate teammate and role player.  He even won the Teammate of the Year Award in 2016.

He might be best known for his dunks (ask the seven-foot French guy whose head scraped Carter's balls when he was jumped over for two points), but the statistics are there for Springfield.  An eight-time All-Star, he is 19thall-time in Points Scored with 25,728.  All players who have more Points than Carter and are Hall of Fame eligible have been enshrined.

We honestly think that Tyson Chandler is among one of the most underrated players in the history of basketball, and is that not a strange thing to say out a former second overall pick who played twenty years.  So why would we say that?

Chandler began his pro career with the Bulls, and the hype around him and Eddy Curry was bloated.  They could not bring Chicago back to the promised land, and the five years he spent with Michael Jordan's former team was arguably a bust.  

Traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2006 and to the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010, it was his lone year in Dallas (2010-11) where he put it all together.  Chandler was outstanding in this environment, and his defensive skills were finally perfected.  Dallas won the NBA Championship, shocking the LeBron James-led Miami Heat, and he entered free agency as a star.

Chandler signed with the Knicks after, and he was one of the best defensive players in the league.  The Californian won the 2011-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and while he was known mainly for that side of the ball, he led the NBA in Field Goal Percentage that year (.679), and from 2010-11 to 2014-15, he led the league four of five times in Offensive Rating.  Chandler also played for Phoenix, the Lakers, and Houston and was a Gold Medalist for the United States in both the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Chandler likely won't get into the Hall, but his numbers are much closer than you think.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 Jacksonville Jaguars.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Jaguars were abysmal, finishing last overall with a 3-14 record, and a team this bad is not expected to have anyone new in a top 50, and they didn’t, though there was one elevation.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Jimmy Smith

2. Fred Taylor

3. Tony Boselli

4. Mark Brunell

5. Maurice Jones-Drew

You can find the entire list here.

The only rise was Linebacker, Myles Jack, who played his last season with the Jaguars last year, as he is now a Pittsburgh Steeler.  He moved up to #35 from #38.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Ryan Anderson was a late First Round Pick (21^st Overall) from California in 2008 by the New Jersey Nets, and after playing there only one year, he was traded to Orlando, where in 2011/12, he was named the Most Improved Player in the NBA.    Anderson, who led the league in 3-Point Field Goals that year, never built on that season, and he arguably never had a better season.

Anderson continued his career with New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, and Miami retired after the 2019-20 Season and is currently in the top 100 all-time in Offensive Rating.