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SPORTS Thursday 1 december 2016

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EAGLE

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In this Nov. 16, 2016, file pho-
to, Memphis Grizzlies guard
Vince Carter (15) drives past
Los Angeles Clippers forward
Blake Griffin (32) for a basket
during the second half of an
NBA basketball game, in Los
Angeles.
Associated Press

These old men:
Carter, near 40,
leads NBA’s elder

statesmen
BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
Vince Carter is no longer
the NBA’s highest flyer,
though he’s certainly not
ready to be grounded.
Once one of basket-
ball’s most ferocious dunk-
ers who put opponents on
posters long before there
were internet Vines, he
can no longer rely just on
his athleticism. Nearing 40
years old, the guy who fa-
mously put his arm through
the rim while winning a
dunk contest now often
plays below it.
Like everyone who wants Woods excites in pro-am with two eagles on front nine
to keep playing toward
middle age, it’s about the
mind now as much as the
legs.
“That’s how I was able to
stay around this long, is just,
I learned the game,” Cart-
er said. “Not being able
to play. Everybody can Tiger Woods hits from the sixth fair-
play basketball, but learn- way during the Pro-Am at the Hero
ing the ins and outs of the World Challenge golf tournament,
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Nas-
game is what has kept me sau, Bahamas.
around.” Associated Press
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