“Was there ever a trade or signing that didn’t happen, but you really wish it did?” James Dolan: “Yeah, a long time ago. I’ve got to even remember… he ended up playing for the Nets. Oh, shoot. Great scorer. It wasn’t Grant Hill. It was a guy out of Toronto—Vince Carter. Vince Carter is a great example. We were going to do the trade. But the medical team came back and told us he had a 90% severed Achilles tendon. They said it would never hold up.”*
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