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Originally Posted by DirtySanchez
Was that Richmonds fault he was on bad teams in Sac and Was. He stilled shined and was one of the best players in the NBA.
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You can pretty much say the same thing for Vince Carter in Toronto. His New Jersey teammates were better, but were still pretenders without no inside threats.
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Carter got injured......a lot!
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This is a myth. I would direct that maybe to someone like Grant Hill or Jermaine O'Neal.
There are only 2 seasons in which Carter missed a significant number of games due to injury:
1999: 50 games (maximum number of games possible due to lockout)
2000: 82 games
2001: 75 games (7 missed)
2002: 60 games (22 missed + 5 in the playoffs)
2003: 43 games (39 missed)
2004: 73 games (9 missed)
2005: 77 games (5 missed)
2006: 79 games (3 missed)
2007: 82 games
2008: 76 games (6 missed)
2009: 80 games (2 missed)
2010: 75 games (7 missed)
2011: 73 games (9 missed)
2012: 61 games (5 missed; Only 66 games possible due to lockout)
And hasn't missed games so far.
Not including this season, he's missed 119 (regular season and playoffs) of a possible 1046 games. Again, significant for a 2 year stretch. Ever since that time, he's been relatively healthy.
I think the main reason why people think he's injury prone is because he was thought of as faking injuries.