Vince Carter wants to go into broadcasting once his playing days are finished and has no desire to become an NBA coach, he told Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. One of the reasons he joined the Hawks is that he’ll be in the same city as the headquarters of TNT.
“I enjoy coaching the game, but I don’t want to be a coach,” Carter said. “I think this is another way you can coach the game, but to a different crowd. Everybody watches the game and wonder why do they do this? I can give the inside look as an NBA player on what they think about, what they’re talking about, what teams are trying to accomplish while you’re watching the game.”
The fact that NBA coaches can get fired even if they’re successful is another reason why Carter would rather be a broadcaster.
We have more from the Southeast Division:
- The Heat are unlikely to trade for a star player during the upcoming season, though they could dump some salary to avoid the luxury tax, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel opines. The current roster doesn’t look strong enough to justify a bold move for a big-time player. Instead, it’s more likely the plan to return to prominence will center around 2020 free agency, Winderman adds.
- The Heat ought to experiment with Justise Winslow, and Josh Richardson in various situations and positions to find out how they fit into the long-term picture, Winderman argues in another mailbag post. They could look at Winslow anywhere from a backup point to an undersized power forward. They could also take a similar approach with Richardson, even though he’s already signed an extension, Winderman adds.
- Hawks center Alex Len will play for Ukraine’s national team in the FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament in September, according to the Ukrainian Federation. The news was tweeted by Olesandr Proshuta. Len hasn’t played for his national team since he left for the United States to play college ball at Maryland in 2011, Proshuta notes.
Riley better quit messing around and re-sign Winslow. This Heat team needs an identity and Winslow and Josh can give it to them along with Bam. As long as Whiteside buys into playing to his strengths the Heat can be a force but Winslow needs to stay healthy and Spoelstra needs to start him.
Relying on Whiteside seems futile at this point
What Miami needs is some star player, you saw how good they play as a team, but when it came the playoffs they were like a broken toy in the hands of Philly, they just didn’t have any star player to counteract the sixers, with team effort you go so far (playoffs) but you cannot make a serious run.
They missed 11-15 fts a game in each of their losses in that series……
That star will be either Winslow or Adebayo, maybe both.
Dionis always finds new ways to make me laugh
Riley knows Joe Johnson is available in case D-Wade doesn’t come back. Johnson to Johnson, throws it up for Johnson and it’s Johnson with the slam! Too bad Magic isn’t GM.
Again with the Heat & Winderman, amounting to zilch information. They’re set, they’ve been set. They want to trade x but not y, when other teams only want y. So no deals.
Dump Riley.