There’s nothing quite like entering the Air Canada Centre on a day when Vince Carter is in the building. The electricity in the air is palpable — the crowd knows what’s coming. It’s not necessarily a negative energy, at least, not to everyone. To some, the collective reaction to Carter’s return is deplorable. To others, this vitriolic reaction serves as a deserved indictment for Vince’s traitorous wrongdoings.
Thirteen years later, despite a new wave of goodwill, the stench of the infamous Raptors-Carter acrimony is still out there. It appears the bad blood between the two parties will forever seep through the walls of the arena in which it first started.