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No 2017 dunk contest for Vince Carter

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The NBA's oldest player won't be participating in the 2017 Slam Dunk contest. Sorry, everyone.

In a video posted to YouTube on Oct. 17, Memphis Grizzlies' Vince Carter said it would be "interesting, to say the least" to participate in February's dunk contest, which started rumors to circulate the he may make it back to the contest after 17 years.

“I heard about that video way after the fact,” Carter told NBA.com's Lang Whitaker at Madison Square Garden. “All of a sudden people were like, ‘You’re in the dunk contest?’ I was like, ‘Where is this coming from?’ Whatever clown that reported it, it’s like, just call the source first. Just ask me! Come to any training camp and ask me.”

According to Carter, the video is old - from last year, when a reporter asked about a vertical leap photo comparing the 39-year-old and a much younger and taller Andrew Wiggins.

Whitaker had to inquire: Could the veteran still throw down any of the dunks he completed in his star-making 2000 dunk contest?

“I could probably do one, and I’d probably need a day before I’d do another. I could do some stuff, but not enough to win a dunk contest. With what these guys are doing now? Yeah, right.”

Our dreams have been officially dashed.

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