<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AznxBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">...And here's my justification for my comment. Seriously, I'm not a Carter hater or anything, in fact he's on my fantasy team and I'm pretty happy he got fifty one points tonight. But when I heard this was his career high, I was kind of confused. I mean, I was seriously surprised because I thought his career high would actually be a bit higher. I guess I just thought that someone with Carter's athleticism, skills, ability to get to the rim, and him being the number one option in Toronto, that it would be higher than fifty one points. I guess I over emphasized when I said "sad" so I guess the correct term would be disapointed?</div>
Yeah, I would agree here. With all the "Va-Va-Voom" surrounding Carter, you'd wonder why his career high was 51 points.. Though that is a great stat for any player, Carter was the number 1 option on a team where he could do whatever the heck he wanted. Like you said, his skills alone should account for more than 51 points, but the fact that he was able to shoot whenever he wanted, drive whenever he wanted, and was the driving force on a playoff caliber team for quite a while, it's kinda suprising.. The fact that he reached his season average on free-throws alone is interesting. I didn't watch the game, but to be fouled enough to get 24 freethrows, he'd have to be fouled atleast 8 times (that is, if he shot 3s every time he was fouled).
I do not hate Carter though, nor do I dislike him. It's good to see that such a great player mopped by other problems (injuries, crappy team, etc.) is finally getting back to the top, and he went over 50% from the field, only missed a free-throw, grabbed 8 boards, and played against a SOLID heat line-up.. that's good for him. Kinda odd he only had 4 assists, for all the points he had scored -- but I guess that happens when you play with Jason Kidd.
EDIT: Funny how 3 Rocket board posters post in a row .. That's weird.