https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrPjl-927Q
Vince Carter stole the basketball and levitated over a 7 foot 2 inch Frenchman in an Olympic game. What must have been going through Vince Carter's head when he stole the ball? What sane person would ever consider even the hypothetical situation in which an individual jumps over another person in a competitive basketball game? Let alone a person who is over 7 feet tall? Did Vince Carter have any fears in life before that moment, if so were they all vanquished in a moment? Does Vince Carter have any regard for humanity? Would Vince Carter dunk a puppy? How many puppies at once could Vince Carter dunk? Five? Six? Eleven?
What would have happened if Frederic Weis had put his hands up? Is Frederic Weis still a basketball player? Is Frederic Weis still a member of society? What happened to Frederic Weis's ego after he was jumped over by another man in competition? Was his essence of who he was as a person completely destroyed as Vince Carter flew over his head? Did Frederic Weis's family pretend that they didn't know him for years because it was too embarrassing to walk the streets of France with that last name, knowing the magic Vince Carter had performed? Did Frederic Weis's family start telling people they were related to Charlie Weis instead in an effort to change the subject from basketball to football, hoping the tao of Vinsanity would never haunt their ancestry again? Did Frederic Weis move to a cave in Siberia, grow a beard and long mane of hair like Hagrid, and create a religion devoted to the prophet of Vince Carter? Did Frederic Weis create a time machine and change his name to Kristaps Porzingis in an attempt to get revenge on Vince Carter for what he did to the country of France?
What happened to Vince Carter in his childhood for him to want to take vengeance on another human being in this manner? Was Vince Carter treated poorly by a tall Frenchman in his youth, thus creating a lifelong journey towards this single instance, when his legs were spread wide and he floated over the head of a 7 foot 2 inch man in a competitive basketball game? Does Vince Carter speak French? Could Vince Carter speak French after he soared through the air towards the rim like the ground was made of trampolines? Why didn't the referees stop the game to take a second to breath in the sorcery they had just witnessed? Why didn't the IOC stop the Olympics to take a second to scrawl a Declaration of Vince Carter on a piece of parchment?
How can anyone in the history of sports top this feat of athleticism? Has there ever been a better example of the essence of sport and competition, neatly tied together and packaged in a single second? Will life ever get better than that moment for every person who was there to witness? Why didn't Vince Carter run off into the locker room, out of the arena, and through the streets of Sydney, screaming at the top of his lungs in joy? Why didn't Vince Carter move to the Australian prairie and never pick up a basketball again, knowing that he could never top what he had just done? What was going through Vince Carter's mind for the rest of that night? Will any coach ever be able to tell Vince Carter what to do when he knows in his heart that he has performed a miracle? Where does Vince Carter go from here? Where do we go from here?
