"That man can dunk at 70" - NBA fans react to Vince Carter's shocking claim about facing Ja Morant in dunk contest

NBA fans reacted to Vince Carter claiming that he could beat Ja Morant in a dunk contest. Widely regarded as the greatest dunker of all time, Carter's ability to dunk was unmatched, giving some of the greatest highlights of his time.

In a video posted by Overtime on Instagram, Carter also revealed that it was just two weeks ago when he last dunked. However, when asked if he could still throw a windmill dunk, he expressed doubts.

Reacting to Carter's comments, one of the fans said that Vince is the GOAT of dunkers and he was the reason Ja Morant was jumping.

"Vince Carter is the 🐐 of the dunk contest. Carter is the reason Ja is trying to jump over people! Do people forget about the 7 footer he jumped over when playing for the USMNT?!" a fan wrote.

Famous street basketball player The Professor also reacted to the post and wrote that Carter would dunk even at 70.

"Duuuuh that man will dunk at 70. Windmill rightnow lite work. Hes 6’6” lol," he wrote.

Some fans wrote that Vince Carter would win the dunk contest over Morant any day. However, some fans said that Morant was a better game dunker.

"Ja is a in game dunker Vince would destroy him in a dunk contest," the fan wrote.

"Haha of course he can lol not even a question," the fan wrote.

Some fans wrote that Vince Carter would have beaten anybody in a dunk contest in his prime.

"He can beat anybody in his prime in ah dunk contest wtf," one fan wrote.

"Ayeee listen Ja has bounce no cap but Vince was different," another fan wrote.

One of the fans even wrote that Morant was not even a matchup for Vince Carter.

"Not even a matchup," the fan wrote.

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Vince Carter gives his opinion on Ja Morant's decision to stop dunking

There is little doubt that Ja Morant is among the top players in the league with an electrifying presence on the court. Morant has the physical ability to take flight for the dunk and the heart to put a 7-foot defender on a poster, which he almost did.

However, there is no denying that Morant has also suffered several injury setbacks due to his dangerous dunking. In light of his last injury, Morant announced that he would no longer be dunking in NBA games.

His decision, as much as it might prove beneficial for his team, didn't sit well with fans and certainly not with the dunking GOAT Vince Carter. In conversation with former NBA players Danny Green and Chandler Parsons on "Run It Back", Carter gave his take on Ja Morant's decision.

"You don't think about injuries. I mean, anybody else who dunks the ball, you don't really see injuries unless there's these little guards who shouldn't be up there. But he's—here's a guy who can do that. He's athletic enough," Carter said on "Run It Back."

"It's more so learning to protect yourself and time and place. Sometimes you don't take the dunk where you're trying to jump over the seven-footer, but then there's times where it needs to be done." (8:00)

Despite being dead serious about not dunking in the NBA game, Ja Morant tried to dunk on 7-ft-4 Victor Wembanyama. Perhaps, Morant couldn't control his instincts.