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SI: How are you feeling about your
upcoming farewell tour?
VC: It’s going to be an emotional
roller coaster. I know each day is
going to be the last of something.
Honestly, it’s going to be awful. I don’t
even think I’ll have fun. I just want to
get into the season.
SI: Is it true you didn’t let people
measure your vertical leap?
VC: I get bashful. I’ve always been
that way. I remember touching the top
of the backboard in high school, and
people were like, Oh, do it again! I’m
like, Eh, no.
SI: What’s it like going against Steph
Curry after being a teammate of his
father’s?
VC: For a while it was kind of strange
to look in the stands and see Dell
and Sonya [Curry]. I remember when
we all used to hang out. Steph and
I used to play one-on-one before
every home game in Toronto. He was
always sitting on the side, dribbling,
dribbling, going, You ready? You
ready!? I look at Tim Hardaway Jr. the
same way. Trey Mourning. Antonio
Davis—his daughter Kaela is playing
in Dallas. It’s mind blowing.SI: What do you do with your younger
teammates, like 20-year-old
Trae Young?
VC: We taught Trae how to play cards.
These kids didn’t know how to play
[tongits], bourré, any of these things.SI: Have they taught you to play
Fortnite?
VC: Never ever. I’ve never even looked
at it.SI: You’ve already been doing some
broadcasting. For a bashful guy, why
the interest in media?
VC: I like coaching the game, but
I don’t want to coach. There’s no
loyalty, in my opinion, to coaches.
But I can be a coach on air,helping viewers understand what
they’re seeing or how we see it as
professional players.SI: Are you as comfortable now at the
desk as you are on the court?
VC: Mmhmmm. Yeah. I know where
I can be in some years, but I’m
comfortable with where I am because
I know I’ve put a lot of work in. I can’t
tell you the last time I felt nervous.SI: You were a free agent this summer.
Did you have any interest in a return
to Toronto or the Nets?
VC: I’m not really one for the hype like
that. I wanted to be on a team that
wanted me. I’m thankful I can still
get calls from 10 or 12 teams showing
interest in me at 42, 43 years old.SI: Might we see one more dunk
contest?
VC: Yeah, if you pull it up on YouTube.
The 2000 Dunk Contest, that’s about
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