Vinsanity? Carter Sued by Former Agent

Vince Carter wasn't available for Tuesday night's game at Denver and Wednesday's game at Portland because he's being sued by William "Tank" Black for breach of contract.

Legal proceedings were scheduled to begin Tuesday in Columbia, S.C., but the judge wasn't available, delaying the start for a day. Black, who was sent to prison for five years in 2002 for bilking about a dozen NFL players out of millions, is seeking $14 million from Carter. Carter is countersuing.

"The timing of this is unfortunate because I want to be with my teammates preparing for the season, but it's something I don't have control over," Carter said in a statement. "This has been an issue that has hung over my head for a number of years and I'm going to take care of it once and for all this week."

Carter hopes to return for Toronto's final preseason game against Cleveland on Friday.

Black was Carter's agent from June 1999 to March 2000. Carter cut ties with Black shortly after Black was charged. Black's clients included Fred Taylor, Ike Hilliard and Duce Staley.

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Rose Wishes He Had More Time With Bulls

As the Chicago Bulls post-Jordan struggles continue, one of the team's failed experiments wishes he had more time in the Windy City to try to turn things around.

Jalen Rose was a member of the Bulls for a season and a half before being shipped out to Toronto only three weeks into the 2003/04 season. Expected to be the Bulls go-to player, Rose believes that he and his teammates were not given the time necessary to grow as a team.

"We didn't get a chance to do anything," Rose said. "The good teams are the teams that play together for a couple of years and you understand what a guy likes to do and where he's going to be and you gain that trust for one another."

Rose also had some observations on the Bulls latest experiment; replacing the 6-5 Jamal Crawford at shooting guard with smaller rookie Ben Gordon, who stands only 6-3 and has struggled badly thus far in the preseason.

"They thought they were going to bring him in to be like a scoring two guard to kind of replace Jamal," Rose said of Gordon. "He's not going to be able to do that, it seems like so far.

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Raptors Release Cisse and Richardson

The Toronto Raptors released forward Ousmane Cisse and guard Norm Richardson on Friday.

Cisse had two points and one rebound in one preseason game. Cisse became the first high school player in Alabama to be drafted in the NBA when he was chosen by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2001 draft. He played in the NBDL last season.

"He's a prime example of a player that came out of high school and wasn't ready," Toronto general manager Rob Babcock said. "Had he gone to college he would be going into his senior year, and he'd be a much more advanced player than he is now."

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