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We got an email from someone who claims to be in the know, and since we don’t worry about verification and such things, we’re just gonna run with this.

An additional reason? No NBA basketball watching for us this past week.

Anyway, here is portions of a back and forth we had with some dude via email.

when is anyone going to write about Vince Carter being secretly engaged to a New Jersey Nets dancer?

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Is there some evidence of this or at least source of rumor?

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The source is Vince’s teammate. Vince has been dating her since June when he was a judge for the New Nets Dancers competition. This girl is a captain.

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And who are you exactly?

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I am a close friend of one of his teammates. What do you need for verification?

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Nothing really - I’m not a news site where I care about stuff like that.

Curious what your agenda/motivation is, though.

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honestly, my motivation is simply that Vince Carter should not be above the rules. I know that these players sleep around with the dancers but at least RJ’s girl quit the team to be with him. They did the right thing. Vince and his dancer think they are outsmarting everyone. People think he is a clean cut, all American Momma’s boy. Some of us know better.

Few things of note about this - all of them funny:

* Our crack journalism skills, ie, “No, no - we don’t care about verification - whatever.” (What we were really saying there is, “Hey, is she one of the hot ones?”)

* Whoever this guy is, he must be pretty insulated in the world of celebrity athletes, because out here in the real world, nobody like Vince Carter. Upon last inspection, people don’t have enough respect for him to call him an All-American anything. Plus, he played in Canada for awhile.

* This guy’s motivation is kinda odd. Does he think this’ll overshadow Roger Clemens’ butt or something? Like, NBA players sleeping with members of the dance team is probably the least shocking thing on Earth. And hey - Vince is even engaged to her - that makes it even kinda sweet - like their love is trapped by her fear of losing that sweet $25/night dancer job.

We’ve never been big Vince Carter fans, but we’re sure of one thing here - Jason Kidd sent this email to get us off his case and onto Vince’s.

WE ARE SO IN YOUR HEAD, “JAY”. (That’s what his buddies call him. And he makes them spell it “Jae”. There’s some REAL gossip.

In closing, we think the dancer in question is Megan - her uptight lifestyle and high-pressure Government degree from Harvard makes her lash out and break the rules - even though Vince likes dudes.