Vince Carter insists he doesn't follow NBA news, in season or offseason. But, yes, he heard something regarding Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal. Carter's basketball camp clued him in on that.

"Nothing has changed. I don't watch the news. As a matter of fact, the kids here told me about it. That's the only reason I know about it," Carter said during a break in his annual Vince Carter Academy yesterday at the Nets' East Rutherford practice facility. "[O'Neal's] an All-Star. He's accomplished a lot. If they can work that, of course, that will just make us even better."