it's funny how things change. 2 years ago, there were plenty of posts on fanhome comparing carter to shaq, with toronto fans swearing they would take carter, and that he deserved mvp over shaq. now, he's getting compared unfavorably to pierce.
carter is a gifted offensive player. he's probably underated as an all-around player, although he definitely has room for improvement, especially in consistency, day to day, play to play. both he and pierce rely too much on the 3 at this point, and should concentrate on lessening that dependence.
if i had to pick between the 2, my instinct says to go with carter. pierce is probably the better all-around player right now, but carter i think can be the better player. will he ever get that mental edge that the true superstars have? will he respond better to adversity? big questions for his future. pierce seemed to have it all together, till things started going awry against nj. funny how things can change.