One of the biggest comparisons you will see this season will be between Toronto's Vince Carter with Washington's Michael Jordan.

Both played collegiately at North Carolina. Both won the slam dunk contest. Both possess tremendous physical skills. Both are nicknamed Air.

But that, at least for now, is where the comparisons stop - until this seasons ends, that is. Because Jordan won six championships while he was with the Chicago Bulls, but Carter, still young and growing, has yet to win one.

Many think this could be Carter's chance to imitate Jordan in that area as well. Not only did the Toronto Raptors hold on to Carter by signing him to a $90 million contract that will keep him - and professional basketball - in Canada for a while longer, but they also signed veteran center Hakeem Olajuwon by outbidding the Houston Rockets for his services.