He may have averaged four less points a game last season and shown signs of losing a step, but Vince Carter is now the Nets only bona-fide superstar.

Say goodbye forever to “The Big Three” and hello to the “Vince Carter and Friends show.”

With all the moves the team has made this off-season, Carter knows this may be the unveiling of a new chapter in his career that may put him in an unlikely role, the leader.

From the look of it, it seems like he’s ready to go and make the most of it.

“I never questioned what they’re doing and I definitely wanted to be here,” said Carter to Yahoo Sports. “It’s the way it goes. It’s the business of basketball. Sometimes guys get moved who didn’t want to. You have to accept it and I’m going to make the best of it. This is my opportunity to step up and be a leader on and off the court.”

With all the youngsters and bench players on the team this season, Carter knows this team is a bit tricky to dissect. Nevertheless, he understands the situation and knows that if players produce, the Nets have an opportunity to control their season more than anyone in the NBA currently thinks.

“We all have something to prove,” Carter told Yahoo Sports. “It’s an opportunity for those guys who weren’t starters or didn’t play big minutes somewhere else or were shafted or whatever the situation may be to come here and write their own story.”

That story he thinks can be an interesting one.

“The good thing about it is we have a lot of veterans and they know how to adapt, how to make it happen and bring along the young guys,” Carter said to Nets beat writer Julian Garcia on Wednesday.

With a bigger, stronger and more-balanced lineup, Carter can be the leader of a gritty, energetic and upstart bunch of misfits that can challenge for the last two playoff spots in the East. Once the playoffs begin, then it’s wide open territory and the Nets can surprise a few people.

I’m sure that no one expected the Atlanta Hawks of all teams to give the Boston Celtics a run for their money in the playoffs last season, so if the Nets put themselves in a situation in the playoffs against a team they match up well against, this season has the possibility of getting quite exciting.