Vince Carter to be 1st player in Raptors’ 30-year history to have number retired: reports

Former Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter can have his No. 15 retired by the NBA crew this season, in response to a number of media stories.

The 47-year-old Corridor of Famer is anticipated to have his jersey retired in Toronto on Nov. 2 and can grow to be the primary Raptor to obtain the honour.

Carter was the Raptors’ first celebrity and is credited for elevating the profile of the crew and igniting enthusiasm for basketball throughout Canada.

However the determination to retire his jersey is polarizing, with some followers and native media members nonetheless smarting from his acrimonious departure from the crew in December 2004.

Carter was traded to the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets for a meagre return early within the 2004-05 season amid claims that he “give up” on the crew.

Carter averaged 23.4 factors, 5.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.3 steals over 403 video games with the Raptors.

Throughout his time in Toronto, the athletic Carter was maybe greatest recognized for his highlight-reel dunking capability. He received the NBA’s slam dunk contest in 2000 with a memorable efficiency, clinching the title with a 360-degree windmill jam.

Carter made his debut with the Raptors in 1998 after being traded to Toronto at that 12 months’s draft after being chosen fifth general by Golden State.

Nicknamed “Air Canada” throughout his time north of the border, Carter was the 1998-99 NBA rookie of the 12 months with Toronto.

He was an eight-time NBA all-star (2000-07), however even when his explosiveness left him, he managed to discover a area of interest as a veteran function participant.

Carter retired after the 2019-20 marketing campaign whereas with the Atlanta Hawks — he posted 25,728 factors in 1,541 video games over 22 seasons eight NBA groups — and is the one NBA participant to go well with up for motion in 4 totally different many years.

He additionally performed with Dallas, Memphis, Orlando, Sacramento and Phoenix. Carter completed with averages of 16.7 factors, 4.3 rebounds, 3,1 assists and one steal over 1,541 regular-season NBA video games.

Carter will enter the Basketball Corridor of Fame subsequent month and can have his quantity retired by the Nets in January.

Carter nonetheless holds the Raptors’ single-season scoring document with 27.6 factors per sport in 2000-01. He ranks fourth in franchise historical past in profession scoring with 9,420 factors.