To get the opportunity to be his teammate was really special.
When we got traded together to Orlando, that was his hometown, he showed me around and even let me borrow one of his cars. When you get older, and for someone as accomplished like him, to still be here for the love of the game, and to be here to mentor younger guys, that’s really impressive.”“I remember one time, we were talking about the younger guys and he told me that everybody was different and that sometimes how you talk to one guy isn’t the way you talk to another guy in order to push them to be the best player they can be. All market data delayed 20 minutes.Ryan Gaydos is a sports reporter for FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com.
We have a play called rugby. His professionalism and his humility are two things that stay with me the most. Preview: Are the Heat built to take the Bucks down? "I am officially done playing basketball professionally," Carter said.After 22 years, Vince Carter has announced his retirement.Carter was selected with the 5th overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. His 22 seasons are the most in league history, and he became the first NBA player to appear in four different decades.Atlanta is one of eight teams whose COVID-19-interrupted season ended when the league decided to Carter said making that last shot helped make his NBA exit a little easier to swallow. He was the 1998-99 Rookie of the Year, a two-time All-NBA First Teamer and an eight-time All-Star.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. He finished his career averaging 16.7 points per game. He was a dependable scorer, a playmaker, an underrated defender, a really good rebounder, and an absolute winner. AP Jun 25, 2020 at 12:39p ET Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end. He just had remarkable potential and a feel for the game. There was just incredible jubilation and joy at the Air Canada Centre. Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end. Initially, I thought Vince had jumped to the side, I wasn’t even sure I believed what I saw, that he actually jumped over somebody. After 22 seasons in the NBA, Vince Carter has called it a career. After his iconic 2000 Slam Dunk Contest performance and a jaw-dropping dunk over Frederic Weis at the Summer Olympics that same year, there was no denying who the most exciting player in the league was at the time.
I didn’t know what to expect but he was unbelievable. It was the combination of the run up, and then the crank, and the fact they met at the apex and Vince won the battle. I’m really thankful for the fans for yelling at me to get Vince back in the game.” You could count three times a game where he was doing a variety of slams, whether it was windmills, tomahawks, two-handed reverse dunks, it was just unbelievable. Vince was like, “Wow.”“So we come back to the locker room at halftime, and I’m getting hit up from our staff guys because Rudy Gobert had tested positive and they stopped the game in Oklahoma City, and I told the guys, this is probably our last game of the season. For me, it was just kind of a unique situation. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. A lot of guys can’t be cool with being the seventh or eight guy, with being the guy coming off the bench. "I'm officially done playing basketball professionally. He was subsequently traded to the Toronto Raptors on draft night, which is where Carter spent the first six and a half seasons of his career, blossoming into one of the league's biggest stars.He went on to play for the New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks.Carter retires with career averages of 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.He ranks 22nd on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 25,728 points.
I felt a responsibility in many ways. Vince was an artist with a blank canvas and he forced me to go places I hadn’t gone before as an announcer. He stepped onto the biggest stage and didn’t disappoint at all. I messed up and spilled this huge drink in his car, stunk the whole thing up. With Vince, it didn’t matter if you were Dwight Howard or if you were me, who at that point I was pretty low in the totem pole. Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career, the longest in league history, has come to an end. He’s probably the strongest 225-pound dude you’ll ever meet. That has stayed with me. When Kidd says something like that—not only a fellow star but someone who is not prone to that sort of hyperbole—it sticks with you. He and I are the same age, we’re like eight months apart, we grew up in the same era and our main conversations are about hip-hop. Carlos Delgado was the star of the Toronto Blue Jays. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive.Alex Wong is a freelance writer living in Toronto. That’s the most impressive thing.