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Brooklyn Netts will honor Vince Carter by retiring his No. 15 jersey to the rafters at Barclays Centre next season. The Netts made the video announcement on Wednesday, featuring former backcourt partner Jason Kidd, whose No. 5 jersey has been retired by the team.
Carter's No. 15 will become the seventh retired number in franchise history, following Drazen Petrovic, Jason Kidd, John Williamson, Bill Melchionni, Julius Erving, and Buck Williams. Bill Russell's No. 6 jersey has been retired around the league.
Carter averaged 23.6 points over his four and a half seasons with the Netts in New Jersey. He set their single-season scoring record with 2,070 points in 2006-07. Carter spent five seasons with New Jersey and missed just 11 games. Together with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson, the three helped the Netts go to the second round of the playoffs twice.
Watch here the full video:
It’s official: We’re raising @mrvincecarter15’s jersey to the rafters next season.
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) May 15, 2024
And we invited a pair of Nets legends to assist with the announcement.
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Vince Carter is first player in NBA history to have played for four decades
Carter is third in team history in points and is among the Netts' top ten in a variety of other categories. Carter, a two-time All-Star, averaged 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.2 steals over his five seasons with the Netts.
He is the first player in NBA history to have played for four decades. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999 with the Toronto Raptors, he was traded to New Jersey on December 17, 2004, and remained with the Netts until the 2008-09 season. His final season, 2019-2020, was with the Atlanta Hawks.
Carter was moved to the Orlando Magic in June 2009 and thereafter played for five additional teams until declaring his retirement in 2020 at the age of 43. Carter is the first NBA player to have played in four separate decades, totaling 1,541 games and 22 years.