{"id":21532,"date":"2019-06-05T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=21532"},"modified":"2019-06-05T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T21:38:01","slug":"vince-carter-announces-this-will-be-his-final-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/06\/05\/vince-carter-announces-this-will-be-his-final-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Carter Announces This Will Be His Final Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cartevi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vince Carter<\/a><\/b>, announced today that the upcoming season would be his last. The 42-year-old will play a record-breaking 22nd season before hanging up his kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Carter announced the news on ESPN\u2019s <i>The Jump<\/i>, telling host Rachel Nichols and former NBA forward\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksst02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Jackson<\/a> <\/b>that he plans to retire after the 2019-2020 NBA season. &#8220;I got one more in me,&#8221; he said. No six words have ever hurt the fanbase of an entire sport more than those six did to basketball fans.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his incredible career, Carter averaged 17.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He\u2019s sixth all-time in three-pointers made (2229) and fifth in games played (1481).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Upcoming Season Will be Vince Carter&#8217;s Final One<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/toronto-raptors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets<\/a> star had an incredible career. As soon as he joined the league in 1998 he was clearly special. He turned around the NBA\u2019s expansion franchise at the time, the Raptors. When he got to Toronto, the Raptors were the laughingstock of the league, bottom-feeders in the Eastern Conference. Not even three years later, they pushed <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iversal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allen Iverson<\/a> <\/b>and his <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> to seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. He was the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>His performance in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest will forever be embedded in the brains of anyone who saw it. To this day, Vince Carter might be the best dunker in the history of the league.<\/p>\n<p>Vince Carter had a massive impact on the game, and his career seemed as though it would never end. His iconic dunks inspired so many, and his time in Canada with the Toronto Raptors changed basketball in Canada forever.<\/p>\n<p>An eight-time All-Star. NBA Rookie of the Year. Seemingly ageless. It won\u2019t be long before he takes his rightful place in the NBA Hall of Fame as an indisputable first-ballot selection. Vinsanity will be missed. As fans, let\u2019s make the most of his final season. Appreciate him while you have him, NBA fans. You have 82 games left to appreciate him.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"z9TMo_zKSwx7UvdtZltSYg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/83237345\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'z9TMo_zKSwx7UvdtZltSYg',sig:'vOLD0fXW8GjTzupn7O2Prq6haKAwWfFpKGpHrf_F5Zo=',w:'594px',h:'376px',items:'83237345',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend, Vince Carter, announced today that the upcoming season would be his last. The 42-year-old will play a record-breaking 22nd season before hanging up his kicks. 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