NBA veteran Vince Carter, 42, is not retiring yet. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alum will play one more season the Atlanta Hawks.
On August 1, 2019, Carter was asked by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a conference call before the Jr. NBA Global Championship about playing another NBA season. He said he was just waiting for the right opportunity for him to retire.
“Nothing has changed as far as that goal and that dream of mine,” Carter shared. “It’s a patient thing.”
“I get it,” Carter continued. “I’m older. Teams are going younger. You just have to be patient and hopefully in the coming days, we’ll hopefully have something figured out.”
Carter’s second NBA season with the Hawks marks his 22nd season. If he plays one game in 2020, he will be the first NBA player to appear in a game in four different decades, according to Elias Sports Bureau research, as cited by ESPN.
Legal sources told the publication that he has agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Hawks. In the 2018-2019 season, he averaged 7.4 points in 17 minutes a game for the team.
Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, Carter attended the UNC-Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He spent three seasons there playing college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1995 to 1998.
In 1998, Carter made his NBA debut with the Toronto Raptors. He stayed with the team until his move to the New Jersey Nets in 2004.
Carter is an eight-time NBA All-Star. From the Nets, he moved to Orlando Magic in 2009, to the Phoenix Suns in 2010, to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, to Memphis Grizzlies in 2014, to the Sacramento Kings in 2017 and finally to the Hawks in 2018.
Sean Menard directed a documentary titled “The Carter Effect” featuring the impact of Carter in Canada when he was playing for the Raptors. Produced by LeBron James’s digital video company Uninterrupted, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017.
Meanwhile, here is Carter ranking his Top 10 career NBA dunks:
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