NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are retiring the No. 15 jersey of Vince Carter, the high-flying guard who shall be enshrined this 12 months within the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame.
The Nets made the video announcement Wednesday that included former backcourtmate Jason Kidd, whose No. 5 jersey is retired by the franchise.
Carter performed 4½ seasons with the Nets whereas they have been in New Jersey, averaging 23.6 factors. He owns their single-season document with 2,070 factors within the 2006-07 season.
Carter is third in franchise historical past in factors and is within the Nets’ high 10 in quite a few different classes.
He’s the one participant in NBA historical past to play in 4 many years. The NBA Rookie of the 12 months in 1999 with the Toronto Raptors, he was dealt by the Raptors to New Jersey on Dec. 17, 2004, and performed with the Nets by means of the 2008-09 season. His final season, 2019-20, was with the Atlanta Hawks.
Carter will turn into the seventh Nets participant with a retired jersey. Together with Kidd, the others are Julius Erving, Buck Williams, Drazen Petrovic, “Tremendous” John Williamson and Invoice Melchionni.