On March 11, the same day that the NBA suspended its activity because of the Covid-19, Vince Carter played his last game after 22 league seasons. "I'm done playing professionally," confirmed the 43-year-old forward on Thursday, who had been unable to qualify for the playoffs with the Atlanta Hawks.
'Air Canada' confirmed his farewell, expected for months, in 'Winging It' his own 'podcast', where he also admitted that it had been "hard" to end his career in the midst of such an abrupt environment. "It is somewhat bigger than my career ... With the coronavirus affecting the lives of so many people, this is the big picture in my mind," said Carter.
During his last night, at the State Farm Arena, Vince was able to say goodbye to the Atlanta fans with a triple with 13 seconds to go to make up the overtime loss against the Knicks (131-136). The pavilion was raised to greet the basket of a legend who at that time was 43 years 45 days. The fourth oldest to play an NBA game, behind only Nat Hickey , Kevin Willis and Robert Parish .
During his 1,541 games, wearing the Toronto, New Jersey, Orlando, Phoenix, Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and Atlanta jerseys, Carter averaged 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists. He also became the only player with 22 seasons in the NBA, beating the records of Kevin Garnett , Dirk Nowitzki , Parish and Willis.
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