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The emotion seeping through the face of Vince Carter had been evident from the start, from the fourth question of a news conference hours before his jersey retirement ceremony, from the long pause \u2014 and the watering eyes \u2014 that followed an innocuous inquiry into how his four-plus seasons with the Nets solidified a spot in the Hall of Fame. Carter needed to talk about former teammate Jason Kidd. <\/p>\n
He needed to talk about Lawrence Frank, his former coach.<\/p>\n
Those emotions popped up throughout the rest of the night at Barclays Center, as Carter became the seventh player in Nets history to have his number in the rafters. <\/p>\n
When talking about Julius Erving, his mentor and idol who narrated a video and spoke Saturday. <\/p>\n
When taking two steps back from the podium and listening to chants of \u201cVC\u201d echo through a venue filled with fans clinging to nostalgia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so darn emotional these days,\u201d Carter joked during his news conference, \u201cit pisses me off.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a player, Carter always admired arenas and the jerseys dangling from the top that served as footprints of history, so when he arrived in New Jersey two decades ago, that tradition continued. <\/p>\n
He saw the No. 32 of Erving. He saw the No. 52 of Charles \u201cBuck\u201d Williams. <\/p>\n
The legends who\u2019d already earned their forever place in franchise history. <\/p>\n
Carter would always \u201cglance up there,\u201d and the thought of wanting to join those players, of taking his number and making it famous like his mother once told him to do, was always there. <\/p>\n
And Saturday night, 16 years after his final season with the Nets and during halftime of Brooklyn\u2019s 106-97 loss to the Heat, it became a reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always cool when guys like [Williams] say, \u2018Welcome to the club,\u2019 \u201d said Carter, who joined Drazen Petrovic, John Williamson, Bill Melchionni, Jason Kidd, Erving, and Williams as Nets to have their numbers retired.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, and for good reason, the Nets were stuck in the first decade of the 2000s. <\/p>\n
There was the framed Carter jersey. The microphone cover featuring his No. 15. Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez wore a \u201cVinsanity\u201d hat for his pregame news conference and called him a \u201conce in my lifetime\u201d player afterward, and the old New Jersey Nets logos dotted the news conference backdrop.<\/p>\n
There, an emotional Carter reflected on the relationships that allowed his career to blossom into another tier with the Nets. <\/p>\n
He reflected on the dunks, the moments that meshed with others on a Hall of Fame-bound journey, and wiped away tears at times with family members, including his three children, sitting in the front row. <\/p>\n
Maybe, Carter speculated, his son Vince, if he decides to play basketball, could play for the Nets and bring No. 15 out of retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool to me that I\u2019m cool enough that he wants to wear it,\u201d Carter said. \u201cIt would be sick, I\u2019m not gonna lie to you. \u2026 You think I\u2019m emotional now, that would be crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the Nets, Carter made three All-Star Game appearances, averaged 23.6 points per game, finished third in franchise history for total points (8,834) and held the top two spots for highest-scoring seasons. <\/p>\n
His time in New Jersey revolved around \u201cnew life,\u201d Carter said. Kidd\u2019s presence allowed for Carter to provide the high-flying finishes without the dribbling around to get there his role in Toronto required. <\/p>\n
Those dunks played across the jumbotron screen during timeouts Saturday. <\/p>\n
Kidd and Richard Jefferson provided messages via video for Carter during the ceremony, while his family joined former players and other past members of the Nets on the court for a ceremony led by YES Network play-by-play broadcaster Ian Eagle.<\/p>\n
After his years in New Jersey, Carter played for the Magic, Suns, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Kings and Hawks before playing his final game during the 2020-21 campaign. <\/p>\n
His perspective changed. He was no longer concerned about records or titles or anything else that occupied his mind as a young 6-foot-6 wing out of North Carolina who became the Raptors\u2019 No. 5 overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was 40 years old, and can get a bucket on an 18- to 25-year-old,\u201d Carter said. \u201cI was 40 years old, 43 years old, probably in better shape than most of them. I was 43 years old. Probably knew the game better than most of them. That was kind of what I was playing for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter never played in Barclays Center as a Net. He never glanced toward the ceiling and stared at Erving\u2019s number, at Williams\u2019 number, at all the others before games like he did at Continental Airlines Arena. <\/p>\n
But as his banner rose toward the roof, toward the place alongside other franchise legends he\u2019d always dreamed of residing, Carter waved at his levitating banner, turned back to his children and waved some more as his No. 15 inched closer and closer to a forever home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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