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Nets to retire Vince Carter’s No. 15 jersey in January

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Vince Carter was a three-time All-Star in five seasons with the New Jersey Nets.

BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Nets will honor the career and legacy of NBA legend Vince Carter by replacing his No. 15 jersey in a ceremony to take place on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. during their game against the Miami Heat at Barclays Center.

This is the seventh jersey retirement in franchise history, and Carter’s No. 15 is set to join Dražen Petrović (#3), Jason Kidd (#5), John Williamson (#23), Bill Melchionni (#25), Julius Erving (#32) and Charles “Buck” Williams (#52) on the Barclays Center rafters. Tickets for the Jan. 25 game are available now at brooklynnets.com/tickets. Special programming and more details about the event will be announced at a later date.

“We are thrilled to honor former Nets player Vince Carter, who contributed so much to this organization both on and off the court,” said Nets Governor Joe Tsai. “He is an important part of Nets franchise history, and we look forward to welcoming him to Barclays Center this season to honor his legacy.”

Carter’s five seasons (2004-09) in New Jersey represented the best statistical period of his career, as he averaged the highest points, rebounds, and assists in a Nets uniform. In 374 games as a Nets, Carter averaged 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.2 steals in 37.9 minutes per game. He earned three consecutive All-Star appearances (2005-07), including a pair of starts, joining Kidd and Williams as the only players to represent the Nets three or more times in NBA All-Star Game history. Carter ranks third in Nets history in total points (8,834) and has two of the team’s highest-scoring seasons in NBA record books, including his only 2,000-point campaign (2,070 points in 2006-07). The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee holds the NBA team record for most career 30-point games (90) and 40-point games (17) and continues to rank in the top ten in various statistical categories, including field goals made (3,126 – third), 3-pointers made (638 – fourth), free throws made (1,944 – fourth), assists (1,762 – sixth) and minutes played (14,157 – seventh). He led the team in scoring average three times (2004-07) and was in the top ten in the NBA in net points (eighth in 2004-05 and 2006-07).

The Daytona Beach, Florida, native helped the Nets to three playoff appearances, including two runs to the Eastern Conference semifinals (2006 and 2007). Carter has the second-best postseason scoring average (26.0) and fourth-most points (701) in NBA postseason history. He was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month three times (February 2005, December 2005, April 2007) during his tenure in New Jersey.

Carter is scheduled to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024 in Springfield, Massachusetts, this October. In total, Carter played 22 NBA seasons (1998-2020) with Toronto, New Jersey, Orlando, Phoenix, Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and Atlanta and posted career averages of 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.0 steals in 30.1 minutes per game over 1,541 games (983 starts). The eight-time All-Star is the first player in league history to play 22 or more seasons. He played in the third-most games in NBA history, behind only Hall of Famers Robert Parish and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and is one of 10 players in league history to score at least 25,000 points, 5,000 rebounds, and 1,500 steals. Carter also represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he scored 118 points in eight games to help the American team win the gold medal.

Before beginning his illustrious professional career, Carter attended the University of North Carolina for three years (1995-98), where he was named First Team All-America in 1998 and led the Tar Heels to consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference titles and NCAA Tournament Final Fours (1997 and 1998). Carter entered the 1998 NBA draft and was selected fifth overall by the Golden State Warriors before his draft rights were traded to the Toronto Raptors. He attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach and was named Florida Mr. Basketball in 1994, and was named McDonald’s All-America as a senior in 1995.