{"id":259038,"date":"2024-10-08T17:27:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/259038\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T17:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:27:31","slug":"vince-carter-was-half-man-half-amazing-%f0%9f%91%80%f0%9f%94%a5-ultimate-career-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/259038\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Carter Was &#8220;Half-Man, Half-Amazing&#8221;!!! \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25 | Ultimate Career Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Vince Carter Was &quot;Half-Man, Half-Amazing&quot;!!! \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25 | Ultimate Career Highlights\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TB3zQxskh2Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCelebrating the amazing career of 2024 Basketball Fame Inductee Vince Carter, here are his best career highlights!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Career summary: \u201cHalf-man, half-amazing!\u201d with just a dash of giant tortoise or Timex. The No. 5 pick in 1998, Carter was traded on Draft night for UNC teammate Antawn Jamison, then played \u2014 and played and played \u2014 for a record-setting 21 seasons (six more than Jamison). Only three players have topped 20, with LeBron James set to match Carter\u2019s mark with his first appearance of 2024-25. But of Carter\u2019s 1,541 games, 959 came after age 30 \u2014 more than Jerry West, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and some other legends played, period. Carter\u2019s remarkable longevity only ended on March 11, 2020 \u2014 and it took the global COVID-19 lockdowns to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hall of Fame credentials: Carter\u2019s tenacity and ability to earn roster spots and contracts with eight franchises gets a lot of run now. But he started his NBA career flashing across the sky like a meteor. His eight All-Star selections came before his age-30 season, by which time he was averaging 24.1 points per game. The Rookie of the Year in 1999 made All-NBA in his second and third seasons with Toronto. Over Carter\u2019s final nine seasons, he averaged 8.5 ppg off various benches and three times finished in the top 15 of Kia Sixth Man balloting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most memorable moment: He retired at 43, but Carter was an explosive 23 when he took over the dunk contest at the 2000 All-Star Weekend. His repertoire of high-flying theatrics made him a household name in two countries, not just one, and furthered comparisons to that other former Tar Heel, Michael Jordan. Carter was the Raptors\u2019 first All-Star, the first star to lead them to the playoffs and a playoff series victory, but nothing topped his rim-rattling display in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a moment with the latest news, trending stories and highlights to bring you closer to your favorite players and teams.<br \/>\nDownload now \u27a1 https:\/\/link.nba.com\/NBAYouTube<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the NBA: https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the amazing career of 2024 Basketball Fame Inductee Vince Carter, here are his best career highlig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":259039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26129],"tags":[90460,90459,165101,12318,181706,29640,181711,181715,170346,179273,32245,35578,65624,65871,169161,181707,181714,181713,29140,181709,181710,181705,27983,181704,90647,181708,50985,72550,52590,181712,139148,181716],"class_list":{"0":"post-259038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama","8":"tag-2023-winter-drama","9":"tag-2023-","10":"tag-2023-24-season","11":"tag-amazing","12":"tag-assist","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-defense","15":"tag-double-double","16":"tag-dunk","17":"tag-fadeaway","18":"tag-game","19":"tag-games","20":"tag-highlight","21":"tag-highlights","22":"tag-hoops","23":"tag-jump-shot","24":"tag-jumper","25":"tag-mid-range","26":"tag-nba","27":"tag-nba-season","28":"tag-offense","29":"tag-pass","30":"tag-play","31":"tag-plays","32":"tag-realfake-final-stage","33":"tag-rebound","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-steal","36":"tag-three","37":"tag-three-pointer","38":"tag-triple","39":"tag-triple-double"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}