Vince Carter on Friday became the first Toronto Raptors player to get his jersey number retired. His iconic jersey number 15 was raised to the rafters of Scotiabank Arena on Friday. During halftime of the game between the Raptors and the Kings, the fans were treated with a moving ceremony of Carter’s immense contribution to the Franchise, and Raptors’ president Masai Ujiri summed up Carter’s legacy perfectly by saying, “He is a legend. He’s an icon. He’s half man, half amazing.” honoring the man of the moment.
Everyone from the Hoops Community came forward to Carter for his remarkable achievement. He has inspired an entire generation of Hoopers which also includes a lot of current NBA players and one of them is none other than Klay Thompson the Mavericks’ new acquisition. He showed his appreciation for Vince Carter on his Instagram story by reposting the NBA’s official reel from the ceremony captioned “VC15 Forever”.
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Klay wrote in his story “Huge congrats to Vince. One of the greatest ever and did so much for the game. Every kid who was lucky enough to watch him would try to jump like him and were quick to find out that was nearly impossible lol” congratulating Vince and showing his admiration towards the legend. Furthermore, he posted two pictures from his childhood.
The first picture was of him when he was a kid wearing a basketball kit, the second one was zoomed in and focused on the shoes. The shoes he was wearing were Shox shoes which are often associated with Vince as he wore them during the 2000 Summer Olympics. The caption read “One of the best days ever when my mom got me the shox for bball season. Vinsanity forever!” thanking his mother for the gift and recalling a wholesome childhood memory for him.
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