On Sunday evening, Vince Carter helped lead a 13-member 2024 class inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame.
The previous NBA guard, whose electrical athleticism and spectacular longevity have wowed followers for greater than 20 years, spent elements of two of his 22 seasons within the league with the Orlando Magic.
A Florida native and Daytona Seashore native, Carter’s arrival on the Magic after spending the primary decade of his profession with the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets was one thing of a homecoming. Orlando is a brief drive from his hometown on I-4, and the Magic traded for Carter the summer season after the franchise’s second look within the NBA Finals.
Though his time with the franchise solely lasted 97 video games earlier than being traded to Phoenix firstly of the next season, Carter nonetheless enjoys his time with the franchise.
Throughout his speech on the enshrinement ceremony, Carter took the time to shout out the Magic group.
Carter named the DeVos household, Magic house owners, his coach, Stan Van Gundy and plenty of teammates he had throughout his time in Orlando – Jameer Nelson, Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Matt Barnes, Quentin Richardson and Jason Williams.
“You discuss some enjoyable occasions enjoying with this workforce,” Carter stated. “It was a dream come true to lastly have the chance to play with the house workforce. Such nice occasions.”
Throughout his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame on Sunday evening, Vince Carter shouted the #Magic group – the DeVos household, Stan Van Gundy and plenty of of his teammates.
“It was a dream come true to lastly be capable of play with the house workforce.”
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-Mason Williams (@mvsonwilliams) October 16, 2024
Carter averaged 16.3 factors, 3.9 rebounds and three.1 assists per recreation throughout his time with the workforce, serving to the Magic advance to the Japanese Convention Finals throughout his solely full season with the workforce. Orlando gained 59 video games that season.
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– Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) October 14, 2024
After being traded the next season, Carter’s tenure with the workforce was the third shortest of any he had with the eight NBA franchises he performed for.
Regardless that it wasn’t the homecoming he wished, Carter’s ties to the Magic are one thing he nonetheless holds pricey along with his enjoying years behind him.
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