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For the first time in the franchise’s 24-year history, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions after defeating the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals. Kawhi Leonard showed the poise that is expected from a former Finals MVP, as he led his new team to the coveted Promised Land of basketball. The 6-foot-7 forward […]

Vince Carter may no longer be the same high-flying, athletic scoring machine that he was during his prime, but he continues to achieve new milestones going on the 22nd season of his legendary NBA career. “Vinsanity” is not only the final player in the league who played in the 1990s, but he will also become […]

Kobe Bryant’s final season in the NBA was literally all about celebrating his legendary career, even at the expense of the Los Angeles Lakers’ overall development. Dwyane Wade’s “One Last Dance” wasn’t met with quite that level of hysteria, but was nevertheless a story at every stop the Miami Heat made in 2018-19. Even Dirk […]

Vince Carter showed everyone he still has the hops that once crowned him NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion in 2000, returning to the very arena that saw him ascend as one of the best high-flyers of all-time in Oracle Arena. The 42-year-old, formerly known as “Half-Man, Half-Amazing,” showed glimpses of his “Vinsanity” in a dress […]

Atlanta Hawks’ free agent forward Vince Carter could become the first player in NBA history to play in four different decades. The Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN’s official Twitter account) posted this fact on Thursday. If he plays a game 2020, he achieves the feat. If @mrvincecarter15 plays a game in 2020, he would become […]

NBA icon Vince Carter displayed his supreme athleticism by throwing down a double-pump dunk in dress clothes. See the clip below by NBA TV, in which the 42-year-old easily rose up for the dunk. He even asked the people around what type of dunk they wanted from him. Work hard, play hard. 💪 A dress […]

Veteran small forward Vince Carter would reportedly consider signing with the Miami Heat this summer in free agency if the team is interested in signing him, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Carter becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He announced on Wednesday he’s going to play one more season in the […]

Vince Carter announced on ESPN’s The Jump on Wednesday that he’ll play one more season in the NBA before calling it quits. Carter is an unrestricted free agent this summer. He played last season with the Atlanta Hawks. Carter averaged 7.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 2018-19 with the Hawks. The former high-flyer […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors are locked in a tight battle in the NBA Finals against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors. Leonard bounced back from a lost season and an ugly trade demand from his former team, the San Antonio Spurs, to be named to the All-NBA Second Team in his first […]

Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter just recently concluded his 21st season in the league. Nonetheless, the eight-time All-Star has already confirmed his intention to return next season, and just recently, Atlanta Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk indicated that the team are open to signing Carter to an extension. The 43-year-old GM had nothing but good […]

Vince Carter’s announcement of his decision to return for a 22nd NBA season didn’t fall well for some in NBA circles, something which is hard to believe, given his rapport among the community. Gilbert Arenas, the former NBA superstar, did not welcome Vinsanity’s decisions to stick around for one more year in the league. Agent […]

Vince Carter plans to return for a 22nd season in the NBA, he announced on the Winging It podcast on Tuesday. Carter is coming off playing the 2018-19 season as a veteran mentor for the Atlanta Hawks, showing flashes of the elixir of youth throughout the course of the season. The former dunk champion put […]

At the end of the regular season, fans have witnessed the final games of two of the NBA’s brightest stars; Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki and Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade. Both players had illustrious careers highlighted by multiple All-Star appearances, individual accolades, and NBA championships. That is the basic cycle of the league, as the NBA […]

Vince Carter is the oldest player in the league today, but the Atlanta Hawks veteran appears not ready to hang up his sneakers after the 2018-19 NBA season. Carter told Fox Sports Southeast that he is still ready to play in the 2019-20 NBA season. He also added that he is remaining hopeful that a […]

It is no secret that Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter has been in the final stretch of his playing career for quite some time now. It appears he will be giving fans a taste of what he has to offer in the broadcast booth against the Philadelphia 76ers. The veteran is sitting out of Wednesday’s […]

Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter just passed Utah Jazz great Karl Malone for fifth place on the all-time games played list: Congrats to Vince Carter on moving up to fifth place on the NBA's all-time games played list! 👏 pic.twitter.com/d9230ApSZK — NBA TV (@NBATV) March 31, 2019 The 42-year-old Carter is playing in his 1,477th […]

Although still in the midst of just his first NBA season, Atlanta Hawks rookie point guard Trae Young has continued to turn heads all year long. While Young often puts defenders on skates when he isn’t pulling up from literally anywhere on the court, one thing is for sure — it isn’t his dunking prowess […]

Atlanta Hawks forward Vince Carter is in the midst of his 21st season in the NBA, so he has seen a thing or two. The 42-year-old is the league’s oldest player, tasked with the unique job of playing alongside one of the league’s youngest teams, headlined by the franchise’s star duo of Trae Young and […]

Vince Carter is currently playing his 21st season in the NBA as a member of the Atlanta Hawks. While the league has already paid tribute to the likes of Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade, who are expected to retire after this season, Carter has made it clear he plans to play at least one more […]

Talk about age gap. The Atlanta Hawks got a highlight play that involved 20-year-old Trae Young and 42-year-old Vince Carter. Never gets old. (via @NBA)pic.twitter.com/6Fgv1ccj7E — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) March 10, 2019 Seriously, think about this — Carter is a 20-year veteran. He made his NBA debut in the 1998-99 season. That same year, Trae Young […]

As of right now, there is a five-way tie in the National Basketball Association for the longest number of seasons played, with Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, and Vince Carter all tallying 21 seasons in the league. Vince and Dirk are the only active players on that list, and Nowitzki has all […]

Atlanta Hawks forward Vince Carter has made a mockery of Father Time on numerous occasions throughout the 2017-18 NBA season. He managed to do it once again versus the Miami Heat on Monday night. Carter finished the game with a team-high 21 points in the loss to Miami. According to StatMuse, he broke his own […]

There is just about nothing Vince Carter can do anymore that would surprise anyone. At 42 years old, he is still playing in the NBA, making this season with the Atlanta Hawks his 21st season — tied for the longest tenured career of all-time. Carter made his way into some other all-time great numbers on […]

You may have heard the saying “Once a shooter, always a shooter.”  But for Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter, “once a dunker, always a dunker” may be more applicable. The 21-year veteran once again displayed his hops as he went up for a dunk from near the free-throw line circle in the fourth quarter of […]

Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter is still going at it. In the Hawks’ quadruple overtime thriller against the Chicago Bulls on Friday night, the 42-year old Carter played over a whopping 44 minutes. With that, Vinsanity just became the oldest player in NBA history to play over 44 minutes in a game, according to Sportsnet […]

Last Friday, Yahoo Sports Canada hosted Raptors point guard Jeremy Lin on their Inside the Green Room with Danny Green podcast. In the episode, they talked about Lin’s first impressions of Toronto after joining the Raptors earlier in the month. The conversation turned to 42-year-old Vince Carter, Lin’s former teammate in Atlanta and the oldest […]

On Monday night, the Atlanta Hawks headed to Houston to take on the Rockets. Tempers flared between the two teams in the third quarter when Atlanta forward Vince Carter landed a hard hit on Rockets point guard Austin Rivers. Upon review, Carter was assessed with a flagrant foul for the hit. In the video, Carter clearly […]

Jordan Adams has been out of the NBA since the end of the 2015-16 NBA season, but the former UCLA and Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard is looking to make a fierce comeback. Following a highly productive two-year tenure at UCLA where he earned a First-Team All-PAC-12 selection while averaging 16.4 points per game, Jordan Adams […]

Atlanta Hawks big man John Collins will be participating in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night, and in the lead-up to the event, he has been getting advice from two of the best dunkers to ever do it: Vince Carter and Dominique Wilkins. “Yeah, I definitely asked for a lot of tips from […]

Atlanta Hawks power forward John Collins will participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest this upcoming weekend and he won’t have to travel far to get advice from one of the best to ever do it. Really, he’ll be within shouting distance of teammate Vince Carter, who has delivered some of the most iconic memories […]

The NBA All-Star festivities will take place this weekend, and one of the most anticipated events is the Sprite Slam Dunk contest. The participants for this year’s dunk contest are New York Knicks’ Dennis Smith Jr., Atlanta Hawks’ John Collins, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Hamidou Diallo, and Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges. The dunk contest has been […]

42-year-old Vince Carter of the Atlanta Hawks spun around his defender and casually lifted off for a slam dunk, effortlessly rising for his signature finish. The Hawks lost this game to the Raptors 119-101 with Carter producing nine points, two rebounds, and one block to go along with a couple of 3-pointers. It looks like […]

The Atlanta Hawks were supposed to be major players at this year’s trade deadline. Instead, Thursday afternoon came and went without general manager Travis Schlenk and company making any moves of real consequence. Swapping Tyler Dorsey for Shelvin Mack in an exchange of third-tier guards with the Memphis Grizzlies isn’t exactly the type of trade […]

Vince Carter is known as one of the nicest players in the NBA. Even though the Atlanta Hawks swingman is far gone from his prime playing days, he’s still in the league and using his leadership for good. On Monday, Carter saw Kevin Durant’s mother on the sideline and walked over to her and said “Hi.” […]

Vince Carter continues to relish his role as a mentor to the NBA’s younger generation. After his team fell to the Utah Jazz on Friday night, the Atlanta Hawks forward offered some encouraging words to Rudy Gobert, who wasn’t selected for this year’s All-Star Game despite playing the best basketball of his six-year career. pic.twitter.com/coQuhsdxfI […]

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki will be competing in the Three-Point Contest at All-Star Weekend for one last hurrah, so why not let Atlanta Hawks wing Vince Carter compete in the Slam Dunk Contest? Many fans and media pundits want to see it, and now, Los Angeles Lakers youngster Kyle Kuzma is petitioning to get […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James says Atlanta Hawks veteran wing Vince Carter is the best in-game dunker in NBA history. Vince Carter turned 42-years-old on Saturday, so videos of some of his best dunks have been circulating on Twitter throughout the day. LeBron James, who is a pretty good dunker himself, believes no one […]

When Vince Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets in December 2004, he was making his way to a team that was just one year removed from making back-to-back finals appearance. At the time, the Nets were led by Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson, so the addition of Carter was seen as a perfect […]

Remember the days when Vince Carter would get booed whenever he returned to Toronto? Well, those days are long over. Now, Carter is treated to cheers and standing ovations whenever he takes the floor at Scotiabank Arena (formerly known as the Air Canada Centre), and he is even giving consideration to signing a one-day contract […]