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NBA player Vince Carter announces retirement
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After 22 years of playing basketball in the NBA, Vince Carter has officially announced his retirement.
Carter finished his last season in March with the Atlanta Hawks with a 20-47 record. He made the announcement of his retirement on The Ringer podcast where he also mentioned that the ending was rough.
“If there was any disappointment because of the season — any of that — it was kind of easier to put it aside and handle it that way,” Carter said. “It’s like, OK, it’s something bigger than my career. … It’s unfortunate, but with the coronavirus taking people’s lives rapidly, that’s the big picture in my mind.
“So I was able to put the weird ending — the abrupt stoppage of play, to an ending — aside for the bigger picture.”
Carter played basketball at the University of North Carolina before entering the 1998 NBA Draft where he was the No. 5 pick. He played in eight NBA All-Star Games and was the winner of the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
