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Vincent Carter is a former professional basketball player and basketball analyst from the United States. Vincent Carter currently serves as a basketball analyst for YES Network and previously for ESPN.
Early life
Vincent Carter was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, on January 26, 1977. Currently, he is 47 years and has a birth sign of Aquarius. His full name is Vincent Lamar Carter Jr. and he has American citizenship. Furthermore, he belongs to the African American ethnicity and practices the Christian religion.
Subtitle: Vincent Carter with his mother (Source: Facebook)
His parents are Vince Carter Sr. and Michelle Carter. When she was only seven years old, her parents divorced and her mother remarried Harry Robinson, a schoolteacher. Furthermore, she grew up with her siblings; Vince Carter, Jeff Scott, Alicia Scott and Chris Carter.
Vicente Carter – Education
He attended Campbell Junior High School and began playing for the school’s varsity basketball team as a starter in seventh grade. Later, he went to Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, where he played alto, baritone, and tenor saxophone in the marching band, led the band as drum major, and wrote the school’s homecoming song.
Additionally, he became captain of the school’s volleyball team, led his basketball team to the 1994-95 Florida Class 6A championship, and was a 1995 McDonald’s All-American. After graduating from high school in 1995, he accepted a basketball scholarship at the University of North Carolina.
He was a member of Coach Guthridge’s ‘Six Starters’ system and helped his team win back-to-back ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament crowns as well as two NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances. She declared for the NBA draft in 1998, but completed her education in North Carolina, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in African American studies in August 2000.
Career
Toronto Raptors
Vince Carter was drafted fifth overall by the Golden State Warriors in 1998, but was traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he won the ‘NBA Rookie of the Year Award’ with an average of 18.3 points. He averaged 25.7 points the following season and rose to prominence after leading the team to its first playoff appearance in 2000.
In the 2000–01 season, he set a career-high 27.6 points and helped his club win its first playoff series, advancing to the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a record 47 wins. He received a six-year contract extension in 2001, but missed the final 22 games of the 2001–02 season due to injury, earning him the nickname “fragile player.”
Caption: Vincent Carter putting the ball in the basketball net (Source: Walmart)
After the December 2001 game against the Denver Nuggets, he became the second player, after Charles Barkley, to have more than 40 points, rebounds, five steals and five assists. He missed the 2002 NBA Playoffs due to injury and had surgery in the off-season, although he only played in 43 and 73 games the next two seasons.
New Jersey Networks
Carter, dissatisfied with the Raptors’ management, requested a trade during the 2004–05 season and was traded to the New Jersey Nets on December 17, 2004. He played for the Nets for five seasons, including four full seasons in which he only He missed 11 games and helped the team reach three consecutive playoffs from 2005 to 2007.
He became the Nets’ captain in 2007-08 and, with teammate Devin Harris, became the league’s highest-scoring starting defenseman the following season. On November 21, 2008, he penned the team’s comeback victory over the Toronto Raptors, which came after falling behind by 18 points.
orlando magic
He was traded to the Orlando Magic on June 25, 2009, and helped the team reach the Eastern Conference Finals in February 2010, but failed to win the championship. In the 2010-11 season he was acquired by the Phoenix Suns in a six-player deal, although he remained short-lived, averaging 13.5 points per game in 51 games.
Dallas Mavericks
His next team was the Dallas Mavericks, where he signed a three-year contract on December 12, 2011. During his time there, he became known for his three-point shooting.
Memphis Grizzlies
On July 12, 2014, he signed a multi-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, where he received the ‘Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award’ for the 2015–16 season. On November 1, 2016, he became the 24th player in NBA history to score more than 24,000 points. In 2017, at age 40, he set an NBA record by hitting six three-pointers in a game.
Kings of Sacramento
In July 2017, he signed a one-year contract with the Sacramento Kings, and the NBA Players Association awarded him the Most Influential Veteran award at the Players Voice Awards in August.
He scored a season-high 24 points in a 109–95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. On January 28, 2018, against the San Antonio Spurs, Carter and Manu Ginobili scored 21 and 15 points, respectively; It was the first game in NBA history in which two players over the age of 40 scored at least 15 points each.
Atlanta Falcons
On August 24, 2018, he joined the Atlanta Hawks. Additionally, on November 21 he scored 14 points off the bench in a 124-108 loss to the Toronto Raptors, becoming the 22nd player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points. On March 4, he scored 21 points, all on three-pointers, in a 114-113 loss to the Miami Heat.
Passed Reggie Miller for 20th on the all-time scoring list, passed Jamal Crawford for sixth on the all-time three-point field goal made list, became the oldest player in score seven three-pointers and broke his record of scoring more than 20 points in a game at age 42.
Carter re-signed with the Hawks on September 20, 2019, and his 22nd season began on October 24, 2019, with his first game. On December 10, 2019, he became the fifth player in NBA history to reach 1,500 games.
He became the only player in NBA history to play in four different decades on January 4, 2020, when he defeated the Indiana Pacers 116-111. On June 25, 2020 he officially announced his retirement from the NBA.
Publish career
After retiring from basketball, he began working as a sports analyst. Currently, he serves as a basketball analyst for YES Network and previously for ESPN. He currently works as an alternative studio analyst for the NBA on TNT.
International career
Carter led the American team to a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was named to the USA team for the 2003 FIBA Americas Tournament in place of Kobe Bryant. However, he had to abandon his career due to injury and marriage.
Awards
During his professional career, he won the ‘NBA Rookie of the Year Award’ in 1999. And he was named to the NBA All-Star team eight times between 2000 and 2007. Similarly, he won the ‘Teammate Twyman -Stokes of the Year Award’ in 2016.
Net worth 2024
According to Celebrity Net Worth, his net worth is estimated to be around $110 million. Mainly, he manages to overcome his career as a player, working as a sports analyst, brand endorsement, and other business ventures.
civil status
Talking about his personal life, Vince Carter married NASM coach Sondi Carter. The couple is blessed with two children whose names are still unknown.
Caption: Family photo of Vincent Carter (Source: Jill Carmel Photography)
In the past he was married to Ellen Rucker; a chiropractor in July 2004. With the marriage, the couple has a daughter named Kai Michelle Carter. The couple divorced in 2006. Furthermore, he has also had an alleged affair with Sheneka Adams.
Body measurements
Caption: Vincent Carter photoshoot (Source: NBA Photo Store)
Carter is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 100 kg. Additionally, she has a pair of black eyes with hair of the same color. And his body measurement is 32-26-32 inches.
Vicente Carter – Social Networks
On his Instagram page ‘@vinsanity25’ he has more than 33.4k followers. Likewise, he has more than 1 million followers on his Twitter page and is not present on Facebook.
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