Half man, half awesome, totally memorialized in Toronto forever.
On Saturday night the Toronto Raptors retired the first player jersey in franchise history, and that had to be Vince Carter.
Carter’s day began with a massive mural dedicated to him in Toronto.
Later in the evening, at the Scotiabank Arena, the Raptors first showed a powerful tribute video.
Then several speakers went to the podium, where Carter himself goes last and said that his jersey would not have gone up without help from many of his teammates.
Around the league the praise poured in for Carter, including LeBron James.
The Raptors couldn’t have done better with their first jersey retirement. The question now is, who’s next? Kyle Lowry’s day is coming, that’s for sure.
