How Vince Carter has had the longest career in NBA History
Posted Nov 18, 2019
At the age of 42, Vince Carter is still in the NBA chugging along. Carter, who has been in the league since being drafted fifth overall in the 1998 draft, is playing for the Atlanta Hawks in his NBA-record 22nd season, which will be his final one. The player who was deemed “half-man, half-amazing” has been nothing short of that throughout his entire career.
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