Previously, the Nets announced that they would retire Carter's jersey, Carter has been with the Nets for 6 years, which is not long, but in view of his contribution to the team, and the Nets want to bring in reinforcements to build a good team character, so they plan to retire Carter's jersey, and the team will retire Carter's jersey in the home game against the Heat on January 25, 25. The reason for choosing this date was because it was previously rumored that Butler wanted to join the Nets.
Butler and the Heat had a bad quarrel this summer, Riley faced the media and openly accused Butler of being injured and absent, and also said that he was unwilling to give a big contract to a player who is often injured, Butler saw that the team did not renew the contract, he will be 35 years old next summer, and he wants to take the initiative in his own hands, so the American media revealed that Butler will jump out of the contract. And the Nets are even willing to retire their jerseys for a player who has only played with the team for six years, which is expected to make Butler happy.
The Nets' move can be said to be very embarrassing for the Raptors, after all, Carter played for the Raptors when he first entered the league, it is no exaggeration to say that if there is no Carter, everyone will not notice the Raptors at all, he has been with the Raptors for seven years, and his contribution is definitely much greater than that in the Nets, but the Raptors have not retired his jersey, and the Raptors have not retired a jersey in 30 years, so the Raptors management has also been questioned by the outside world recently.
It's true that such cold-blooded management is not conducive to the team's recruitment, and the Raptors' location in Toronto is not conducive to recruitment, and they have never retired a jersey, which will also make the star worry that joining here will eventually pay off. Probably due to external pressure, the Raptors also announced an important event today, according to the Raptors team reporter, the team will retire Carter's jersey in the game against the Kings on November 2.
It was earlier than the Nets, which is a good remedy. And Carter has become the biggest winner in the 24-25 season, because not only will he have 2 jerseys retired, but he will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame, on October 13, he will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame, in addition to him, there is Billups, and Carter's introducer is his cousin Maddy, the two played together in the Raptors, and they also had a period of youthful years.
Maybe many fans don't know Carter's contribution to the Raptors back then, and they don't know what conflicts he had with the Raptors, so let's talk about this story. The Raptors founded the team in 1995, but they didn't get much attention after the team was built, after all, it was an overseas team, and it was difficult to bring in stars until the 1998 draft, when they drafted Jamison with the No. 4 pick, and then traded with the Warriors to get Carter.
Carter is a North Carolina player with excellent dunking ability, and it can be said that he has attracted a lot of attention since he entered the league, because his brother Jordan just won the championship last season and chose to retire. Many fans are also pinning their hopes on Carter to become the next Jordan, and of course the Raptors think so too. Carter got unlimited firing rights in his rookie season, and even Maddie, who entered the league a year earlier, did not get such treatment, so it also caused Maddy's dissatisfaction and laid the groundwork for Maddie to leave the team later.
Carter averaged 18 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game in his rookie season, relying on his excellent performance, he was selected as an All-Star in the second year of his career, and Carter also participated in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in this year, the league at that time had a sharp decline in attention because of Jordan's departure, and Carter saved the NBA market with his dunk, and also let the Raptors get more attention, and then Carter played a supergiant performance in the third year of his career, averaging 27.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
But in the next two years, Carter did not perform well because of injury, and the Raptors began to lose patience, they thought that the team should find a suitable cornerstone again, because the team had the No. 4 pick in the first round in 03, so they wanted to rebuild around this No. 4 pick, and Carter was very dissatisfied, he said that his injury was no problem, and hoped that the team could use the No. 4 pick to exchange for a suitable helper, but the Raptors did not listen to his advice, and they chose Bosh.
And after getting Bosh, the team gave Bosh more balls, and Carter also tasted the taste of Maddy losing the ball at the beginning, and the Raptors just liked the new and hated the old and had no patience. Carter saw that the team had made it clear that it was going to rebuild, just like Lillard last summer, the team did not find a helper for himself, although he did not say that he would be driven away, but the meaning was very clear, and finally Carter forced the team to leave the team in the 04-05 season, and he joined the Nets.
So far, Carter and the Raptors have a grudge, the Raptors hate Carter's infidelity, Carter is disgusted with the Raptors' injustice, and the two sides have been in trouble for many years, until the 20th anniversary of the Raptors' history in 15, the team invited Carter, and Carter also returned to Toronto, got the applause of the fans, and the grievances between the two sides have disappeared so far, for a full 10 years, and now the Raptors will face the 30th anniversary.