Raptors should announce retiring Vince Carter's jersey soon
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Lowry, Kawhi, Demar, Siakam, and Fred all accomplished more as Raptors. Vince is kind of irrelevant to the franchise at this point.
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I hate people forcing their own opinion to people and define what is "right". You are not the Bible.
It should NOT.
It should NOT.
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I remember more than a good dunk contest and he does not deserve to have his jersey retired. Lowry should 100% be first. Maybe Demar and Pascal one day. Is anyone else even worthy?
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Some of you guys don’t even remember how good Vince was. He really saved the franchise when he was the most popular player in the league.
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vulture wrote:Some of you guys don’t even remember how good Vince was. He really saved the franchise when he was the most popular player in the league.
Some people here seem to point to Vince giving up on the team as a reason to not retire his Jersey. I don't think any sane person in their prime would EVER stay with the Raptors considering how poorly they were run post WIlkens era. It was an asylum.
Vince was the single greatest player to grace this franchise, and created a generation of basketball players that are now about to compete for an Olympic medal.
Sure the divorce was nasty, but it was justified.
He deserves to be up there.. but I agree.. lowry first
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There are pros and cons with Vince. I choose the few years of true excitement where I honestly thought Vince will become top 3 Mvp candidate... over his exit whereby management was as much to blame as him. I would not oppose him getting his jersey retired but would understand if he didn't.
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Loyal_Canuck wrote:This is a no brainer! As much as I like Lowry to receive this honour first , Vince put the team on the map
Maybe Lowry gets a statue
Make it life size, and put it at ground level, not on a pedestal. Then all of the 14-15 yr old kids can walk past it, look down on it, and think they can become great Canadian ball players, if they only put in the hard work starting right now.
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This is a miss leading title.
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grimlock wrote:vulture wrote:Some of you guys don’t even remember how good Vince was. He really saved the franchise when he was the most popular player in the league.
Some people here seem to point to Vince giving up on the team as a reason to not retire his Jersey. I don't think any sane person in their prime would EVER stay with the Raptors considering how poorly they were run post WIlkens era. It was an asylum.
Vince was the single greatest player to grace this franchise, and created a generation of basketball players that are now about to compete for an Olympic medal.
Sure the divorce was nasty, but it was justified.
He deserves to be up there.. but I agree.. lowry first
It;s not the fact that he left the team, he literally quit on the team and stopped trying on the court. How do you go from 16ppg in 30 mins to 28ppg as soon as you get traded. **** that guy.
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He's been dead to me ever since he didn't want to dunk anymore.
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Vince put us on the map, if not for Vince,... SGG, Andrew Wiggins & Corey Joseph would be playing pro lacrosse. Basketball did not exist before Vince.
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When I think of Raptors #15 I actually think of Amir before I think of Vince. Then I think of Garbo, but I think of all 3 together.
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Vince doesn't deserve to have his jersey to be retired. He didn't stick around long enough or didn't lead the team to accomplish enough.
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Raps in 4 wrote:Lowry, Kawhi, Demar, Siakam, and Fred all accomplished more as Raptors. Vince is kind of irrelevant to the franchise at this point.
Accomplishment comes after Recognition. Vince was the main reason Raptors got recognized in the NBA; without him we could have had the same fate as Vancouver Grizzlies, God forbid. He made the team respectable in the NBA community.
Also dont forget his effect on the future generation of Canadian basketball players; he was their inspiration to pursue their dreams of playing in NBA and thrive there.
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Lowry first then eventually Markquis Nowell as his natural successor. Then we'll think about retiring a 3rd Raptor's jersey.
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Don't retire jerseys... just have a ring of honour or something
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F this opinion.
We don't celebrate failures. Especially not as a first jersey retirement.
We don't celebrate failures. Especially not as a first jersey retirement.
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I'm going to go on a limb and say most of the anti vince hate is the younger crowd. The Raptors had like two games on national TV prior to vince. Every U.S raptor fan will probably tell you it's because of air Canada.
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Its time. With the recent news it's obviously a bad look to delay the inevitable. He deserves it
VC has a monumental place in Canadian hoops. Stories like Barrett and Olynyk where you have Canadian hoopsters with talent playing here were born from the level of excitement and success VC brought along.
Nothing but love for VC moving fwd.
VC has a monumental place in Canadian hoops. Stories like Barrett and Olynyk where you have Canadian hoopsters with talent playing here were born from the level of excitement and success VC brought along.
Nothing but love for VC moving fwd.
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Nah, I dont celebrate quitters, the only remarkable thing he did for he Raptors is the Dunk contest and losing to Philly in the playoffs.
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