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Lebron James now has more allstar selections (22) than 99.96% of players have total seasons in the NBA. Only Vince Carter (22 seasons) has as many seasons as Lebron currently has allstar games.
NBA Communications: The 2026 Castrol Rising Stars ⬇️ Tune in to @peacock tomorrow at 7 PM ET to watch honorary coaches Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter draft their teams from the pool of 21 NBA sophomores and rookies. Austin Rivers will serve as the honorary coach of the @nbagleague team.
The 2026 Castrol Rising Stars ⬇️
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 26, 2026
Tune in to @peacock tomorrow at 7 PM ET to watch honorary coaches Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter draft their teams from the pool of 21 NBA sophomores and rookies.
Austin Rivers will serve as the honorary coach of the @nbagleague… pic.twitter.com/WW4quEKMLX
Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are launching a weekly podcast together. The NBA Hall of Famers and real-life cousins will premiere Cousins on Jan. 28 through AMP Sports’ podcast network. The show will cover current NBA games, stories from their playing careers, and feature guests from sports and culture. Episodes drop weekly on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. “Tracy and I have seen this game from every angle, as players, as family, and as fans of the current era,” Carter said in a release. “With Cousins, we get to give fans the real stories behind the highlights they’ve watched a million times and the defining moments that shaped our careers, while also breaking down today’s game.”
Nick DePaula: Stephen Curry arrives tonight in the Shox BB4 against Toronto — Vince Carter’s iconic Nike sneaker from 2000. @MrVinceCarter
Stephen Curry arrives tonight in the Shox BB4 against Toronto — Vince Carter’s iconic Nike sneaker from 2000.
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) January 21, 2026
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Vince Carter: You’ll be a Hall of Famer. When your time comes, who will be sitting up there with you? Have you thought about that? Stephen Curry: I actually haven't. I mean, you, Steve Nash, Reggie Miller, and Ray Allen are like the names that I think off top. Carter: Those are some of the ones I actually said. Curry: Those are my guys, it's crazy to even say out loud.
Vince Carter: Everybody wanted to try to touch the rim or grab the net and then you've come in and you've changed the game and you've changed the look of basketball. Do you feel that one and have you embraced that? Stephen Curry: It was just how I play the game. Like there was no determination of this is what I stamp I want to have on the game. It was this is how I know I can be successful and my creativity kind of expressed that way. Just recently, the last 3 or 4 years, the idea or the realization of how the game has drastically changed from when I came into the league to now everybody being capable of shooting threes and then how that's trickled down now to the grassroots level, which I love that kids are inspired, same way you did like maybe we had to lower the rim down to 8 ft to do what you do, but the same thing. I want kids to have fun playing the game as well and that's mimicking what they see on TV. I wanted them to be able to start with the idea of what they could turn out to but put the work in.
During an impromptu interview in Toronto for NBA on NBC, Vince Carter asked Golden State's prolific point guard which Hall of Fame presenters he wants there for the special occasion. Curry hadn't thought about it until that moment, he said, but he immediately fired off a short list. "I mean, you," Curry told Carter, "Steve Nash, Reggie Miller and Ray [Allen] are the names that I think off the top of my head. ... "Those are my guys, though. It's crazy to even say out loud."
Perhaps James is lagging behind because he missed training camp and the start of the season with sciatica. What’s worth noting is that James’ biggest historical rival, Michael Jordan, had a drop from All-Star grace at the end of his career, too. At 39, Jordan wasn’t voted by fans as an Eastern Conference All-Star starter during his 2002-03 swan song season. East All-Star coach Isiah Thomas encouraged a willing Vince Carter to give up his starting spot to Jordan during the 2003 NBA All-Star Game. Jordan, then playing for the Washington Wizards, was celebrated during a halftime performance by legendary singer Mariah Carey.
Sam Smith: The Bulls made offers: Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Eddie Jones, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, literally every single one. And they ran away, fast. They just ran away from playing after Michael Jordan. (…) While all these other great players ran away from the Jordan shadow, Kobe Bryant ran to it. He was like the firefighter running to the fire. He was the policeman who ran toward the 9/11 terrorist attack. Everybody else was running away for safety, and he was running toward it.
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Vince Carter is not the least bit surprised that Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has become a successful NBA coach. Carter and Kidd were teammates with the New Jersey Nets in 2004-08, and with the Mavs during the 2011-12 season. During those times while Kidd was a point guard and Carter was a forward, he saw the numerous times when Kidd would be calling plays as if he was the coach on the court. “First of all, I wasn’t surprised of his transition from a player to a coach,” Carter told Mavs.com before the Mavs’ 119-111 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. “He did it literally his last basketball game, and he became a coach. “That’s amazing. It’s just fun to watch him.”
While some others didn’t, Carter agreed with Kidd laying the foundation for Cooper Flagg to get accustomed to initiating the offense. “It’s interesting to hear others have a problem with it,” Carter said. “But knowing J-Kidd like I do, that answer I got I could tell you he was going to say that. (Kidd) understands because he plays the game. He’s played with superstars of all facets at all positions that could do all things.”
In elaborating on why Kidd wanted to see how Flagg handled the ball, Carter said: “He’s played with LeBron and Kobe (in the Olympics), and with myself and different kind of guys that can score the ball and understand the assists. The last two minutes of the game we want the ball in our best players hands, so let’s get him comfortable now. Let’s not wait to have him bring the ball up. Let’s have him bring the ball up now and dictate and have the ball in the last six-to-eight seconds of the shot clock and do whatever."
Egor Demin, as he does often, took notes while speaking with the Hall of Famer, who also happens to be the favorite player of Dëmin’s father, Vladimir, who played basketball professionally in Russia. “When my dad saw the video of me talking to [Vince Carter], he was crying [and said], ‘Man, that guy changed the game,’ ” Dëmin said before scoring 12 points in the Nets’ 113-99 blowout loss to the Celtics at Barclays Center on Tuesday night. “Everybody obviously talks about Steph [Curry], LeBron [James] and Michael [Jordan],’’ Dëmin said. “But he was like, ‘People like Vince, they really changed the game in their own way.’ That’s special to me, knowing how much that means to my dad. I kind of accomplished my dad’s dreams right now through my own experience.”