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Vince Carter: “Donovan Mitchell just got the bag… but he had high praises about you being the best freshman ever at Louisville. Like, what did that do for your confidence? Mikel Brown Jr.: "Yeah. I mean that meant a lot… he accomplished more than I did when I was there.. But to hear that from him, that just shows that he believed in me from the get-go. I mean, we first met when I was at OTE my junior year in high school... we exchanged numbers, and ever since then, we've been very close. So, he got to see the work, he got to see the growth from my junior year to my senior year... But yeah, I mean to hear that praise from him, I mean it's a superstar in the league. So, you know, you don't take that for granted. And I appreciate him for that as well.”
Retired former NBA All-Star Vince Carter made an interesting revelation this week on the latest episode of his “Cousins with Vince Carter & Tracy McGrady” podcast. Carter said that he had interest from NBA teams to continue his playing career but decided to walk away from the game instead because of “politics.” “Even after Year 22, I still received a couple of phone calls with interest to come play that next year,” said Carter. “I wasn’t able to do it how I wanted to do it and walk away when I was ready to walk away. The politics of it now took over and I was like ‘Nah,’”
The team has planned an event and press conference for Tuesday, July 7th — Lowry wore No. 7 — billing it to invitees as a “monumental moment” in Raptors history, per sources. The event on Tuesday is expected to set the stage for additional recognition of the so-called GROAT (the Greatest Raptor of All-Time) as the 2026-27 season unfolds, per sources, with a likely jersey retirement planned at Scotiabank Arena during the regular season, where Lowry’s No. 7 would join Vince Carter’s No. 15 as the only Raptors jersey hanging at the downtown arena.
Keerthika Uthayakumar: High scoring average in a single postseason in Raptors history: Kawhi Leonard - 30.5 in 2019 Vince Carter - 27.3 in 2001 RJ Barrett - 24.1 this year Scottie Barnes - 24.1 this year Chris Bosh - 24.0 in 2008
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He will become the 13th player in NBA history to reach a 20th season, joining LeBron James, Vince Carter, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, Kyle Lowry, Udonis Haslem, Jamal Crawford, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I knew a few off the top of my head, but I hadn't seen the list," Al Horford told ESPN. "It's hard to believe. It's something that, for me, I'm very grateful. It's just so hard to be in this league for that amount of years. There's a lot of commitment, a lot of sacrifice and time. I still feel like I'm able to contribute and have an impact on a team."
A New Jersey native, Towns also explained why he chose the Knicks over the Nets. “My mom, when she immigrated here, she understood the magnitude of Madison Square Garden,” Towns said. “… I grew up, obviously, in Jersey, obviously it was so much easier for me to get New Jersey Nets tickets and see Kenyon Martin, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, but my family has always had such respect and love for the Knicks and my father having ties to the Knicks, it was kind of guaranteed I was going to fall into this world of being a Knicks fan growing up.”
Cousins with Vince Carter & Tracy McGrady: . @realgranthill33 on Michael Jordan after he and a "Select Team" of elite college players famously defeated the Dream Team in a scrimmage: "The next two days we could barely get the ball over half-court. ... It was like Space Jam where you lose your powers." 😂😭 @FanDuel
.@realgranthill33 on Michael Jordan after he and a "Select Team" of elite college players famously defeated the Dream Team in a scrimmage:
— Cousins with Vince Carter & Tracy McGrady (@VinceAndTmac) May 15, 2026
"The next two days we could barely get the ball over half-court. ... It was like Space Jam where you lose your powers."
😂😭 @FanDuel pic.twitter.com/zMyWrR0J27
Tracy McGrady on Jaylen Brown: I think his frustration lies deeply within the organization and other things that… Vince Carter: Of course, of course, I knew that. McGrady: We don't really have details too. Is's just been a lot of stuff that I've been hearing just going on with the Boston organization with JB. So I think part of him is like ‘I showed you guys more of who I am as a basketball player, not only just what I did on the basketball court, but the leadership that I displayed within this team and you've seen that, not having our best player in JT. You’ve seen the different side of me and what I'm able to bring to the game of basketball.' So, all that stuff I think just came into play with him and his frustration. However, the 3-1 loss, it was devastating because this never happened in Boston's history with any other greats.
Jorge Sierra: Jaylen Brown passed Robert Parish and Patrick Ewing in playoff scoring last night. Joel Embiid moved ahead of Vince Carter.
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Vince Carter: That was an angry summer, at the Olympics. I tend to dunk the basketball hard as you know, but like I was trying to pull screws loose every time and a little testier than normal, like we back and forth. I got into it with Shane Heal, he played for Australia. Like he was just back and forth who had just gotten into it the Olympics before with Charles Barkley.
Crazy Stats: Paul George has the most career postseason points (2,416) among players who never made the @NBA Finals. Paul George - 2,416 Steve Nash - 2,072 Carmelo Anthony - 1,914 Joe Johnson - 1,828 Donovan Mitchell - 1,783 Damian Lillard - 1,715 Jalen Brunson - 1,701 Terry Cummings - 1,664 Alex English - 1,661 Vince Carter - 1,593
Tracy McGrady on Kevin Durant passing Michael Jordan in scoring: That had to be a great ass feeling, man, to hear your name being mentioned and passing the great Michael Jordan. It's the longevity for me because these guys are great. They're the greatest to do it and when you have that type of skill set and you have the ability to go out and be the number one option for your team, you're going to score points. But it's just the consistency and the health in which you display year after year, getting your body in that type of shape. To go out and do that is hard to do with the wake up every single day for that amount of years and still want to do it at that level. And surpassing Mike is a phenomenal thing to do. He did it differently, and a lot of these guys are going to do it differently because of how the game has changed. Mike didn't shoot threes. So when I see these guys be like he did it in X amount of shots… Of course! Because KD shot threes, Mike really didn't shoot threes. So don't try to make the comparison that, you know, Mike uh versus KD and scoring. They did it in different ways, but they got there.
Tracy McGrady: “Everybody is going to go with the hottest thing right now. Luka. He is on a nine game winning streak. He is averaging 40.” Vince Carter: “In those nine games. He is averaging 33 for the season.” Tracy McGrady: “Right. I think when you look at the Lakers, Luka started out the gates hot. He and AR and Bron come back. Things kind of get out of alignment a little bit… AR kind of lost his rhythm a little bit…” Tracy McGrady: “Although Luka was putting up crazy numbers in terms of leading the league and scoring, we didn't consider him one even at the halfway point of him being an MVP candidate. We talk about guys when they're hot. He's hot now, for sure. But I think when I look at the grand scheme of things, the big picture, the consistency over the whole entire season, I got to go with Jaylen Brown. JB and what he is up against. No Jayson Tatum. So that means no other All-Star alongside him… Derek White has been very good. Derek White is really good. He is one of my favorite players.”