Vince Carter retires after 22 year NBA career aged 43

Vince Carter me his retirement official on Thursday, anuncing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end.

anuncement was largely a formality because 43-year-old h said many times that this would be his last season in NBA.

His 22 seasons are most in league history, and he became first NBA player to appear in four different deces.

Carter appeared in 1,541 NBA games, behind only Robert Parish (1,611) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,560) on league’s all-time list.

He started his career with Toronto, n played for New Jersey, Orlando, Phoenix, Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and spent his final two seasons with Atlanta.

His final season was shortened by coronavirus pandemic, and Hawks won't be part of 22 teams heed to Florida, next month for planned resumption of NBA play.

Carter scored 25,728 points in his career, 19th-most in NBA history.