The Toronto Raptors retired Vince Carter’s No. 15 during a 23-minute halftime ceremony at Saturday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. Carter is the first player to receive the honor from the franchise.

The Toronto Raptors retired Vince Carter's No. 15 on Saturday at halftime of of their matchup with the Sacramento Kings. Carter, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last month,

It's not a stretch to say that as an idea, the Toronto Raptors are the invention of wing Vince Carter. In their first three years as a franchise pre-Carter, the Raptors never won more than 30 games. In seven years with him,