As a freshman basketball player at Florida’s Mainland High School, Vince Carter wanted to wear No. 6, 12, or 23, but when those numbers were unavailable, he took his mother Michelle’s advice and chose No. 15. That iconic number reached new heights once again when the Brooklyn Nets retired it at halftime of their game against the Miami Heat.
Carter’s family, former Nets teammates, ex-coach Lawrence Frank, team president Rod Thorn, and fellow Nets legends Julius Erving, Bill Melchionni, and Buck Williams were present to witness him become the seventh player in franchise history to have his number retired.