Vince Carter was brought to tears during a recent event when he recalled his time playing with Toronto and his jersey retirement.

Carter is not the ideal Raptor to get this honour first. He’s not the quintessential Raptor — that was Kyle Lowry. He’s not someone who never wavered in his passion for the city — that was DeMar DeRozan. He didn’t lead the Raptors to their first NBA championship — that was Kawhi Leonard. And their days will come, in one form or another.

The Toronto Raptors will retire the No. 15 jersey of eight-time All-Star Vince Carter on Nov. 2, team president Masai Ujiri announced Friday during a public function. “We do it with great pride and great honor,” Ujiri said. “So on behalf of all of us, we say congratulations Vince.”

The eight-time All-Star will become the first player in Raptors history to have his number and jersey retired.

Vince Carter spoke to the Toronto community and shared a message to the fans who may be unhappy with his Raptors' jersey retirement.

The Toronto Raptors announced Friday that they will retire Vince Carter’s No. 15 next season, and Carter was more than a little emotional over it.

Nearly 26 years after scoring the first-ever basket at Scotiabank Arena, formerly Air Canada Centre, Vince Carter will become the first Toronto Raptors player to have his jersey go into the

Carter spent over six seasons in Toronto to begin his career after his draft rights in the 1998 NBA draft were traded to the Raptors from the Golden State Warriors. Carter was the