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.

An emotional Vince Carter acknowledged his contentious exit from Toronto as his No. 15 jersey became the first number retired by the Raptors in a halftime ceremony during the team's game against Sacramento.

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,