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He will play this season -- his 21st in the NBA
-- for the veteran minimum of $2.4 million.
"It just feels right for me," Carter told the Atlanta-Journal
Constitution earlier this month. "I still want to play the game.
Whatever minutes are there, I want. I enjoy teaching. I'll do
that for any team. That's not a question. It's just who I am."
In Atlanta, the 41-year-old Carter will have plenty of young
teammates to mentor, starting with the Hawks' three first-round
draft picks: Trae Young, Kevin Huerter and Omari Spellman.
Carter was the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year, has been named
All-NBA twice (second team in 2001 and third team in 2000) and
is an eight-time All-Star. In 2000, he won both the NBA Slam
Dunk contest and an Olympic gold medal.
The Hawks will be the eighth NBA team for Carter, who originally
was selected No. 5 overall in the 1998 NBA Draft out of North
Carolina. He played last season for Sacramento, where he
averaged 5.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 17.7
minutes in 58 games.
In 20 NBA seasons with Toronto, New Jersey, Orlando, Phoenix,
Dallas, Memphis and Sacramento, Carter has career averages of
17.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steal in 31.4
minutes.
-- Field Level Media
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