The Raptors recently announced they will retire the Vince Carter's No. 15 jersey on Nov. 2 which makes a ton of sense when considering his impact on Toronto basketball. The number will be the first to be retired in franchise history. However, per TSN, it reportedly wasn't a slam dunk:

Vince Carter is among the best Toronto Raptors players of all time. After spending the first six and a half seasons of his career with the franchise (and making five NBA All-Star Games), Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets in 2004.

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