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Media Day: Vince Carter is looking to bring leadership to the Atlanta Hawks in 2018-19

Eyebrows went up across the league when it was reported that the Atlanta Hawks had come to terms on a one-year minimum contract with Vince Carter, who will play his 21st season in the NBA in 2018-19. Still in the early days of a multi-year rebuild, all of the Hawks’ previous business had been focused on injecting as much youth into the club as possible and setting themselves up for sustainable success down the road. From three first-round draft picks in 2018 to established veterans Kent Bazemore, Jeremy Lin, and Dewayne Dedmon all with eight or fewer years in the league, it struck many as odd that Atlanta wanted to bring in Carter, who has more years in the league than any three of his teammates combined.