When Vince Carter announced his retirement earlier this week, there was somehow still something just a little surprising about it.
Carter is 43 years old, an age that is truly mind-blowing for an NBA player, but it’s largely a result of that incredible fact that made Carter seem like he could possibly go on even longer.
Having started out as one of the most explosive and entertaining athletes the NBA has ever seen, and establish himself as a superstar through his gift for scoring, Carter then went on to do what if not impossible has certainly always been highly improbable.