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Twitter Reacts To Vince Carter Signing With The Atlanta Hawks

Yesterday,  Vince Carter agreed to a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks!

Just like Dirk Nowitzki, Carter will be heading into his 21st NBA season. He will be an important veteran presence in a very young Atlanta locker room. Lottery pick Trae Young for example was born on September 19, 1998, three months after Carter had been drafted by the Golden State Warriors. 20 years later they’re now teammates.

NBA Twitter reacted with some great stats and some old man jokes. Check it out.

228 different players have played at least one game as a teammate of Vince Carter’s.

According to @EliasSports that is the 2nd-most for any player in NBA history, trailing only Juwan Howard with 236 pic.twitter.com/3dhuGpSCyD

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 25, 2018

This is how new @ATLHawks teammates Vince Carter and Trae Young were honing their skills back in 2000: pic.twitter.com/TDJncrsYML

— Stadium (@WatchStadium) July 25, 2018

There are only two players currently on NBA rosters who were drafted in the 1990s: Vince Carter and Dirk Nowitzki. Manu Ginobili may or may not be the third if he decides to keep playing.

— Sean Highkin (@highkin) July 25, 2018

Vince Carter's NBA career is older than a whole bunch of rookies.

— DO NOT CONGRATULATE (@russbengtson) July 25, 2018

Vince Carter was drafted 3 months before new Hawks teammate @TheTraeYoung was BORN. pic.twitter.com/Mw8ZJJrJTb

— ESPN (@espn) July 25, 2018

I have called every game @mrvincecarter15 played against the @ATLHawks over the years. Great to have him with our young guys.

— Steve Holman (@RealVoiceofHawk) July 26, 2018

Someday, LeBron James will have grandkids, and they'll have grandkids, and one of THEIR grandkids will make the NBA.

Vince Carter will dunk on that kid.

— InsideHoops.com NBA (@InsideHoops) July 26, 2018

Vince Carter is one of just 3 active players in the NBA to have played in the 1990s, along with Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry https://t.co/vP2H7INSdq

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 25, 2018

20 years after posterizing Mutombo in Atlanta, Vince Carter is joining the Atlanta Hawks! pic.twitter.com/mJ0LrjVmJV

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) July 25, 2018

https://twitter.com/dmn_mavericks/status/1022276312847802368

Vince Carter's last four stops have been Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and Atlanta. No one can accuse him of ring chasing.

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) July 25, 2018

https://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee/status/1022260284361039872

https://twitter.com/JoshEberley/status/1022257666138095616

Not only was Vince Carter drafted 3 months before Trae Young was born, Vince was born 8 months before Trae’s father (Rayford Young) was born. pic.twitter.com/tCUjYE1csc

— David Astramskas (@redapples) July 26, 2018