The story began with Vince “Air Canada” Carter, the multiple NBA Dunk Contest Champion and a future Hall of Famer. Vince spent his best NBA years wearing Raptors jersey. He sparked the light for Canadian basketball leading the team to their first playoffs in 2000. He managed to defeat Allen Iverson-led Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, scoring 50 points in Game 3. Unfortunately, Father Time takes even best of us, and the NBA days of “Half Man, Half Amazing” are coming to an end, leaving his legacy behind.

The best praise any NBA player can get is to see his jersey hanging up in the rafters. This is the question one of the top online bookmakers seems to have an answer to, who will have their jersey retired first by the Toronto Raptors? The odds suggest Carter as a favourite at the odds of 1.63 (63/100). He is ahead of Kawhi Leonard priced at 3.00 (2/1), who brought Raptors their first-ever title, and other stars.

Arguably the best NBA duo Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are also on the list with the odds of 4.50 (7/2) and 7.00 (6/1) respectively. Another NBA star who established the name for himself wearing Toronto jersey but had to part ways with a team in pursuits of the ring is Chris Bosh. He is unlikely to get his jersey retired before anyone else, considering the odds of 10.50 (19/2) but still is in the conversation. 

Will Toronto pay respect to the legend, or will it just dismiss his legacy?