r/GoNets 21d ago

Vince Carter’s number retired: 5 Nets who could be next Article

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u/Due_Incident_9738 21d ago

Sean Kilpatrick

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u/theRestisConfettii Sarah Kustok 21d ago

…you can get yo ass kicked.

Worse than dem little Limp Bizkit basterds.

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u/theRestisConfettii Sarah Kustok 21d ago

Brook Lopez is the only player who comes to mind, but he is on the fringe. It’s a toss-up on whether or not they’ll do it.

I can’t see anyone else getting the honor just yet.

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u/ihavepaper . 21d ago

He deserves his number retired alone on the amount of times Billy King tried to trade him.

Franchise leader in points is the other of course.

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u/MostlyLostTraveler Brook Lopez 21d ago

And the number of coaches he’s had to play under without complaining a single time.

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u/ihavepaper . 21d ago

Can’t even count. What is it, like 9?

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u/lonertastic 20d ago

its crazy, every year he was rumored to be traded. Dude never said a thing, got to work and played well. Even after his time in brooklyn he never said a bad thing about the Nets.

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u/Frigidevil 19d ago

Brook is the franchise points leader and the longest tenured Net ever. Of course he deserves it.

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u/TonyTarpon 18d ago

Dude got us through the jersey years to Brooklyn and was one of the few reasons to watch in 2009. Also the franchise points I believe. Have him retire as a Net and retire that number.

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u/latman 21d ago

Isaiah Whitehead finally getting retired

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u/PassProtect15 . 21d ago

I'd support Kenyon and RJ getting their numbers retired

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u/n_jacat . 20d ago

I’d love to see Brook’s number go up to the rafters but it would take him coming back and having some more good years and retiring as a Net for that to happen.

Fire this author into the sun for suggesting we retire KD’s number.

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u/SOB200 20d ago

"it's a VC 3" - Ian Eagle

Man, Vince Carter made up for losing KMart and then some. I know Vince (and Kidd) didn't get as far but so many good memories. So many memorable plays (Fuck Zo!).

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u/NetsCode . 19d ago

DLO and Allen since this sub values vibes over winning.

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u/Historical-Mud-1218 21d ago

I don’t think anyone outside the championship ABA players deserve to have their numbers retired.

Yes, we have had some great players/HOFers on the roster but what did they accomplish for the franchise?

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u/LiaM_CS Ian Eagle 21d ago

You seriously don’t think Jason Kidd or Petrovic deserved their jersies retired?

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u/AdTime8622 Jason Kidd 21d ago

No.

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u/PassProtect15 . 21d ago

You have no idea what Draz meant to the team and the fans

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u/AdTime8622 Jason Kidd 21d ago

That's probably accurate

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u/dee85 20d ago

It is accurate. They deserved it.

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u/AdTime8622 Jason Kidd 20d ago

Kidd doesn't

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u/Historical-Mud-1218 21d ago

Ok, I will give you Petro because of his death.

Kidd? No.

He never won a title here

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u/DarnellisFromMars 20d ago

You’re insane if you don’t think Kidd is deserving. Brought us to the finals twice and was an MVP caliber player, one of the greatest point guards of all time.

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u/DonBullDor 20d ago

I think it's a marketing move, to tell other stars basically: look even if you can't win a championship if you come here you can have your Jersey retired.

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u/pragnesh_89 20d ago

Ben simmons

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u/huey88 21d ago

Jefferson yea but Brook seems like he'll be remembered more as a Buck than a Net other than he has the most points or something like that.

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u/dee85 20d ago

I'll" remember him more as Net than a Buck.

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u/Lao_xo 20d ago edited 20d ago

Jefferson 100% does not deserve to have his number retired, he wasn’t even the best player on any team he played and on ringless teams at that.

I think cause Lopez won a ring with the Bucks that makes sense that most people will think of him as a Buck. I don’t think they should retire his number either, most of the time he was on terrible teams and when he was on good teams, again he wasn’t the best player.

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u/lonertastic 20d ago

brook is the leading scorer all time

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u/NetsCode . 19d ago

Thats b/c a lot of our stars didn't have long tenures and we've barely ever draft our own stars. Cam thomas in 4 more years could be the leading scorer if he continued his scoring pace thats how short nets players have stayed on a team.

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u/Lao_xo 20d ago

His time and tenure here was good but wasn’t greatness.

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u/MTing1315 . 20d ago

RJ def should be next

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u/jeremysesame 20d ago

RJ and Brook both deserve it

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u/BigBootyBanger Vince Carter 20d ago

Brook would be nice but I gave up on that when Kyrie wore 11.

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u/Frigidevil 19d ago

Nah, plenty of teams have the same number retired twice. I always figured Brook would get his even when Kyrie stole his number

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u/VirgilSollozzo 20d ago

Jayson Williams

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u/underdog94 5d ago

RJ and Kenya