Carter's No. 15 will be retired at halftime of Brooklyn's game against the Heat. His jersey was retired by the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 2 against the Atlanta Hawks, another former team of Carter's. His Nets jersey retirement was announced back in September, so fans and the organization have been anticipating this moment for a long time.

On Vince Carter's jersey retirement night, Brooklyn couldn't overcome the Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat, falling 106-97. D'Angelo Russell led the Nets with 22 points and six assists, but a joint 42-point effort by Tyler Herro and Haywood Highsmith all but neutralized his output.

While the Heat were preparing to face the Nets in Brooklyn on Saturday, star Jimmy Butler — currently serving a two-game suspension for a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team” — was in Miami at the padel Reserve Cup Miami 2025.