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Warriors Trade Retrospective: The Vince Carter trade

More than once in his illustrious 22-season career, it appeared as if Vince Carter was destined to play for the Golden State Warriors.

The first time the Warriors flirted with the idea was on draft day way back in 1998 when the team used the fifth overall pick to select the University of North Carolina product.

Though, it was a short-lived marriage. The Warriors and Toronto Raptors agreed to a trade that sent Carter to Toronto in exchange for college teammate Antawn Jamison.

In recent years, the Warriors had again toyed with the idea of recruiting the 43-year-old to bolster the bench, but the timing never was right.