. Barrett, from Toronto, just spent one season around the picture of college basketball stability at Duke, where Mike Krzyzewski has led one of the country’s most prestigious programs for 40 seasons.
But the No. 3 pick in the draft knew to expect turbulence in the pros – even if it arrived earlier than maybe he could have anticipated.“I don’t want to say surprised, just because I had a lot of good people in my ear telling me about different things in the league,” Barrett said. “So not a surprise, but more so just try to be prepared for whatever comes my way.”Vince Carter is set to reach another milestone by playing in his 1,500th game.
The 42-year-old swingman will become the fifth player to reach the mark, with his next game scheduled for Tuesday when the Atlanta Hawks visit Miami. Robert Parish is the career leader with 1,611 games played, followed by fellow centre Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 1,560. Dirk Nowitzki retired this year after playing in 1,522 games and Carter will soon pass John Stockton, who finished at 1,504.
Carter is coming off his highest-scoring game of the season, finishing with 17 points off the bench Sunday against Charlotte. He is averaging 5.6 points for the season.He is the first player in NBA history to play 22 seasons and in January – a few weeks before he turns 43 – Carter will become the first player to play in four decades.
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