“The celebration of the time spent is what I’ve always wanted,” Carter said. “If it went as far as just the (City Edition jerseys featuring the Raptors mascot putting the ball through its legs, like Carter in the 2000 Dunk Contest), with the honour of me on a uniform, do you know how big that is?” “I think trying to put (his journey with the Raptors) in perspective is probably — not the toughest, but (it) fills my heart and it oozes and overloads because I have an appreciation of all of this. And I think that’s why I’m so damn emotional. I was always taught, and I always believed, that when you appreciate something and it means something, this is how you react.”