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Crown him! The ageless Carter signs with Kings

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The Sacramento Kings have signed guard Vince Carter, the team announced Monday.

Carter, who entered the league with the Toronto Raptors in 1998, is joining his seventh team. He played the last three seasons in Memphis, where he averaged 8 points and 1.8 assists per game last season.

The 40-year-old Carter ranks 27th all-time in points scored (24,555), fifth in 3-pointers (2,049) and 13th in games played (1,347).

Carter set records for a player 40 and over last season, passing Michael Jordan as the oldest to score 20 points off the bench at 39 years and 287 days against Denver on Nov. 8, only to surpass the mark six days later with 20 points at Utah. according to Baseball Reference.

However, he now owes up to $1 million to as many as 49 creditors. He estimates his assets are worth less than $50,000.

Hernandez, who is most famous for his World Series heroics while with the Marlins, played one season with the Mets in 2009. He started 23 games and went 7-8 with a 5.47 ERA. Hernandez officially retired in 2014. review, but said it couldn’t change the outcome unless there was evidence of fraud or a violation of law.

It appointed five judges from different countries to watch the bout without sound and released the outcome of the recount late Monday, showing three judges awarded the fight to Horn, one scored a draw and one judge awarded the fight to 38-year-old Pacquiao.

The WBO said based on the first stage of analysis, Horn won seven of the 12 rounds.

WBO President Francisco Valcarcel asked the judges, who remained anonymous, to assign their own scores to rounds, saying the results would be tabulated to ascertain which rounds each fighter won using an average scale based on 100, 80 and 60 percent.

In the statement Monday, the WBO said based on the analysis Pacquiao won the 3rd, 8th and 9th round by 100 percent, the 5th round by 80 percent and the 11th by 60 percent. Horn was given the 1st, 6th and 12th rounds by 100 percent, the 2nd, 4th and 7th by 80 percent and the 10th by 60 percent.

 ?? PHOTO BY GETTY ?? Vince Carter, 40, shows no signs of slowing down as he will continue his career with Kings for 2017-18 season.
PHOTO BY GETTY Vince Carter, 40, shows no signs of slowing down as he will continue his career with Kings for 2017-18 season.
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