Carter, at 40, gets shot vs. old team

Vince Carter, the 40-year-old who impacted the NBA with his acrobatic moves and dunks that were deemed dangerous to human health by the American Chiropractic Association, could be playing at the Nets for the final time Wednesday.

Carter, in his 20th season and his first with the Kings, played for the Nets from December 2004 through the 2008-09 season, and made the playoffs three times. His years as a Net produced some of the best numbers of his career: 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 44.7 percent shooting. He has played for six other teams.

“It’s shocking how long he’s played in this league. I watched him do a clinic one time in Florida. I was just blown away by his basketball IQ ,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said Tuesday after practice at the team’s Brooklyn facility. “It was so impressive that I had to go after him and ask him more questions. … I learned a ton. He doesn’t remember it. I was just a young guy coming up and he was gracious.”

When Carter suited up for his first NBA game — Feb. 5, 1999 during a lockout season — current Nets rookie Jarrett Allen was just over nine months old, having been born April 21, 1998.

“Vince Carter, he’s like the granddad of the NBA,” Allen said. “He’s seen everything.”

➤ Spencer Dinwiddie has made 18 starts for the Nets, 17 of them with D’Angelo Russell sidelined. As a starter, Dinwiddie has averaged 14.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 7.5 assists. In his 10 non-starts, Dinwiddie has averaged 9.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists.

➤ Atkinson expressed concern over the Kings’ size, especially with the Nets having been manhandled inside recently. In their past two games, both losses, the Nets were outscored in the paint, 118-82.

“It’s a little bit of an issue right now. We’ve been taken advantage of in the post,” Atkinson said. “We have to do a better job resisting in the post on an individual basis and our help defense.”