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Sports Pulse: USA Jeff Zillgitt of TODAY Sports breaks down the new Eastern Conference which is now without LeBron James for the first time since 2003.
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Already the oldest player in the league, Vince Carter would be back for a 21st NBA season.

Carter agreed with the Atlanta Hawks on a one-year contract, according to multiple reports. Carter, 41, will join Dirk Nowitzki, who re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks two days ago, as the last members of the 1998 draft class left the league.

Yahoo! Sports have indicated that the case is for the veteran minimum wage of $ 2.4 million.

Carter played a limited role in 58 games with the Sacramento Kings of Reconstruction last season. He would have been asked to play a similar role in a team of young Hawks without another player over 30 years old.

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Atlanta had three first-round picks last month. Draft copy. Trae Young, the fifth overall pick acquired in a tracing exchange to be the centerpiece of the Hawks' rebuilding, is only 19 years old. Kevin Huerter, 19th overall, is also 19, and Omari Spellman, 30, is 21. 19659008] John Collins, drafted in the first round last year, is 20 years old and has just finished a rookie season with an average of 10.5 points and 7.3 rebounds and was part of the second all-Canadian team. Rookie

. will be 42 in January. Atlanta will be his eighth team. He averaged 5.4 points in 17.7 minutes per game for Sacramento last season. Prior to that, he averaged 66 games per season in three seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies

Carter, an eight-time player, is ranked 27th on the scoring list with 24,868 points.

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