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Even on Vince Carter night, DeMar DeRozan didn’t let himself think too far ahead.

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Toronto rapper Drake seems to have other thoughts.

Carter became the first Raptor to have his jersey retired when No. 15 was raised to the rafters on Saturday night. DeRozan will likely get his day as well, probably after Kyle Lowry.

But he can’t ignore that now.

“Not yet. Because it’s such an emotional thought,” DeRozan said before the game when TSN’s Nikki Reyes asked him about being honored by the Raptors.

“Especially with a place that has so much meaning to me. So it’s one of those things that makes me happy when someone goes up first.”

DeRozan told Postmedia that Carter “deserved it,” and was glad things changed from how many in Toronto felt about Carter in DeRozan’s early days as a Raptor after he was drafted in 2009.

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“It’s come full circle, he deserves it and he needs all the love and appreciation because he certainly changed the game for Canadian basketball,” DeRozan said.

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Apparently, more healing may be needed in Raptor land, as DeRozan’s old friend Drake doesn’t seem too happy with him after DeRozan appeared in Drake rival Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Drake diss video.

Appearing on Saturday’s Raptors broadcast, Drake – in his usual spot on the court for the first time this season – said: “If you ever put up a DeRozan banner, I’m going to go out there and pull it down myself, shout it out to Kyle. ”

It was unclear if Drake was being serious at all, but it sounded like he was.

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