Use stream of consciousness to answer the following. The oldest active player is Vince Carter, who is now 41 years old. Carter played his first game in 1999 and is playing his 20th season. Carter along with Manu Ginóbili, Jason Terry, and Dirk Nowitzki are the only players who were born in 1979 or earlier and are still active and under contract with an NBA team. Ten players total, however, were born in 1980 or earlier and still play in the NBA.

Answer this question based on the passage: who's the oldest player playing in the nba right now?

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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This is the relevant information: The oldest active player is Vince Carter, who is now 41 years old. Final answer: Vince Carter.