Celtics Ray Allen

20 jersey will be impacted by allen s decision to leave the celtics for the miami heat in 2012.

Celtics ray allen. Allen played college basketball for the connecticut huskies for three seasons gaining a reputation as an efficient long range shooter. Four former boston celtics players from the 2008 championship team joined kevin garnett s area 21 segment on tnt on monday but ray allen was not among them. Instead he was the topic of. After kevin garnett s jersey retirement ray allen s name has been brought up but the boston celtics shouldn t retire his number.

He attended the university of connecticut for college where he won big east and upi player of the year awards in 1996. Uconn retires ray allen s no. A military kid allen grew up in a lot of places but graduated high school in dalzell south carolina. Born july 20 1975 is an american former professional basketball player.

Yet one of the thornier issues reportedly at the heart of the enmity between allen and point guard rajon rondo also had to do with a trade. Ray allen won an nba championship and was a three time nba all star as a member of the celtics big three but his departure to miami as a free agent after the 2012 season will have. On this day in 1975 former boston celtics sharpshooter ray allen was born in merced california. Walter ray allen jr.

Evidently chris paul was a potential trade option for the celtics and when the big three of allen kevin garnett and paul pierce were consulted about a package that would include rondo for the perennial all star only the former husky was on board. Ray allen celebrated the celtics title with a mysterious guest. Allen believes the celtics would ve had a better shot against the heat with him. He carried what he learned to memphis to instill a grit n grind culture alongside zach randolph and marc gasol.

He played 18 seasons in the national basketball association nba and was inducted into the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame as a player in september 2018.