Ray Allen

All-Star Guard, Boston Celtics

Career Highlights:  An eight-time NBA All-Star, Allen is one of the most prolific shooters in NBA history… Part of the dynamic threesome of the Boston Celtics (along with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce), Allen led the Celtics to the XXXXXXXXX of the NBA Playoffs…Allen is in second place on the NBA’s all-time three-point field goals made list, behind only legendary marksman Reggie Miller….Allen set  the NBA record for most three-point field goals made in the regular season with 269 (2005-06 season)…He also holds the NBA record as the regular season leader in three-point field goals attempted set in 2006 with 653 … Allen has career averages per game of 21.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists…On November 4, 2007, Allen passed 17,000 points for his career (currently stands at 18,227 points)…Prior to being traded to the Celtics in June 2007, Allen led the Seattle SuperSonics to its first division title in seven years in 2005 and to the Western Conference Semi-finals in the 2005 NBA Playoffs…He was also honored by being named to the 2004-05 All-NBA Second Team…In addition to the 2005-06 season, he also led the league in three point field goals made in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons (229 and 201, respectively)…A veteran of six and a half seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, Allen was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in February 2003…He was one of the first four selections to 2003 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team…Allen won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was selected to represent the U.S. in 2002 at the World Championships and in 2004 at the Olympics but withdrew due to injury… Allen is known as much for his character off the court, as his play on it as his charity, the Ray of Hope Foundation, assists charities in several communities…Allen won the 2003 NBA’s Joe Dumars Sportsmanship Award …Named a consensus All-America First Team selection as a junior at the University of Connecticut, Allen had his number retired at Gampel Pavilion on the UCONN campus in February 2007…He was the 1996 Big East Player of the Year, and a unanimous All-Big East First Team pick…He was named honorary captain of the 25-member UCONN All-Century Basketball Team…Allen had a starring role in the critically acclaimed Spike Lee movie “He Got Game,” co-starring alongside Denzel Washington.

Updated: May, 2008
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