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Ray Allen Heads To The Miami Heat
Allen, who holds the NBA record for three point shots with 2,716, visited the Heat on Thursday and did not declare until late Friday that he would leave Boston, where he helped win a title in 2008 during his five-year run there.
He must have really wanted to another shot at the title; Allen took less than half of what the Celtics could pay him to join the Heat — the mini mid-level exception of $3 million.
Heat owner Micky Arison tweeted the agreement just after 9:30 p.m., or about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in Europe, where Arison has been for several days.
”I was just woken up with great news,” Arison wrote. ”Welcome to the family.”
The Associated Press reported that Arison got the word from Heat president Pat Riley, who made Allen the team’s top free-agent priority – especially in recent days. Allen, who will be 37 this month, a went to dinner with Riley, coach Erik Spoelstra, team executive Alonzo Mourning and others Thursday night, then left Friday to presumably decide his future.
Hours later, the choice was made. Allen’s agent, James Tanner, confirmed the decision to the AP not long after Arison’s tweet.
Allen, who made a career-best 45 percent of his 3-point attempts this past season, cannot officially sign until Wednesday because of the league’s moratorium.
Allen becomes the latest player to be sold by Riley on the notion of sacrifice since the blockbuster summer of 2010. The Heat convinced James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all to take less money than they could have made elsewhere in that off-season, so there would be enough room left to add players role players.
The approach clearly worked. Next fall, the Heat will raise a championship banner, and Allen will be with them for the title defense.
”HeatNation continues to grow,” Wade wrote on Twitter late Friday night. And James added, ”please welcome our newest teammate Ray Allen” with the added hashtag of ”Wow.”
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Date Submitted: 7/7/2012 11:42 PM
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