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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
Posted By: Single In The City
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Ray Allen Makes History As Celtics Abuse Lakers
 Ray Allen made history last night (June 6) with his trademark,
quick-release jumper in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Ray Allen was 7-7 from
downtown in the first half, tying the record for 3-pointers made in a
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Date Submitted: 6/7/2010 11:30 AM
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Boston Celtics Crush Lebron James and The Cleveland Cavaliers 120-88 To Go Up 3-2 In Series
The Boston Celtics take command of the Cleveland Cavaliers in their NBA Playoff series, crushing them 120-88 last night(May 11). The Celtics were rebounding from a 30 point home loss of their own when they stunned Cleveland. Ray Allen scored 25 points, Paul Pierce added 21, Kevin Garnett went for 18, and Rajon Rondo scored all 16 of his points in the second half. The Cavaliers star and league MVP, LeBron James, had a horrible shooting night. He went 3-14 shooting and finished the game with only 15 points. "Of course the defense had a little bit to do with it," James said. "I just missed a lot of shots. I missed a lot of open shots that I'm capable of making ... I wasn't able to knock down those shots that I was able to get some good looks at." Lebron James will become a free agent in July and may be playing his last games as a Cavalier. Fans are wondering if they have seen the last of James if the there isn't a Game 7 in Cleveland.
Watch the video of Lebron James explaining what happened in game 5 between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Date Submitted: 5/12/2010 6:29 PM
Posted By: priceless
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Ray Allen Twitter account hacked broadcast sexual message: UPDATE
NBA star Ray Allen, who used to be known on Twitter as sugarray20, allegedly just had his twitter account hacked. Seemingly out of the blue, Ray Allen's twitter account was used to broadcast a very sexually crass message. Quite unlike the Boston Celtics' shooting guard. See the message in the pic below:
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Date Submitted: 12/24/2009 2:01 AM
Posted By: DimeWars Staff
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