Sharp-shooting Ray Allen’s decision to take his talents to South Beach and the rival Miami Heat has left the Boston Celtics painfully short on outside shooting and put them another lap back of the pace of the Eastern Conference elite.
It’s a gap that began to emerge when LeBron James and Chris Bosh signed with Miami in 2010 and has widened ever since, as the Heat’s Big Three learned to play together.
Now the Celtics will hope against hope that Jason “Jet” Terry, former sixth man of the year and owner of a Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy bicep tattoo, can match the scoring punch off the bench that Allen provided in the second half of 2012.
Unfortunately, the numbers don’t suggest it playing out that way.
Allen and Terry each rely heavily on the three-pointer, and while Terry shot a healthy 38.4 percent to Allen’s incredible 41.1 percent, the Mavs gunner hoisted up 59 more attempts on the year. That translates to 0.72 more three-point shots per game from a statistically inferior shooter in an offense that puts a premium on getting efficient looks in limited possessions—not exactly t ...
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Boston Celtics: Will Jason Terry Be an Effective Replacement for Ray Allen?
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