In basketball terms, NBA gunslinger Ray Allen has nothing left to prove.
He's been an All-American (twice), a lottery pick (fifth overall in 1996), an NBA All-Star (10 times), a world champion (twice) and an Olympic gold medalist (2000). He's the NBA's all-time leader in career three-point makes (2,973) with plenty of quality (career 40.0 three-point percentage) to show for that quantity.
Allen, or "Jesus Shuttlesworth" to this generation of hoop heads, has seen it all and done it all on the game's biggest stage. Maybe this is being selfish or perhaps a bit greedy, but I hope he's not finished seeing and doing just yet.
The 38-year-old just wrapped his 18th season in the NBA, a career defined more by consistency than simple longevity. While Father Time has forced him to take on a specialist's role—56.9 percent of his field-goal attempts were triples this season, the most of his career—it has yet to rob him of his effectiveness.
Allen's 9.3 points-per-game postseason scoring average was fourth-highest on the Miami Heat, an astonishing figure considering his current odometer rea ...
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Why We’re Not Ready for Ray Allen to Walk Away from the NBA Forever
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