Ray Allen RUMORS & NEWS

Fox Sports Wisconsin "LeBron James was working at his high school basketball camp in Las Vegas when he heard the news: Ray Allen was coming to the Miami Heat. James dropped what he was doing and picked up the phone immediately to call Allen. His persistent badgering of the Celtics free agent had finally paid off...." April 27

Miami Herald "Here’s all you really need to write when trying to crystallize the cavernous wealth of talent backing the Heat in these 2013 playoffs: The soon-to-be all-time leader in postseason three-pointers is coming off the bench. With 315 career playoff three-pointers after the Heat’s 110-87 victory..." April 23

Palm Beach Post "So, who’s next? Now that Dwyane Wade and LeBron James have missed the past two games, and Mario Chalmers the past three, to heal what the Heat have characterized as minor injuries, it’s reasonable to wonder when Erik Spoelstra will find some time off for other key members of his roster prior to..." April 04

ESPN.com "The Miami Heat are expected to be without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers and Ray Allen because of various nagging injuries for Friday's road game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said all four players continued to receive treatment during Thursday's light..." April 04

Miami Herald "Timberwolves guard J.J. Barea, who was ejected Monday night for an altercation with Ray Allen and directed obscenities toward Allen as he left the floor, had strong words for the Heat’s guard after the game. “I’ve been playing in the NBA seven years,” Barea told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I..." March 06

South Florida Sun Sentinel "Miami Heat guard Ray Allen had simple words to describe the altercation between he and J.J. Barea during Monday night’s game. “It just came out nowhere,” Allen said. That was Allen’s explanation for Barea’s play. It also could be used to describe Allen’s uncharacteristic involvement in a..." March 05

SB Nation "Chris Bosh and Ray Allen will play on Sunday as their Miami Heat face the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Ethan J. Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post. Bosh had missed the last two games -- a Friday win against the Los Angeles Clippers and a Wednesday victory against the Houston Rockets -- with a..." February 10

Miami Herald "On the night the Clippers got everyone back for the first time this season, the Heat was without two of its top four scorers. Chris Bosh missed his second game in a row with flu-like symptoms, and Ray Allen was sick as well for Friday’s marquee game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Bosh,..." February 09

Hot Hot Hoops "Following the Miami Heat's 2012 Finals win over the Oklahoma City Thunder -- a series in which the Heat shot 43 percent from three-point territory by placing Shane Battier and Mike Miller outside the arc to snipe -- Pat Riley pushed his chips to the middle of the table and went all-in on the..." January 09

Hot Hot Hoops "Ray Allen has already made two game-winning 3s for the Miami Heat this season. His four-point play against the Denver Nuggets enabled Miami to squeak by despite playing bad defense and getting pummeled on the glass. And most recently, Allen's 3 Saturday gave Miami a close win after the Heat played..." November 26

Miami Herald "A layup, he called it. That's how easy Saturday's game-winning three-pointer felt in the hands of Ray Allen in the fraction of a second it took him to catch an outlet pass from LeBron James, rise uncontested and give the Heat a come-from-behind victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. How do you..." November 26

Cleveland Plain Dealer "In basketball, as in many things in life, there are no moral victories. Not even for these young Cleveland Cavaliers, so inexperienced and so unheralded. Not even when the Cavaliers came within mere seconds of knocking off the defending-champion Miami Heat on Saturday at AmericanAirlines..." November 25

Miami Herald "Clearly, the whole Miami-Cleveland beef doesn't interest the Heat anymore. Just as clear, the Heat can win on a night it sleepwalks through a game and only begins playing in the final minutes. Such was the case on Saturday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Miami trailed by seven points with..." November 25

Miami Herald "Three games into his first season with the Heat, reserve guard Ray Allen is making 56.3 percent of his three-pointers, which is third in the NBA among players with at least 10 attempts. Yes, the Heat has its Big 3, but it also has the guy who makes big threes, and that's Allen. The Heat,..." November 05

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "For all the moments he has created over his 17 seasons, Ray Allen says what has kept him grounded is that he continues to live in the moment. Saturday was another of those moments, with his four-point play with 6.7 seconds remaining giving the Miami Heat a 119-116 victory over the Denver..." November 05

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Q: There is absolutely no reason that Ray Allen, at 37 years old, should be attempting to defend another team's point guard. Without Joel Anthony in the rotation on a regular basis protecting the paint, doesn't stopping dribble penetration become the priority with this team? -- Khand. A: The..." November 05

Denver Post "One by one, the Nuggets' players laced their double digit-sized, triple-figure designer kicks, escaping this locker room, this arena, this feeling. But Corey Brewer let this feeling surround him, as he sat at his corner locker, his head buried in the palm of his hand. The Nuggets had just..." November 04

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "For most of the night, the third option practically turned into the only option. This time, even as an undersized center, Chris Bosh was second to none. This time he had to be. And it still wasn't enough. At least not until venerable guard Ray Allen reminded everyone of his..." November 04

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Q: Ira, this time LeBron James passes and he's a genius, talking about eye contact with a defender, Dwyane Wade talking about LeBron made a special pass. What happens if the shot doesn't go in? -- Javier, Miami. A: But it did, because this time LeBron wasn't deferring to Udonis Haslem, or, to..." November 04

Miami Herald "Twelve of the Heat's current players received rings on Tuesday night. Two of those who did not were plotting during the ceremony on how to get their own. While the majority of the Heat's players were standing in full view on the court's baseline and enjoying the party-like atmosphere, Ray Allen..." November 01

Boston Herald "In retrospect, Ray Allen's brief free agent courtship with the Clippers was an afterthought, an off-Broadway event compared to his negotiations with Miami and the Celtics [team stats]. The Clippers ultimately offered their full mid-level exception ($5.6 million) to Jamal Crawford before Allen..." November 01

Miami Herald "For Ray Allen, the renewal of the Boston-Miami rivalry must have been an out-of-body experience. At certain surreal moments Tuesday night, he must have observed himself wearing a burning red basketball on his jersey instead of a green shamrock and wondered, "Where am I?" He was the object of..." October 31

NESN "As soon as Ray Allen agreed to sign with the Miami Heat, the most fervent Celtics supporters began their over-rationalizing. The Celtics were better off without him, they said, and he was not even capable of contributing much to the team anymore, anyway. The loss of Allen was made out to be some..." October 31

CSN New England "It was the moment we've all been waiting for: Ray Allen entering in the game as a member of the Heat. How would he act? How would his former teammates act? Well, Ray walked over to the Celtics' bench in a good-faith gesture. Some coaching staff, including Doc Rivers, embraced the move. Kevin..." October 31

CSN New England "As much as Tuesday night's Boston-Miami game was about the Heat getting their championship bling for what they accomplished last season, it was just as much a coming out party of sorts for former Celtic Ray Allen with his new team. Allen didn't disappoint his new fans in helping Miami kick off..." October 31

Boston Herald "The Celtics [team stats] tried to give Ray Allen a chill. Many turned a cold shoulder when their former-teammate-turned rival attempted to greet them during the game. But maybe the strategy was fated to fail. Consider the circumstances: This is Miami, and the guy is now playing for a team..." October 31

Miami Herald "Step into the size 15 shoes of one Mr. Walter Ray Allen for a moment and try to imagine what it's going to feel like at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. That's when the Heat's pregame banner-raising and ring ceremonies begin before the season opener against the Boston Celtics at AmericanAirlines Arena...." October 30

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "It's about rings. And it's about Ray. The rings will come first Tuesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena, putting an exclamation point on last season and the Miami Heat's first Big Three championship with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Then the page will be turned when Ray Allen..." October 30

Boston Herald "Approximately 30 minutes before tipoff tomorrow night, the Miami Heat will hold a coronation for the second time in franchise history, with rings, a banner and enough corny glitz to light up Biscayne Boulevard. Ray Allen, sort of an invited guest until the game actually begins, will slap backs..." October 29

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The proximity is what soothes Ray Allen the most. When he wanted to fish before moving here, it was somewhat of a process getting to a nearby body of water. Now, he just walks out the backdoor. "I actually live right on the ocean," said Allen, who lives in Coral Gables. "I caught a puffer..." October 28

Celtics Blog "As developed in detail within an article by Jay King of Masslive.com, Tommy Heinsohn and Bob Cousy were recently asked about Ray Allen and his status as a Celtics legend. As they both are Celtics immortals, they should know a thing or two about the qualifications required to have one's number..." October 25

Pro Basketball Talk "This may be something Ray Allen has to deal with for the rest of his career. Allen has not looked like his vintage self in the preseason — he is 6-of-22 from three (27.3 percent) and admits he's not been able to get in into the kind of shape he wants. The reason for the conditioning (and at..." October 23

ESPN.com "With a week left before facing his former team in the Miami Heat's season opener, guard Ray Allen said his surgically repaired ankle isn't completely healed and could require treatment well into the season. "I still deal with soreness in my ankle that I work through every day," Allen said after..." October 22

Pro Basketball Talk "Ray Allen isn't done talking about the Celtics and Rajon Rondo just yet. He should be, he should just stop answering questions about his time in Boston and let his play do the talking, but he's not. So in a series of interviews last week, Allen talked more about how he came to leave Boston and..." October 22

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The moment caught Chris Bosh by surprise. During the 2011 NBA Playoffs, Bosh learned up close Ray Allen is far from being just a spot-up shooter. Allen, then a member of the Boston Celtics, received a pass on the baseline and then dunked in the face of Bosh. The play caused TNT announcer..." October 20

Celtics Blog "Were the reports of Ray Allen's demise last spring -- pardon the painful cliche -- greatly exaggerated? Yes and no. If you were watching the veteran shooting guard down the stretch last year, perhaps paying particular attention to the career-worst shooting slump he suffered throughout the..." October 11

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Q: Ray Allen looks great in a Heat jersey. I am still amazed that the signed him. He will be a huge addition to this team. -- Chet. A: What impressed me most in Sunday's exhibition was all the other things he does, from his better-than-advertised ballhandling to his facilitating for others. He..." October 08

Pro Basketball Talk "The Rajon Rondo/Ray Allen story is not going away anytime soon — not with the Celtics and Heat opening the season against each other in just over a month. Not with the Heat getting their rings in front of the Celtics then taking the court with Allen now in red and white. If anything, Mr. Ed is..." September 26

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "As far as we know, the Heat never tried to use Ozzie Guillen to recruit Ray Allen. It was more than enough for the NBA's career 3-point shooting leader to feel the Twitter love from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Getting wined and dined by Pat Riley, Alonzo Mourning and Co. didn't hurt..." July 15

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Steve Nash goes to the Los Angeles Lakers, the veteran guard is praised for making winning his career-ending priority. Ray Allen join the Miami Heat, he is cast as Judas Shuttlesworth, for turning his back on the Boston Celtics. The Lakers find a way to land Nash from the Phoenix Suns..." July 15

CSN New England "For five-plus years, Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers had no hesitation when questions were fired his way about Ray Allen. But among the many changes resulting from Allen's decision to leave Boston -- at least right now -- is Rivers' reluctance to talk about his former player. Rivers, who..." July 13

Boston Herald "Ray Allen raised several issues with the Celtics following his introduction as the newest member of the Miami Heat on Wednesday. This included what he considered to be a diminished role in Doc Rivers' offensive scheme. But the Celtics coach, watching this team's summer-league team play..." July 13

Miami Herald "Ray Allen was in tears the last time he visited AmericanAirlines Arena, his Boston Celtics having been ousted by the Heat in the deciding game of the Eastern Conference finals. When he returned last Thursday to hear the Heat's recruiting pitch, Allen felt a comfort level and connection — the..." July 12

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "How does it come together? It comes together with Rashard Lewis calling Ray Allen and telling him he's going to sign with the Miami Heat at a free-agency discount and his former Seattle SuperSonics teammate telling him he is planning to do the same. How does it play out? It plays out with..." July 12

CSN New England "Ray Allen, well dressed as usual, said all the right things during his introductory press conference as a member of the Miami Heat. But this Ray Allen to Miami from Boston marriage still seems weird, huh? During Allen's 30-minute press conference, followed by another 15 with Boston media, he..." July 12

Palm Beach Post "In the end, it doesn't matter why Ray Allen's here, certainly not as much as where he will be – behind the line, spotting up, waiting to rise up and knock down shots for the Heat rather than for someone else. It doesn't matter if his decision was more a consequence of the Celtics driving him away..." July 12

Celtics Blog "I've done a pretty good job of avoiding this subject because I really wanted to let it sink in and marinate a bit before I reacted. Besides, others have covered the topic very well and of course everyone is going to have their own (sometimes very vocal) opinions. This isn't directed to sway folks..." July 10