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| Biography | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Childhood | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Ray Allen first picked up a basketball at the age of ten. He has worked hard, not only to develop his skills, but to learn a respect for the game. That's why you won't hear any trash talking from Ray or see him show an opposing player disrespect. To Ray, it's simple. Just play the game and play it to the best of your ability. Ray's journey to the NBA began in Dalzell, South Carolina. Both his parents Walter and Flora Allen played semi-professional basketball. So Ray had some very good teachers early on. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Like his older brother, Ray Allen played for coach James Smith at Hillcrest HS. He averaged 25.5 points and 11.5 rebounds as a junior and 28.5 points,13.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game as a senior. Finally Hillcrest HS. finished season 27-4 and won the state championship. Ray named the South Carolina's "Mr Basketball" in 1992-93,South Carolina 4A Player-of-the-Year, Gatorade State Player of the Year in 1992-93 and 3 times All-State and team MVP.Selected by USA Today as one of its "Super 25" scholastic stars and played in Nike All- Star game in Chicago following senior season. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Allen played in all 82 games as a rookie, making 81 starts, the most of any Milwaukee player... Allen spent the summer following his rookie season playing the lead role of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the top high school basketball player in America, in Spike Lee's film, He Got Game, starring Denzel Washington (as Allen's father)... 1999-2000: Selected for the 1999 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team which will participate in the 1999 Americas Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 14-25, for the 2000 Olympic Games...Recorded 33 points and 6 assists in a 104-87 win over Orlando on 4/10...Logged 35 points in a 104-85 win at the L.A. Clippers on 3/30...Scored 36 points (15-20 FG, 6-9 3-FG) in a 99-87 loss to Miami on 3/24...Netted 32 points in a 111-100 loss to Vancouver on 2/19 ...Tallied 14 points in the 2000 NBA All-Star Game...Finished third in the AT&T Shootout during All-Star Weekend...Netted a season-high 36 points (5-7 3 FG) in a 102-99 win in Utah on 2/3...Logged 33 points (11-15 FG) in a 118-97 win over Toronto on 1/15...Tallied 31 points (5-7 3 FG) and 7 rebounds in a 108-101 loss in Phoenix on 12/20...Hit an 18-foot running jumper with 1.7 second left to play, scoring a team-high 28 points in a 96-95 win in Miami on 12/16...Registered game-highs with 33 points (13-15 FG, 4-5 3 FG), 10 assists and 4 steals in a 113-94 loss in Detroit on 11/21...Tallied a game-high 31 points and 5 rebounds in a 119-109 win at Atlanta on 11/4 1998-1999: Led the Bucks in free-throw percentage (.903, 4th in the NBA) and three-pointers made (74, 16th) and attempted (208, 17th)...Scored 20-or-more points 13 times and led the Bucks in scoring 23 times...Posted a game-high 26 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in an 88-79 victory over the Boston Celtics on 5/1...Scored a game-high 31 points (9-15 FG, 2-4 3FG, 11-12 FT) in a 98-86 victory over the Miami Heat on 4/14...Totaled a game-high 25 points (11-19 FG, 3-3 FT), 6 assists and 4 rebounds against the Miami Heat on 4/11...Recorded a game-high 25 points (8-12 FG, 3-3 3FG, 6-6 FT), 8 rebounds and 3 assists in a 107-105 win over the Washington Wizards on 3/30...Registered a team-high 29 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals against the Detroit Pistons on 3/26 ...Posted 21 points (9-12 FG, 3-3 3FG), 7 assists and 4 rebounds in a 99-83 victory over the Boston Celtics on 3/18...Totaled a game-high 29 points (3-6 3FG), 4 assists and 4 rebounds against the New York Knicks on 3/15...Logged his only double-double of the season, with team-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds, in a 94-86 win over the New Jersey Nets on 3/2...Recorded a game-high 25 points (8-13 FG, 3-5 3FG, 6-8 FT), 5 assists and 3 rebounds in a 113-107 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on 2/5 1997-1998: Registered a career-high 40 points (6-10 3FG), 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 4/18...Posted 25 points, a game-high 8 assists and 6 rebounds against the Detroit Pistons on 4/17...Totaled a game-high 28 points (9-12 FG, 4-5 3FG), 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a 114-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on 4/7...Recorded a game-high 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in a 118-108 win over the Houston Rockets on 3/24...Registered a team-high 27 points and game-highs 11 assists and 8 rebounds against the Utah Jazz on 3/7...Scored a game-high 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and added 5 assists against the New York Knicks on 2/26...Posted 19 points (4-6 3FG), a career-high 13 assists and 7 rebounds against the L.A. Lakers on 2/24...Totaled team-highs of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in a 108-98 win over the Washington Wizards on 2/18...Recorded 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists against the New Jersey Nets on 2/16...Registered 25 points, a game-high 8 assists and 6 rebounds in a 99-93 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 2/14...Posted team-highs with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists against the Detroit Pistons on 2/11...Totaled a team-high 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists against the Atlanta Hawks on 2/10...Recorded 26 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds in a 115-112 overtime victory over the New Yorks Knicks on 1/29...Registered a game-high 27 points, hitting 7-of-8 three-pointers, 4 rebounds and 3 steals against the Chicago Bulls on 1/16...Posted a game-high 35 points (11-16 FG, 5-6 3FG, 8-8 FT), 5 rebounds and 4 assists in a 98-78 win over the New York Knicks on 12/20...Totaled 23 points, 5 assists, a career-high 5 steals and 4 rebounds against the Boston Celtics on 12/10...Recorded a game-high 29 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in a 103-88 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on 10/31 1996-1997: Allen enjoyed a strong rookie season for the Bucks, ranking third on the team in scoring at 13.4 points per game...He was the team's primary long-distance threat, shooting .393 from three-point range on 117-for-298, leading Milwaukee in all three categories...He also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists to rank fifth on the club in both categories...He shot .430 from the field but led the team in free throw shooting at .823...Allen played in all 82 games for Milwaukee and started a team-high 81. He scored in double figures 55 times, including the last nine games of the season, and had 20+ points 12 times. He scored a career-high 32 points in a 117-112 loss at Phoenix on March 25, and posted highs of nine rebounds twice and nine assists once...He closed out the season strong, averaging 17.1 ppg in April and shooting .500 on 18-for-36 from behind the three-point arc. His .393 three-point percentage was the third-best in Bucks history...Allen competed in the Schick Rookie Game at All-Star Weekend and scored eight points. He also was the national spokesman for the game. In addition, he became the first Buck since Paul Pressey in 1986 to compete in the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk... COLLEGE: An All-America selection and the 1996 Big East Player of the Year at Connecticut...As a junior, Allen was a consensus All-America First Team selection and was also named UPI's College Player of the Year...He was a unanimous All-Big East First team pick after averaging 23.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 3.3 apg in 35 games...Allen finished No. 3 on the Huskies' career scoring list with 1,922 points and also set a UConn single-season record by connecting on 115 three-pointers in 1995-96...Allen was the first UConn player ever to earn All-America recognition in back-to-back seasons, after being named to AP's and NABC's Third Team as a sophomore in 1994-95... |
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