I'm currently listening to WEEI in Boston (Yanks-Sox) and they just said Ray Allen to the Heat.

http://twitter.com/MickyArison

The NBA is bull**** these days.

Why is he trash?

Not surprised.

His dad was in jail for killing his mom, and only got released on permission of the governor to try to entice him in his college decision in exchange for an early release.

Trash indeed!

You would think the Heat would amnesty Miller right?

The Heat already stated Miller won't be put under the Amnesty Clause. Any why is he trash? Because the Heat just got better?

Hater's gonna hate...

I bet they are hoping he will just retire, but I think he will try to return. He has $12 mil over the next two years, and a player option of $6.6 mil for 2014/15.

And as mentioned in the general free agent thread, the guy chose to auction his Miami house off and still has the house on the market in Memphis.

a movie

He Got Game

prepyag is happy.

what are people that call other people trash?

Obviously he's a nice guy and definitely doesnt appear to fit mold of the typical NBA idiot... with that said, he just chose the "easiest" route to another ring. A real man would have stayed with Boston or picked another team that the rest of world doesnt hate for winning the wrong way.

Why would he stay with Boston when they benched him for Avery Bradley last year, then signed Jason Terry this offseason. How many minutes do you think he was gonna get? If Boston makes him the number one priority instead of Terry, maybe he stays, but that was the last straw IMO.

The guy took less money to go to a title team where he will get minutes and contribute to a contender. You people bashing him are idiots.

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Not surprised.

His dad was in jail for killing his mom, and only got released on permission of the governor to try to entice him in his college decision in exchange for an early release.

Trash indeed!

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Jesus Shuttlesworth + The Heat = Win

I remember the Celtics using him as trade bait this past season. This will be a nice way to stick it to them.

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with that said, he just chose the "easiest" route to another ring.

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Man this sounds kinda familiar...

What is winning the "right way"?

not using free agents?

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with that said, he just chose the "easiest" route to another ring. A real man would have stayed with Boston or picked another team that the rest of world doesnt hate for winning the wrong way.

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This is just stupid.

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what are people that call other people trash?

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Steve Billings.

**** you ray, you traitorous sack of ****. You are no longer a 30+ minute per night starter. You are now a 20+ minute a night 1 dimensional role player who can no longer get his own shot.

starting avery bradley over you going forward is clearly the right move, as would have been bringing you off the bench to provide much needed scoring punch. You+Jet+jeff green would have been possibly the best scoring bench in the league next year.

and on top of all that you give up the gift of $3MM more and the chance to still be loved in the region you call home in the offseason all for the opportunity to steal a ring or two as a footnote in the lebron/wade story. Real ****ing smart ray, real ****ing smart


~signed every celtics fan.

[This message has been edited by Dropkicked Murphy (edited 7/7/2012 10:44a).]

Two good tweets by the overrated Bill Simmons:

(Good fan tweet) Thx to Ray for 5 fun years. Celts nearly dealt him 2x, demoted him to 6th man, then signed Jet. They weren't loyal either.



(And then the M******* side of me says...) Ray spent 5 minutes after Game 7 shamelessly sucking up to Miami's entire team. Glad it paid off.

PS: Celts knew Ray was a goner, that's why they moved so fast on Jet. Think they expected to LAC/Grizz for midlevel, not Heat for 1/2 price.

Good for Ray. Hope he gets another championship in Miami....

He picked a team I don't like! He is trash! What a jerk!

Great signing for the Heat

He took less money to go to Miami and the prison story was a movie he was in with Denzel Washington. Not real life. Not sure why anyone thinks he is trash. He wanted to win another title before retiring and he took less money to try and do so.

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
-John Wooden

+1 he's anything but trash. It's a smart career move. He wants another ring and he will be a great outside scoring option for them.

Clearly the Celtics don't want/need him anymore.

Good luck to ray and I hope he averages 43 points against the celtics next season

Whoa wait, thats a movie? you just blew my mind braj

Allen is a genuinely decent person

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pro-athlete-lauded-for-being-decent-human-being,1477/

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prepyag is happy.

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Indeed I am, because this thread was started by a disgruntled mav fan...had Allen signed with Dallas this thread would be all about how great a player he is and how he and Dirk and inssert PG name here are the next big 3.

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with that said, he just chose the "easiest" route to another ring. A real man would have stayed with Boston or picked another team that the rest of world doesnt hate for winning the wrong way.

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So were Jason Terry, Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, etc all trash when they signed with Dallas? They didn't stay with their teams to win...they left via free agency...or does the trash label only apply to certain teams? Just curious...