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Ray
Allen is in his 5th season in the NBA now and starts for
the Milwaukee Bucks. Ray was the 1996 Big
East Player of the Year, and a unanimous All-Big East First team
pick, after averaging 23.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 3.3 apg. He even
was a consensus All-America First Team selection by the AP, UPI, The
Sporting News and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as
a junior at Connecticut. Allen scored 8 points in the
Schick Rookie Game during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland
and also competed in the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk. He was named
to the 1996-97 NBA All-Rookie Second Team, the 1999-2000 NBA
All-Interview Second Team and the 2000 U.S. Men's Senior National
Team. Ray was named honorary captain of the 25-member UCONN
All-Century Basketball Team and with his 1,200th career free throw
on 12/23/2000, he qualified as the eighth-best free throw shooter in
NBA history. Ray Allen won the 1 800 CALL ATT Shootout during
2001 All-Star Weekend, led the Bucks in scoring and ranked 14th in
the NBA with 22.1 points per game, and also ranked 2nd in the NBA in
three-point field goals made (172), 5th in free-throw percentage
(.887), and 11th in three-point field-goal percentage (.423) in
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