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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 1999-2000. |
