Proposed new rule for the next CBA: If you've been an all-star more than once you cannot sign with or be traded to any team with a prior-year record better than 44-38. barfo
Nice move by the Heat. Allen is going to feast on the three-pointers off James and Wade kick-outs. They're going to be even more fun to watch next year.
Jack's perception bugs the hell out of me. Nobody calls Nash a traitor for going to the Lakers, or Terry for going to the Celtics for that matter, but for some reason, Allen is a different story. Does everyone forget that he played 2/3rd's of his career with Milwaukee and Seattle. Hell, when you ask me a about Ray Allen, I picture him in a Sonics jersey. That's where his best years were. It's not like Paul Pierce left them for the Heat. Also, what happened to the Lakers rivalry? People are just sour against the Miami Heat. I've been reading ESPN comments (mistake, I know...) and everyone is just bashing the hell out of him for going to a rival. It seems like everyone out East is a rival of the Heat nowadays. Let's be real; the C's rival is LAL.
Haha. Another thing, the Celtics tried to trade Allen for O.J. Mayo and the #25 pick just before the trade deadline, but the trade fell through. It was so close that Doc Rivers told Allen to pack his bags though. Now, he's a traitor for leaving Boston in free agency.
When the big three pulled this crap in Miami creating a super team I knew this shit would happen next! The flood gates to only a handful of super teams is now greenlighted... This is now just getting ridiculous! Where is the NBA's sense of any kind of FAIR PLAY!! How many freakin Allstars do you need on one damn team? As Larry Bird said.... "it bothers me to see players taking pay cuts simply to win rings, but there are alot of players that like riding the coattails of champions" Some people will say "WOW Miami should be a fun team to watch"..... I say to them, didn't ya get enough Globetrotters in your childhood? It's sad to say but the rest of the NBA for the conceivable future will be the sacrificial Generals...
I don't think Boston wanted him back, they had already benched him for Avery Bradley (Rondo lobbied for this, that's where he and Ray started getting issues) and then they went and signed Jason Terry right while he was deciding. I think they made him an offer to save face with fans, but I don't think they wanted or expected him back.
Larry Bird is made at players choosing to make less money to play where they want to play with who they want to play with? Fuck Larry Bird.
They're really not the first to do it though. Remember when Payton and Malone left for the Lakers? Payton was coming off an All-Star season and Malone was coming off a 21/8/5 year. They had way more left in the tank than Ray Allen. Then there was the team that Ray Allen was just a part of. Sam Cassell, Rasheed Wallace, Jermaine O'Neal, and Shaquille O'Neal all tried to latch on to the Celtics for a title, and while they didn't have much in their tanks at that point in their careers, neither does Ray.
