The Boston Celtics championship team in 2008 was a fraternity, but now one is left out: Ray Allen. The noble shooter now spoke about the difficult relationship with Kevin Garnett and Co. and hopes for improvement in the future.
“Kevin and I would have to have a conversation to move forward,” Allen said in the Cedric Maxwell Podcast. “I’ve seen so much hate over the years, received death threats. The boys removed me from the Big 3, said so many negative things about me while I had nothing bad to say,” continued Allen.
Garnett and the fans of the Celtics are still resentful that he left the Celtics for Miami in 2012. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh had just won their first Heat title and were considered arch-rivals for the Celtics.
Celtics GM Danny Ainge pleaded in the past that this should finally be put on the books, ex-coach Doc Rivers was also a supporter that Allen should be invited to Pierce’s Jersey Retirement.
When the tenth anniversary of the title win came in 2018, the Rondo district is said to be loud The Undefeated even voted on whether everyone should be invited. “We should have celebrated these times,” Allen said afterwards. “Instead, they want to be upset that I left them for the Miami Heat.
Allen played a total of five seasons for the Celtics, in which he played an average of 16.7 points per game and hit almost 41 percent of the triple line. With 2,973 long distance throws, he is still the all-time leader in the NBA.
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