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Walter Ray Allen (born July 20, 1975 in Merced,
California), commonly referred to as Ray Allen, is
an American professional basketball player for the
NBA's Boston Celtics at the position of shooting
guard. He has played professionally for the
Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics and
collegiately at the University of Connecticut. One
of the most accurate 3-point shooters in NBA
history, he is an eight-time NBA All-Star and won an
Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United
States Men's Basketball Team. He is nicknamed
"Jesus" due to his role as "Jesus Shuttlesworth" in
the movie He Got Game.
Allen was drafted out of the University of
Connecticut by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the
fifth pick of the 1996 NBA Draft. Immediately after
his selection, Allen and Andrew Lang were traded to
the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to fourth pick
Stephon Marbury. Allen was a member of the NBA's
All-Rookie 2nd Team in 1996. His most successful
season with the Bucks occurred during the 2000-01
season as he won the 3-point shootout during
All-Star Weekend and led the Bucks, as part of
Milwaukee's "Big Three", alongside Sam Cassell and
Glenn Robinson, to the Eastern Conference Finals,
where they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Allen remained with the Bucks midway through the
2002-03 season, when he was dealt to the Sonics,
along with Kevin Ollie, Ronald Murray and a
conditional first round draft pick, in exchange for
Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. After an
injury-riddled 2003-04 season season, he was named
to the All-NBA 2nd Team and, alongside teammate
Rashard Lewis, led the Sonics to the Conference
Semifinals in 2005. After the 2004-05 season season,
Allen signed a 5-year, $80 million contract
extension. In the 2005-06 regular season, he
averaged a career-high 25.1 points per game while
adding 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
