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Will Ray Allen End His Career in Springfield?

 
Ray Allen has finally found a place to call home, a place where other NBA greats called home. After spending 12 years in Milwaukee and Seattle, he is now apart of the three headed monster in Boston that took home  the championship last season. This was his first title in his career along with Pierce and Garnett. Until last season none of them had made it too the finals. With a good five or six years remaining in his career it doesn't look like it will be his last championship. Allen, whose full name is Walter Ray Allen, was drafted out of UCONN in 1996 by Minnesota with the fifth overall pick, and later traded to Milwaukee for Stephon Marbury and a future pick. After seven seasons with the Bucks he had three playoff appearances, but never got past the conference finals. In 2003 he was traded to the Seattle Supersonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. Allen played five seasons with the Sonics where he averaged 24.6 ppg. and only made one playoff appearance. The Sonics where ... (link)

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