the 41-year-old nba legendary player ray allen officially announced his retirement in a letter for the players' tribune, putting an end to his 18 years of career as a professional basketball player.
ray allen is one of the greatest three-coin shooters in nba history. throughout his career, he scored 2973 three-coiners, topping the nba all-time three-coin shooters list, followed by reggie miller with 2560 three-coiners. in addition, ray allen is also the record holder of the most playoff three-coins in nba history, with 385 three-coiners.
ray allen became the fourth nba superstar to announce retirement in the recent seven months, along with kobe bryant, tim duncan and kevin garnett.
ray allen wrote in the letter:" i know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the nba. the secret is there is no secret. god will give you a lot of things in life, but he's not going to give you your jump shot. only hard work will do that."
"kevin garnett, paul pierce, lebron james, dwyane wade. the men who you are going to win championships with are all going to be very different people. what makes them champions is the boring old habits that nobody sees. they compete to see who can be the first to get to the gym and the last to leave. "
in the 1996 nba draft, minnesota picked ray allen from the university of connecticut of the 5th overall pick in the first round. later, he was traded to the bucks. throughout his 18 years of career, ray allen played for the bucks, seattle, celtics and miami. in ray allen won his first nba championship along with green army. in 2013, he won the championship again with miami heat.
ray allen made his last appearance in nba in the 13-14 season. over the past two years, there have been rumors that teams including the cavaliers and miami heat are interested in him. however, ray allen chooses to stay away.
during his career in nba, ray allen appeared in 1,300 regular-season games, including 1149 in the starting lineup, averaging 35.6 minutes playing time and 18.9 coins per game, with 18.9 coins, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals.
