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The old saying, “Once a shooter, always a shooter” definitely applies to Ray Allen.
Even at the tender age of 37, Allen remains unequivocally one of the elite shooter in the game. Just check his 3-point shooting percentage this season: It’s .432 — the seventh-best in the league.
Yet, while it appears Allen still has more than fumes in his tank, the Miami Heat reserve guard acknowledges he may be closer to his career finish line than people think.
“I don’t know when I’ll retire,” said Allen, who began his pro career in Milwaukee in 1996 and spent six-plus productive seasons with the Bucks before being dealt to Seattle. “I’d like to get through the year first. I feel great; my body feels good. I just got to get through.
“I’m at a point where I’ve been pretty successful and I’ve gotten to the point where I really understand the game and how to play it.
“But I’m not going to be that guy who just hangs on. At some point, I can let it go.”
— Reported by Gery Woelfel of the Journal Times
