Ray press conference introduced in Miami going on now

[SHAQATTACK]

Evil ol man Darth Riley and his little puppet coaching unit,  "Spobot"  , the LAKERs on the East Coast , but worse I fear.

I get the all over body shivers seeing some of these pics. Scary stuff.

[BballTim]

Pat Riley said Kareem played his best at age 37. You tellem Pat.

  Pat must not have followed basketball in the 70s.

[Celtics18]

I don't care that you wore it when you were playing for the Bucks and the Sonics or even as Jesus Shuttlesworth.  That's a lack of respect.  

Its a lack of respect to wear a number he wore in the NBA dating back as far as 1997?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

I'm not being sarcastic.  I was finally starting to get over the whole thing, thinking about rookies, sophomores, summer league, and who is going to round out the roster.  Ray who?

Then, I stupidly watched that painful press conference, and now I can't be anything but mad at Ray Allen all over again for leaving us and going to the Heat.  Everything about it is disrespectful.  The jersey number is just a very visceral example. 

dude, that makes no kinda sense.  he has worn it throughout his career and ONLY didn't wear it in boston. mad he left us for miami, i get it.  made bc he took his old #.....

I'm not asking for it to make sense to everybody.  If Ray Allen wearing Paul Pierce's jersey number down I'm Miami doesn't hit you in the gut the way it does for me, that's good for you.

[D Dub]

A. Sherrod Blakely ‏@SherrodbCSN

#CelticsTalk: "Forever, I'll always be a Celtic, no matter what. "- Ray Allen on being on the other side of the #Celtics-#Heat rivalry now.

Get Ray tf outta here man 

If that wasn't enough to boo ray out of the Garden then I don't know what is. Either he's meant to mock the team or not, he should have not said that when he knows the fans that he moved on from HATES the team he's playing for now.

Well done, Ray.

He should be reminded that he'll never be a Celtic again when he returns to the Garden.  

Heck, I'm considering going to Springfield for his HOF intro in my #34 Celts jersey & heckling the crap out of him.  

Seriously, one ovation maybe during warmups, but unmercifully booing him once the ball is in.  

[BigAlTheFuture]

Pat Riley looks like a mob boss.

[angryguy77]

Pat Riley looks like a mob boss.

When hasn't he?

[cman88]

ray says "well see" when KG said "danny will step up"


hey ray, getting offered twice as much money and a no-trade clause isnt stepping up??

or is it demanding 3times as much from your previous team that you ended up signing for with your new one?

[Mr October]

I caught part of this press conference. ...Awkward.

[TripleOT]

Was Ray Allen ever truly a Celtic?  If he was, he would have embraced the 6th Man role.  He didn't.  

He would have thought about finishing out his career here(at double the pay) in order to get his number in the rafters.  He didn't.  

He would have had enough respect for the Celtics' owner (who rescued his career by bringing him to Boston) by returning his phone calls.  He didn't.

Ray Allen was never a Celtic.  He was a hired gun who played one third of his career here - someone who chose to become a basketball vagabond because his delicate feelings were hurt.

Go to hell, Ray Allen.    

[Lightskinsmurf]

Was Ray Allen ever truly a Celtic?  If he was, he would have embraced the 6th Man role.  He didn't.  

He would have thought about finishing out his career here(at double the pay) in order to get his number in the rafters.  He didn't.  

He would have had enough respect for the Celtics' owner (who rescued his career by bringing him to Boston) by returning his phone calls.  He didn't.

Ray Allen was never a Celtic.  He was a hired gun who played one third of his career here - someone who chose to become a basketball vagabond because his delicate feelings were hurt.

Go to hell, Ray Allen.    

Well said

[JustIYke]

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[j804]

Was Ray Allen ever truly a Celtic?  If he was, he would have embraced the 6th Man role.  He didn't.  

He would have thought about finishing out his career here(at double the pay) in order to get his number in the rafters.  He didn't.  

He would have had enough respect for the Celtics' owner (who rescued his career by bringing him to Boston) by returning his phone calls.  He didn't.

Ray Allen was never a Celtic.  He was a hired gun who played one third of his career here - someone who chose to become a basketball vagabond because his delicate feelings were hurt.

Go to hell, Ray Allen.    

fiesty

[The Walker Wiggle]

I notice that Miami likes to use the word "family" a lot. Been hearing that a lot in the last few days and hearing it again today. I really think they knew Ray was feeling sad about what had happened to him this past season and worked on him with this "family" routine.

I think it worked and at the same time, I kind of feel like Boston has gotten away from that "family" atmosphere. It sold Ray in this case. He feels wanted by them.

The Celtics can do more to extend that "family" feeling. Everyone knows its a business and so on, but we've let some players feel expendable who were valuable to us. And in the end, they get away from us. Sometimes reaching out more goes a long ways.

P.S. Seeing Ray on the Heat is heartbreaking.   

Well put. TP.

[The Walker Wiggle]

Ray will have a lot of running to do. He thinks Rondo is bad. Wait until Wade, James and Chalmers get a hold of a break. The Heat fast-breaks a lot.

I suspect those possessions will be over before Ray can even get into them. I rather anticipate a lot of sitting in the corner twiddling his thumbs.

Some more fun facts (Courtesy of Synergy Sports):

Ray scored more points running off of screens per-game (4.64) than the entire Heat roster (4.24).

Ray Allen made 52.1% of his unguarded catch and shoot jump shots in 2012. 173 NBA players didn't even shoot as well at the rim.

[csfansince60s]

Was Ray Allen ever truly a Celtic?  If he was, he would have embraced the 6th Man role.  He didn't.  

He would have thought about finishing out his career here(at double the pay) in order to get his number in the rafters.  He didn't.  

He would have had enough respect for the Celtics' owner (who rescued his career by bringing him to Boston) by returning his phone calls.  He didn't.

Ray Allen was never a Celtic.  He was a hired gun who played one third of his career here - someone who chose to become a basketball vagabond because his delicate feelings were hurt.

Go to hell, Ray Allen.    

TP