Again, any complaints? If Ray came back, people would question Danny's thinking for giving him 2 years 12 million and a no-trade clause. Face it people, we would. I'm glad he's gone, and I'm glad that his injury problems are screwing over Miami. They wasted their mini MLE on him and there is no way out until the season ends and possibly more.

Courtney Lee and Jason Terry are better players at this point. They bring more to the table and I wouldn't be surprised if both have higher scoring averages than Ray. Danny was a genius to bring them both in. He was even smarter not to bring Ray back.

What is a little pain to bare, after all he is in utopia,  he is getting to be with people who appreciate and understand his wants and needs ...bbf's Wade, Bron , Riley.

All the best ... may he get everything he deserves. 

This may be one of the all time examples in sports of people being saved from themselves.  Even if Avery had started, you know Doc would have still run Ray out there 30+ minutes a game and almost all the crunch time minutes at the end.

Mike

The real question is, which are more sore, Ray's ankles or his feelings? 

Seeing as we keep getting sour-grapes quotes from him backstabbing the Cs in the Miami media, I'm inclined to think it's the latter.

I expected that Ray's ankles would hurt him for the first half of next season, much like they did his first year in Boston.

Still, losing Ray and getting Courtney Lee in his place looks better and better all the time.

Agreed. Lee can shoot the three ball (obviously not as deadly as Ray once could) but makes up for that with pretty killer intense defense... Add a little side dish of Jason Terry and everything become a no brainer.

Well, for what it's worth - I'm glad that BOS got, apparently - the BEST Ray Allen. He was on the tail end of his prime when he got here (32), and BOY did he give BOS some GREAT memories....

He is 37 now, and Father Time won't be too kind to him at this point. I'm sure he will eventually cause pain and misery with his shooting to some teams (hopefully NOT us), but Ray Allen gave BOS his BEST years.

Thank You, Ray Allen!

These ankles of his will probably bother him for a while, like already stated in the thread. I'm thankful that Danny has shored us up with Jet, Lee, Barbosa and Co in his place.

It will STILL be strange, on Oct 30, to see him on the other side. But let me be clear:

I hope (and expect) BOS to put their collective size 12's, 13's, etc - all up LeBron and Co's behinds on that day - and do it again in the playoffs.

And PLEASE BOS - don't let Ray Allen kill us.

poor Ray   

Let Bron and Wade start questioning the signing when Ray has those 'off' nights and especially if he has those FT problems again this season.