Happy Birthday to Ray Allen!  The greatest 3-point shooter to ever live turns 38 years old today.

Allen acted opposite Denzel Washington in the movie He Got Game (1998).  Apparently he was also in Harvard Man (2001), which I have not seen.

Ray is an okay actor, but an amazing basketball player.  Most recently he can be credited for winning the 2013 NBA Finals for the Miami Heat.  The San Antonio Spurs had the Heat backed into a corner.  Lebron James couldn’t finish, so it took a real superstar (Ray Allen) to knock down a 3-pointer at the buzzer in game 6, that ultimately won the Championship.  It was a dagger through the heart of the Spurs and Allen did the stabbing.  If it weren’t for Ray, the Heat would have lost.

Ray Allen has probably the purest shot that I have ever seen.  I will never forget the 2008 NBA Finals when he helped the Boston Celtics claim victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

It was tough to see him leave the Celtics and go over to the darkside.  In my mind he will always be a Celtic.  He definitely Got Game!