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Despite bad blood, Ray Allen says Boston was the "most important time in my life"

One of the newest inductees to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is five-time Celtic and one of the all-time great shooters, Ray Allen. After a career that spanned two decades and included nearly 3,000 three-pointers, the 43-year-old deserving joined the most elite NBA company.

While Allen had a storied career, it hasn't all been a bed of roses. The falling out of the Big Three was substantial enough to have carried on for years. The iconic core that made up the 2008 championship Celtics have never been the same since Allen left Boston to take his talent to South Beach, and none of his former Celtics teammates have even contacted him about his Hall of Fame induction:

Ray Allen tells me none of his old Celtics teammates have reached out about his HoF induction.