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Haslem says Rondo, Celtics need to ‘get over’ ill feelings toward Ray Allen

Heat captain Udonis Haslem isn’t looking to restart an old war with the Boston Celtics.

He just doesn’t understand why they’re still holding a grudge toward Ray Allen and are not inviting him back to be a part of the 2008 championship team’s 10-year anniversary party.

Chicago Bulls point guard Rajon Rondo, a young member of that Celtics championship squad, said as much to ESPN’s The Undefeated recently, adding that Allen’s decision to leave Boston and sign with the Heat, the Celtics’ bitter rival at the height of the rivalry, was basically a betrayal.

Rondo told The Undefeated when he asked Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and other members of that Celtics team if they should invite Allen back to be a part of a players’ vacation he and others were planning they all said “No.