Strip off the tan suit, replace it with a No. 34 jersey and Ray Allen would have been the first selection of any pickup game at Colonial Life Arena on Monday afternoon. By the looks of it, the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers is still in prime playing shape.
Allen is four years removed from his final NBA game. Excellence on that level is why he’ll soon be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. It’s there where he made 10 All-Star appearances and won two championships.
But on Monday, some 25 years after he led Dazell’s Hillcrest High School to a state title, Allen entered the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.