Editing Ray Allen (section)

{{short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ray Allen
| image = Ray Allen 161208-A-HE359-046 (31482070191).jpg
| caption = Allen in 2016
| image_size = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 205
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|7|20}}
| birth_place = [[Merced, California]], U.S.
| high_school = Hillcrest ([[Dalzell, South Carolina]])
| college = [[UConn Huskies men's basketball|UConn]] (1993–1996)
| draft_year = 1996
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 5
| draft_team = [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2014
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]]
| career_number = 34, 20
| years1 = {{nbay|1996|start}}–{{nbay|2002|end}}
| team1 = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| years2 = {{nbay|2002|end}}–{{nbay|2006|end}}
| team2 = [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| years3 = {{nbay|2007|start}}–{{nbay|2011|end}}
| team3 = [[Boston Celtics]]
| years4 = {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2013|end}}
| team4 = [[Miami Heat]]
| highlights = 
* 2× [[NBA champion]] ([[2008 NBA Finals|2008]], [[2013 NBA Finals|2013]])
* 10× [[NBA All-Star]] ([[2000 NBA All-Star Game|2000]]–[[2002 NBA All-Star Game|2002]], [[2004 NBA All-Star Game|2004]]–[[2009 NBA All-Star Game|2009]], [[2011 NBA All-Star Game|2011]])
* [[All-NBA Second Team]] ({{nbay|2004|end}})
* [[All-NBA Third Team]] ({{nbay|2000|end}})
* [[NBA Three-Point Contest]] champion ([[2001 NBA All-Star Game|2001]])
* [[NBA All-Rookie Second Team]] ({{nbay|1996|end}})
* [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]]
* [[UPI College Basketball Player of the Year|UPI Player of the Year]] (1996)
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1996]])
* [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Big East Player of the Year]] (1996)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Big East Conference men's basketball teams|All-Big East]] (1995, 1996)
* [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]] (1995)
* No. 34 [[UConn Huskies men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by UConn Huskies]]
* [[South Carolina Mr. Basketball]] (1993)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 24,505 (18.9 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 5,272 (4.1 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 4,361 (3.4 apg)
| HOF_player = ray-allen
| bbr = allenra02
| medal_templates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA Americas Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[FIBA Americas Championship 2003|2003 San Juan]] | [[FIBA Americas Championship 2003|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Universiade]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Fukuoka]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team]] }}
}}

'''Walter Ray Allen Jr.''' (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Allen played 18 seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) and was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] as a player in 2018. He is widely considered one of the greatest{{under discussion inline|talkpage=WT:NBA#Discussion on allowing "greatest" in the lead of all NBA players}} [[Three-point field goal|three-point]] shooters of all time. Allen was a ten-time [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]], and won an [[gold medal|Olympic gold medal]] as a member of the [[2000 United States men's Olympic basketball team|2000 United States men's basketball team]]. At the time of his retirement, he was the [[List of NBA career 3-point scoring leaders|leading three-point scorer in NBA history]] until he was surpassed by [[Stephen Curry]] in 2021. As of 2025, he ranks third on the NBA's all-time three-pointers list. In 2021, he was selected to the [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]].

Allen played [[college basketball]] for the [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut Huskies]] for three seasons, before he was selected with the fifth overall pick in the [[1996 NBA draft]], and developed into a prolific scorer for the [[Milwaukee Bucks]], featuring alongside [[Glenn Robinson]] and [[Sam Cassell]] as the team achieved playoff success. In 2003, he was traded to the [[Seattle SuperSonics]], where he solidified his reputation as a scorer, breaking several league records for [[Three-point field goal|three-point]] and [[free throw]] shooting. Allen was later traded to the [[Boston Celtics]], where he formed a "Big Three" with [[Kevin Garnett]] and [[Paul Pierce]]; the team won an NBA championship in [[2008 NBA Finals|2008]]. After five seasons with the Celtics, he played with the [[Miami Heat]] for two seasons, reaching the [[NBA Finals]] both times and winning the title in [[2013 NBA Finals|2013]]; his clutch three-pointer in the 2013 Finals to force overtime is regarded as one of the most iconic and memorable plays in NBA history. Allen retired on November 1, 2016, after playing for four different teams.

During his NBA career, Allen acted in some films, such as his role as basketball prodigy Jesus Shuttlesworth in [[Spike Lee]]'s basketball drama ''[[He Got Game]]'' (1998). Allen's performance as Shuttlesworth was praised by critics, and the name was borrowed as Allen's basketball nickname.<ref>{{cite news|first=Emanuel|last=Levy|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/he-got-game-1117477426/|title=He Got Game|work=Variety|date=1998-04-27|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310235258/https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/he-got-game-1117477426/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="suntimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/he-got-game-1998|title=He Got Game|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=Rogerebert.com|date=May 1, 1998|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831042423/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/he-got-game-1998|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Edelstein |first=David |url=https://slate.com/culture/1998/05/he-got-balls.html|title=He Got Balls |work=Slate|date=1998-05-03 |access-date=2020-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125225131/http://slate.msn.com/id/3252 |archive-date=2009-01-25 }}</ref>