Drafted out of
UConn by the
Minnesota Timberwolves with the fifth pick of the
1996 NBA Draft, Allen was shipped, along with a future first-round draft pick, to the
Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to fourth pick
Stephon Marbury. Named to the NBA's All-Rookie 1st Team in 1997, Allen evolved into an elite player, averaging at least 20 points per game in each of the last seven seasons.
He is regarded as one of the best shooters in NBA history, having made nearly 40% of his three-point attempts and almost 90% of his free throw attempts. In 2001, he won the NBA All-Star Weekend three-point contest. He was also drafted for a role in the critically acclaimed film
He Got Game, in which he starred as a high school basketball phenom Jesus Shuttlesworth. He played along side
Denzel Washington in the movie and said, "It was a wonderful experience".
Allen played with the Bucks for the first 6½ years of his career until 47 games into the
2002-03 season, when he, along with guards
Kevin Ollie(a fellow UConn alum),
Ronald Murray and a conditional first-round draft pick, was dealt to the Sonics for
Gary Payton and
Desmond Mason. The move to Seattle did not hurt Allen's game; he bounced back from an injury-riddled 2004 to be voted to the All-NBA Second Team in 2005. Allen re-signed with the Sonics in 2005 for a 5-year contract worth $80 million, with $5 million more in performance bonuses. In the
2005-06 regular season, he averaged a career-high 25.1 points per game while adding 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
On
March 12, 2006, Allen became the 97th player in NBA history to score 15,000 points. On
April 7, 2006, Allen moved into second place on the NBA's list of all-time three-point field goals made in a game against the
Portland Trail Blazers, behind only legendary marksman
Reggie Miller. On
April 19, 2006, against the
Denver Nuggets, Allen broke
Dennis Scott's ten-year-old NBA record for three-point field goals in a season by sinking his 268th. At the end of the game, Allen received a standing ovation from the home crowd.
On
January 12, 2007, Allen scored a career-high 54 points against the
Utah Jazz in a 122-114 overtime win, the second most in Sonics history.
Fred Brown scored 58 points for Seattle in 1974. Allen, who has missed games during the 2006-07 NBA season due to ankle soreness, has had ankle surgery and missed the rest of the season.
On
February 5, 2007 his number was retired at
Gampel Pavilion on the
University of Connecticut campus in
Storrs, Connecticut during halftime of the men's basketball game against the
Syracuse Orangemen as part of the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony which recognized the accomplishments of 13 former players and three former coaches.
On
June 28, 2007 Allen was traded to the Boston Celtics along with Seattle's second-round pick
Glen Davis (#35 overall pick) for
Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, and the number 5 pick in the
2007 NBA Draft (
Jeff Green).
He was the subject of the article "Pro Athlete Lauded For Being Decent Human Being" in the satirical newspaper
The Onion.
Allen is a member of the famous
Air Jordan brand, which is a
subsidiary of
Nike. The shoe label is headed by
Michael Jordan and features prominent athletes from several different sports.
Career Season Averages
Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
96-97 MIL 82 81 30.9 .430 .393 .823 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.6 0.9 0.1 1.82 2.70 13.4
97-98 MIL 82 82 40.1 .428 .364 .875 1.5 3.4 4.9 4.3 1.4 0.2 3.21 3.00 19.5
98-99 MIL 50 50 34.4 .450 .356 .903 1.1 3.1 4.2 3.6 1.1 0.1 2.44 2.30 17.1
99-00 MIL 82 82 37.4 .455 .423 .887 1.0 3.4 4.4 3.8 1.3 0.2 2.23 2.30 22.1
00-01 MIL 82 82 38.2 .480 .433 .888 1.2 4.0 5.2 4.6 1.5 0.2 2.49 2.30 22.0
01-02 MIL 69 67 36.6 .462 .434 .873 1.2 3.3 4.5 3.9 1.3 0.3 2.30 2.30 21.8
02-03 SEA 29 29 41.3 .441 .351 .920 1.7 3.9 5.6 5.9 1.6 0.1 2.79 2.40 24.5
02-03 MIL 47 46 35.8 .437 .395 .913 1.0 3.7 4.6 3.5 1.2 0.2 2.49 3.20 21.3
02-03 SEA 76 75 37.9 .439 .377 .916 1.2 3.8 5.0 4.4 1.4 0.2 2.61 2.90 22.5
03-04 SEA 56 56 38.4 .440 .392 .904 1.2 3.9 5.1 4.8 1.3 0.2 2.79 2.40 23.0
04-05 SEA 78 78 39.3 .428 .376 .883 1.0 3.4 4.4 3.7 1.1 0.1 2.19 2.10 23.9
05-06 SEA 78 78 38.7 .454 .412 .903 0.9 3.3 4.3 3.7 1.4 0.2 2.41 1.90 25.1
06-07 SEA 55 55 40.3 .438 .372 .903 1.0 3.5 4.5 4.1 1.5 0.2 2.80 2.10 26.4
Career 790 786 37.5 .446 .397 .888 1.2 3.4 4.6 3.9 1.3 0.1 2.46 2.40 21.5
All-Star 7 0 20.9 .381 .288 .800 0.7 1.7 2.4 2.6 1.3 0.3 1.57 1.60 13.9
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