SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- With the same poise he displayed throughout his NBA career, Ray Allen closed Friday night's Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony with an eloquent speech in which he reveled in the accomplishments of his two championship teams and only praised key members of Boston Celtics' 2008 title squad.
In a week in which Allen's fractured relationship with some from that 2008 Celtics team, including Rajon Rondo, hovered over his induction, Allen stayed above the fray. He suggested that former teammates Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce will soon join him in Springfield and also praised Danny Ainge for assembling that Big Three.