SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Ray Allen said his five seasons with the Boston Celtics were the "most important time in my life," even as the fractured relationship with members of the 2007-08 title team hovers over his impending induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Allen made headlines earlier this week by suggesting that he didn't expect any members of that 2008 team to congratulate him on his induction and confirmed during an appearance on ESPN's "The Jump" Thursday that he hadn't heard from most of his former teammates this week.
But Allen wants Boston fans to remember what the Celtics accomplished during that Big Three era and not the bitterness that has lingered since he defected to the rival Miami Heat in 2012.