On this day: Ray Allen born; Theis, Yabu, Wesley signed; Moore dealt

On this day, ex-Celtic champ Ray Allen was born, Daniel Theis, Guerschon Yabusele and Davis Wesley traded and E’Twaun Moore traded.

On this day in 1975, former Boston Celtics sharpshooter Ray Allen was born in Merced, California.

A military kid, Allen “grew up” in a lot of places, but graduated high school in Dalzell, South Carolina. He attended the University of Connecticut for college, where he won Big East and UPI Player of the Year awards in 1996.

He would be drafted fifth overall in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but was dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks on draft night. He would also play for the Seattle Supersonics before being dealt to the Celtics in the summer of 2007.

There, he would help convince big man Kevin Garnett to come to Boston to set the stage for a new “Big Three” of he, KG and Paul Pierce. The trio would win a title together in 2008.

But, injuries and bad luck combined with several attempts to deal Allen by the front office eroded the spirit of “Ubuntu” behind the team’s last title, and would eventually lead to Allen decamping to the Miami Heat.

The move, for less money than the Celtics were offering to a conference rival, created a rift between that Banner 17 title crew that is yet to be completely healed, unfortunately.

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