Reply With Quote
That didn't explain why at all.... The implication is " the vet min the spurs offered". Which is fine.
Ray Allen did not want to retire after 2014 Finals
http://spurs.247sports.com/Bolt/Ray-...inals-48880422Despite the fact that he hasn't played in three seasons, it doesn't mean that Ray Allen wanted to be done playing.
According to Allen himself, who recently announced his retirement, the NBA's all-time leading three-point shooter did not expect his career to end after the 2014 Finals, via Jeff Zilgitt of USA Today:
“After the 2014 Finals, I didn’t really think I was done and I thought there would be an opportunity,” Allen said. “Then, I was thinking I didn’t necessarily need or want to go to training camp. So I was going to wait and see if there was a team that made sense for me.
The 41-year-old Allen averaged 9.6 points on 44.6 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from beyond the arc in his final season with the Miami Heat. Despite the fact he was 39 years of age entering the 2014-15 season, he still had plenty of interest from around the league, including from contenders such as the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs. That interest continued more than two years later before Allen officially announced his retirement last month.
The two-time champion went into further detail about why he didn't end up playing the past two seasons:
"That first year went by, and it didn’t make sense. There was nowhere I thought I could fit in. Coming into last year, I said, ‘Well, let’s see how it goes again. I started thinking, ‘Do I really want to do it? Do I want to be with my children? Or do I want to be away from my children?’ Then again, there wasn’t a situation that was worth it. Two years went by so quickly.
“If a team made me an offer I couldn’t refuse, then I would’ve looked at it more seriously,” Allen said. “The way that year shaped up, nobody was knocking on my door saying, ‘We would love to have you.’ If I’m going to play, I’m going to have to move. I would have to leave my family or move my family. I didn’t feel I want to do that."
Allen goes on to say that had he never won a championship, he would have definitely played in 2014-15 and would have moved elsewhere to compete for a chance at winning a le.
All things considered, Allen could have physically played the past couple of years, but his mind and heart just wasn't into it. It's likely the reason why he kept going back-and-forth on whether or not he was going to return the past two seasons, despite the fact that numerous teams clearly showed an interest in signing him.
That didn't explain why at all.... The implication is " the vet min the spurs offered". Which is fine.
Last person to know he was ing finished.
Thanks for sharing. It seems like it was a big sacrifice for him and his family at this stage of his life, and he was likely offered end of the bench roles to supplement younger crews, and not considered a rotation player... so it wasn't worth it. He was likely looked as an 11th-13th man... just a guess.
That's what it sounded like to me. "If someone had made him an offer he couldn't refuse", he would have played. He thought he was still worth more than $1.5M a year.
Did I mis-read something. The article just mentioned Spurs along with Dubs and Cavs and then didn't "explain" anything.
I guess you have to read between the lines, but he pretty much says - if someone had offered him a load of money he would have come back. He said that if he didn't have a ring, he would have come back to try and get one. But since he already got his bling, he wasn't interested in playing for cheap. It's not that he specifically turned down the Spurs, he just didn't get an offer that he couldn't refuse.
BS he didn't fit in on any NBA team, the Spurs, Cavs, Warriors, Clippers all would have been fine. He just didn't want to move his family and play and start all over again for little $$$ and Miami Heat imploded. If some team would have offered him like $15 million a season he would have signed.
Why cant he just shut up
For not playing basketball hes in basketball news way too much
Nobody cares Ray
Smart decision by him. If you can't make more than the vet minimum, why play if your heart isn't in it? A player with his shooting knowledge and intelligence can make the vet minimum through off court stuff.
Just shows money talks with athletes
Why do players always say they have to move their family? If the kids are old enough, you can play for someone for a season and make intermittent visits / have them visit.
Ray didn't want to be a mere specialist / role player / defensive target. Pick whichever suits you.
Some players may want to see their wife/kids more than once a month.
They got to cut the cord.
if he played for the Warriors, last season. The Warriors would have beat the Cavs. Clutch 3 in the finals, amiright Spurs fans?!?!? lol
and speaking of a clutch 3 in the finals, and the cavs. what's Gary Neal up to these days? wouldn't he make the perfect RJ compliment, the perfect Cleveland player?
Chris, You are swiftly becoming quite the tabloid headline writer.
Can't take credit for the headlines. They were meticulously created by someone on their social media staff.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
