We’re almost at the half way mark of the season and everyone is still waiting on Ray Allen’s decision; will he sign with one of the NBA’s championship contenders or will he retire? It was assumed that he would rejoin his old teammate LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers but they struggled quite a bit especially with James on the sideline with a knee injury. While James was in Miami rehabbing that injury, he decided to pay his old friend Allen a visit and try to coax him into joining him.
via ESPN:
During James’ Miami jaunt, the four-time MVP met with free agent guard and former Miami Heat teammate Ray Allen in order to try and appeal to the league’s all-time leader in 3-pointers again about joining the Cavs this season, multiple sources told ESPN.com…
Apart from James’ face-to-face meeting with Allen, several other members of the Cavs have kept in contact with the shooting guard this season — James Jones and Mike Miller, who were also Allen’s teammates in Miami, as well as associate head coach Tyronn Lue, who was an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics when Allen played there.
Allen is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether to return to the NBA for a 19th season or not. He has said recently he is working to stay in shape, but wouldn’t go into any farther details than that. If he decides to come back there are plenty of teams hot on his trail aside from the Cavaliers including the Spurs, Clippers, Warriors and the Wizards with his other old teammate, Paul Pierce.
