MVPs: 0. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 0. 2nd Team: 1. 3rd Team: 1. All Star: 10. MVP: 0.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense Teams: 0.
Career Averages: 19 PPG/ 4 RPG/ 3 APG/ 1.1 SPG/ .2 BPG/ .530 eFG%/ .894 FT%.
Best Season: 22/ 5/ 5/ 1.5/ .2/ .557/ .888 (2000-01).
Postseason Averages: 16 PPG/ 12 RPG/ 1 APG/ .8 SPG/ 2.1 BPG/ .591 eFG%/ .545 FT%.
Best Postseason: 25/ 4/ 6/ 1.3/ .6/ .563/ .919 (2001).
Why he's below Billy Cunningham: Ray Allen's career never had the peaks as high as Cunningham's. He never made a 1st Team All-NBA, and his highest MVP finish was 9th. His all-around game wasn't as good as Cunningham's either; shooting is the only thing he was better at than Cunningham.
Why he's above the rest: Ray Allen is one of the greatest three-point shooters of all time, but his offensive game went further than that. He is #6 all-time in FT%, and he attempted double-digit two pointers 10 times during his career (Stephen Curry has only once) and finished in the top-20 in PPG 8 times. But his greatest strength was his three-point range. He is currently the all-time leader in three-pointers made and finished his career at 40%. He was a star offensive player in the first half of his career, but his shooting made him an ideal role player for great teams in the second half of his career. He made the Finals 4 times in his final 7 seasons, hitting big shots each time, including the famous game-tying shot at the end of game 6 in 2013.
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