Ray Allen Is An All Star

by Jeff Clark on Feb 13, 2008 8:23 PM EST in Boston Celtics News & Links

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2008 -- Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen has been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured East All-Star Caron Butler (left hip flexor strain) of the Washington Wizards for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 17 in New Orleans.
Allen will be making his eighth NBA All-Star appearance.
The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 17, will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The game will also be telecast in 215 countries in 44 languages and broadcast on NBA.com.

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Well deserved for Ray, although I would prefer that he plays about 10 minutes in that game.

by Green17 on Feb 13, 2008 10:02 PM EST reply actions

thank god that tragedy was rectified

by zerophase on Feb 13, 2008 10:14 PM EST reply actions

I was hoping they would name Hedo, who is very deserving. Ray and his ankles could have used the rest.

by Brickowski on Feb 13, 2008 10:17 PM EST reply actions

Glad he made it, but Hedo got the snub big time

by grafite on Feb 13, 2008 10:24 PM EST reply actions

Seriously, this was a “we have to give it to some Celtic” decision.

by The Real Large James on Feb 13, 2008 10:34 PM EST reply actions

I hope Pierce and Ray play ten minutes, chuck up some threes and never drive to basket.

by The Real Large James on Feb 13, 2008 10:35 PM EST reply actions

congrats to Allen. 10 minutes sounds about right…. maybe 15 ;D

by Mr October on Feb 13, 2008 11:00 PM EST reply actions

ray is an all star-flat out turkoglu deserves to go but not at ray’s expense. i still don’t get the joe johnson choice- that one should have gone to hedu. ray works hard every game and he is adding a lot more to 41-9, than we realize.

by nazzbo on Feb 13, 2008 11:20 PM EST reply actions