Former NBA TV Host Analyst Ro Parrish Says Ray Allen's Best Years Were With The Seattle Supersonics

Ray Allen played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat but former NBA TV analyst Ro Parrish says his best years were with the Seattle Supersonics

NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen finished his basketball career as the all-time leader in three-pointers until Steph Curry surpassed him in 2022. 

Allen was known throughout the ladder portion of his career with the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat for coming off screens and knocking down three-point shots.

However, it could be argued that Allen’s best years in the NBA were the four years he spent with the Seattle Supersonics from 2003 to 2007. This is a statement that former NBA TV host Rob Parrish recently spoke about in an interview.

“Ray Allen's greatest years as a pro were spent in Seattle,” Parrish said. “And a lot of people forget about that, those late-night games are played and people aren't paying attention. But man, Ray Allen was a problem in Seattle. He was a problem.”

During his time with the Supersonics, Ray Allen averaged 24.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4.2 assists in 296 games. Allen won a championship with the Boston Celtics alongside Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo in 2008 against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Allen later helped the Miami Heat win their third NBA championship in 2013 against San Antonio and is known for hitting arguably the greatest shot in NBA Finals history to force overtime in Game 6.

"The minute when I seen CB [Chris Bosh] get it, I said, 'Let me get my butt back out from this three-point line,'" Allen said. "Which, interestingly enough, I had worked on that shot. I did that play every day before games, so it wasn't foreign. As that ball left my fingers, it just felt like it floated."

Allen added: "For me, I always say that it was written. All the shots I have hit in my career, this is the one that people will talk about the most. And this will be the one, at this stage, at this level, where it changed the tide of a lot of people’s careers on both sides, and certainly franchises. So, players make plays and shooters shoot."