Milwaukee Bucks: Top 10 NBA Draft picks in franchise history
5. Ray Allen (SG) – No. 5 Pick in 1996 NBA Draft
Career stats (with the Bucks): 494 GP, 19.6 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 2.6 TOV, 45.0 FG%, 40.6 3P%, 87.9 FT%
Ray Allen is the rare player who made a significant impact for four different franchises over the course of his career, from his early days in Milwaukee to his final days hitting perhaps the biggest shot in NBA Finals history.
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Allen’s largest spot in history is as the career leader in three-point field goals, an accolade that will be hard to touch even for the Splash Brothers. For the Bucks, Ray Allen was a dynamic athlete and scorer who lit up opponents and drove teammates to be better. He holds the franchise record for three-pointers made in a season (229) and for a career (1051).
It should be noted that Allen was not simply a basketball player, but a committed community advocate and even an actor, starring in the 1997 film He Got Game. If Sam Cassell was the heart of the “Big Three,” then Allen was the muscle memory, ensuring those teams got off quality looks as often as possible and shot the lights out against any opponent.
Ray Allen made 10 All-Star appearances over the course of his career, the first three coming in Milwaukee. He burst onto the scene as a rookie, hitting 117 three-pointers and landing on an All-Rookie team. By 2001 Allen was at the level to earn Third Team All-NBA honors, and in 2004 he finished on the Second Team to go along with his ninth place in MVP voting.
While not the absolute greatest player because of his brevity in Milwaukee, Allen did a lot of great things for a team that made great use of his skill-set.