Arguing between who is the better jumpshooter between Ray Allen and Reggie Miller is perhaps a debate with no ending. They're top two all time in three point makes, and as-near-as-is identical in three point percentage. Miller's overall field goal percentage is a lot higher, and he has a better history of clutch shots, but it's Allen who holds the record for most makes in a season, and he'll probably be the career makes holder as well by the time you've read this. Even if you're a complete homer for one of the two, you have to acknowledge that it's close.
What isn't up for debate, though, is who had the better all-around game. That would be Ray. He's the better rebounder, the better playmaker, the better athlete (well, he was) and the better defensive player. Allen has always been sufficiently good of a ball handler and passer to run some of the offense for his teams, moreso than most off-guards do, and in his day he could do pretty much everything; shoot, pass, run, rebound, defend, penetrate and dunk.
Now that he's older, he's inevitably gotten a bit slower. That's limited his offensive game a bit, reducing his versatility, and it's also hampered his defense, which is kind of below par now. But he's not lost the ability to shoot, nor the ability to get free to shoot, nor the tendency to step up and succeed in clutch moments. He's becoming increasingly one dimensional, but he's so very good at that one dimension that it just doesn't matter.
Ray Allen fact: Ray Allen is also a film star, playing the lead role in Spike Lee's basketball related film "He Got Game." Allen wasn't a brilliant actor, but as second careers go, he did a pretty good job of playing the lead character, Jesus Shuttlesworth (a character with the most insane movie name in history not to have cameo'd in Anchorman). Then again, I've only watched about nine minutes of the film, and that was the bit with the tits. I picked a good moment to tune in.
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