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Spike Lee says he, Ray Allen has talked about He Got Game sequel

By Phil Watson

Jun 10, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat guard Ray Allen (34) reacts during the fourth quarter of game three of the 2014 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 10, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat guard Ray Allen (34) reacts during the fourth quarter of game three of the 2014 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Spike Lee, filmmaker and tormented New York Knicks fan, told The Dan Patrick Show this week he has talked to Ray Allen about a He Got Game sequel.

Spike Lee once again said he would be interested in making a sequel to the basketball drama He Got Game and told The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday he has spoken to Ray Allen about the idea.

Allen portrayed basketball phenom Jesus Shuttlesworth in the 1998 film, the son of Denzel Washington’s lead character Jake Shuttlesworth, who is let out of prison on a furlough in order to secure his son’s signature on a letter of intent to attend “Big State,” the alma mater of the governor.

Reaction to the idea on Twitter was mostly positive, but there were some exceptions:

Last season, when the Miami Heat donned nickname jerseys, Allen’s read “J. Shuttlesworth.”

Lee and his two co-stars got together for an impromptu photo-op last spring during the NBA playoffs, prior to Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Heat and the Brooklyn Nets.

Allen, the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-point field goals with 2,973 over the course of his 18-year career, hasn’t played this season since becoming a free agent in July, but his name has continued to remain in play as a bench shooter for any number of contending teams.

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Allen was the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves out of Connecticut in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was dealt on draft night to the Milwaukee Bucks along with a 1998 first-round pick for the rights to Stephon Marbury.

Allen was a three-time All-Star in Milwaukee and helped the Bucks to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2001—the last time the Bucks actually won a playoff series—before he was dealt at the 2003 trading deadline to the Seattle SuperSonics for future Hall of Famer Gary Payton, who stayed with the Bucks all of two months.

On draft night in 2007, Allen was dealt to the Boston Celtics as general manager Danny Ainge brought in Allen and Kevin Garnett to team with Paul Pierce. That group won the 2008 NBA title in the largest single-season turnaround in NBA history, improving by 41 wins from 25-57 to 66-16.

That group returned to the NBA Finals in 2010, this time losing a Game 7 on the road to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Allen then took his talents to South Beach in July 2012, signing a free-agent deal with the Heat. He hit the game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, preventing the San Antonio Spurs from claiming the championship. Miami won its second straight title in Game 7 two nights later.

Allen has made 10 All-Star appearances in all, most recently in 2011.

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