According to a report, the Miami Heat have had an offer on the table for Ray Allen to return ever since he left the NBA.
Ray Allen hasn’t played in the NBA since 2014, but he hasn’t exactly called it quits yet. The former NBA guard last played for the Miami Heat, when they lost in the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs in five games.
Even though he is past 40 years old, Allen hasn’t ruled out a return to the NBA just yet. In fact, according to Ethan J. Skolnick, Allen has had an offer on the table from the Heat to return ever since he left the team after his contract expired after the 2013-2014 season.
"According to several sources, the Heat has not only had a standing offer to Allen to return to the team ever since the 2014 offseason, but it made additional overtures as recently as this summer.Allen, however, has never bit.This shouldn’t be all that surprising, if you were aware of his frustration during his final season in Miami, the one that ended with a five-game Finals loss to the Spurs; he made that frustration, about everything from scheduling to rotations, well enough known to Heat teammates, coaches and officials, that it has been frequently relayed to reporters (like this one) since.According to several sources, the Heat has not only had a standing offer to Allen to return to the team ever since the 2014 offseason, but it made additional overtures as recently as this summer.Allen, however, has never bit.This shouldn’t be all that surprising, if you were aware of his frustration during his final season in Miami, the one that ended with a five-game Finals loss to the Spurs; he made that frustration, about everything from scheduling to rotations, well enough known to Heat teammates, coaches and officials, that it has been frequently relayed to reporters (like this one) since."
It’s interesting that the Heat have recently still reached out to Allen. They are on the bubble of middling playoff teams in the Eastern Conference and have failed to return to the Eastern Conference’s elite.
If Allen wasn’t happy during his final season with Miami when they went to the NBA Finals, would he be happy returning to a team that isn’t guaranteed to get back there?
He’s in demand because he’s still in tremendous shape and can shoot the three. However, is there anything left for him to accomplish at this point?