Tony Allen (basketball)

Tony Allen

No. 9 – Memphis Grizzlies
Position	Swingman
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-11) January 11, 1982 Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school	Crane
College	Oklahoma State
NBA draft	2004: 1st round, 25th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	2004–present
Career highlights and awards
1× NBA Champion (2008)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Anthony (Tony) Allen (born January 11, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. As a swingman, he can play as a guard or forward.

Early career

Allen played at Chicago's Crane High School, where he was a basketball standout. At Crane, Allen played alongside future Celtics prospect Will Bynum. A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 213 lb (97 kg; 15.2 st) shooting guard, Allen spent his freshman year (2000–01) playing for Butler County College in El Dorado, Kansas, where he averaged 16.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 steals, going on to being named Jayhawk West Conference Freshman of the Year. During his sophomore year (2001–02) at Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel, Illinois, he led his team to 32–6 overall record and fourth place at the NJCAA championships.

For his final two college seasons (2002–2004), Allen transferred to Oklahoma State University (OSU), where he was named the national junior-college transfer of the year by collegeinsider.com, and cited by college basketball commentator Dick Vitale as one of the top three junior college transfers during his junior season. He was named the Big 12 Player of the Year his senior year, after averaging 16 points per game and leading the Cowboys to the Final Four. Allen became the first player in OSU history to score 1,000 career points in just two seasons. He graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in education.

NBA career

Allen (#42) attempts a shot over the Wizards' Antawn Jamison.

Allen was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 25th overall pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. In his rookie season in 2004–05 he averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, and ranked 3rd in the league in steals per 48 minutes, with 2.89. He was selected to play for the rookies in the Got Milk? Rookie Challenge during All-Star Weekend, along with fellow Celtics rookie Al Jefferson.

Shooting incident

During the 2005 off-season, Allen was charged with aggravated battery stemming from an altercation that escalated into the non-fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man outside a restaurant in Chicago in August 2005. Although he was not a suspect in the shooting, Allen was accused of breaking another man's left eye socket. He spent two nights in jail, but was not implicated in the shooting. Due to this incident and a rather severe right knee injury that Allen had suffered prior to the shooting, Allen missed much of the first half of the 2005-06 season. On April 24, 2007, Allen was found not guilty by a Chicago court.

Knee injury

On January 10, 2007, in the final minutes of a Celtics loss to the Indiana Pacers, Allen suffered a debilitating knee injury as he landed awkwardly following an uncontested slam dunk attempt after the whistle was blown, tearing both the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL). Allen underwent a successful ACL reconstructive surgery on January 13 at New England Baptist Hospital and was sidelined for the rest of the season. He was averaging 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.48 steals in 33 games. He made a fast return to the court for his type of knee injury only nine months later during the following preseason, even though not at full strength. However, the explosiveness he displayed prior to the injury was noted as "sorely lacking".

2008–09

On July 23, 2008, Allen re-signed with the Celtics on a 2-year, $5 million contract.

Grizzlies

In July 2010, Allen signed a three-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. He later reflected on his final seasons in Boston by saying that he felt was 'overshadowed', in particular, by veterans Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

On January 4, 2011, he beat up O.J. Mayo after Mayo failed to pay his debts stemming from playing the card game Bourre on the team's bus.

Personal

In his spare time, Tony Allen enjoys listening to music. In addition, Allen loves watching films. He also frequently assists his teammates in charity work. Allen was born to Ella Allen, and he has two sisters, Ebony and Dominique, and a brother, Ryan. His Celtics teammates called him "Gucci."

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	Boston	77	34	16.4	.475	.387	.737	2.9	.8	1.0	.3	6.4
2005–06	Boston	51	9	19.2	.471	.324	.746	2.2	1.3	1.0	.3	7.2
2006–07	Boston	33	18	24.4	.514	.242	.784	3.8	1.7	1.5	.4	11.5
2007–08	Boston	75	11	18.3	.434	.316	.762	2.2	1.5	.8	.3	6.6
2008–09	Boston	46	2	19.3	.482	.222	.725	2.3	1.4	1.2	.5	7.8
2009–10	Boston	54	8	16.5	.510	.000	.605	2.7	1.3	1.1	.4	6.1
Career		336	82	18.4	.477	.294	.731	2.6	1.3	1.0	.4	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	Boston	7	3	12.9	.444	.000	.429	1.7	.3	.4	.3	2.7
2007–08	Boston	15	0	4.3	.563	.000	.400	.2	.2	.1	.0	1.3
2008–09	Boston	10	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	0.9	.3	.2	.0	.9
2009–10	Boston	24	0	16.3	.480	.000	.778	1.7	.7	1.0	.6	5.1
Career		56	3	10.8	.486	.000	.694	1.2	.4	.6	.3	3.0

External links

• Template:NBA-profile
• Template:Basketball-reference