Let's be clear, Boston was not a contender when Allen left, which is pretty apparent by the 41-40 record during the 2012-3 season. Boston was cooked. Boston disrespected Allen several times including by trading him (only for Memphis to re-neg), by benching him, and then by signing Terry. Sure they offered him more money than Miami (though no where near what they could have offered), but when you had made 178 million in your career, sometimes money is less important than just wanting to feel loved. Boston failed in making Allen feel loved, so he left for a place that truly wanted him and offered the maximum they could offer.
So what is your explanation for all of this? If this was just business as usual and a player making a business move do you really think 3 guys with very different personalities would all still hold a grudge 10 years later? That is the part I don't understand of acting like all 3 of these guys are being jerks rather than acknowledging that Allen must have handled this in a pretty terrible way to get 3 guys p---ed off for a decade. Nobody knows what really happened behind closed doors, what happened on team planes, the bus at practices etc. It certainly sounds messed up that Allen couldn't even be bothered to let Pierce know what his decision making process was before leaving. That is a new piece of news in this story and there are probably a lot of other pieces of news we still don't have. It is a lot easier for me to believe that Allen was/is a jerk rather than Garnett/Pierce/Rondo (plus the other guys not publicly standing up for him) are all jerks.
Of course we don't know what went on, but the only reason this is news is because Rondo made it news. He took what should have been a private matter and blasted it to the world. That is not only in poor taste but poor class as well. And seriously unless Allen was sleeping with their wife or spreading all kinds of rumors, 10 years have gone by. You'd think that guys in the profession of basketball would understand that it isn't always personal and could you know just grow up a little. Of course when Rondo and Garnett are involved (you know two of the most petty disrespectful people in the industry), I'd really expect nothing less.
I mean who can forget this classic example of Garnett's
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“I remember one day after a game — we usually have food laid out for the players after the game. And the game is over, the players have burned so many calories, we’re hungry. And so, it’s time to eat once the game is over. We shower then we have like a buffet. So, I remember we jumped out of the shower. Guys got dressed, and it was time to eat. And there were like some people who weren’t on the team in there — like, some doctors who we hardly ever see. We see them making a plate with the players’ food, and I just remember going over there. Kevin Garnett was over there, and he kinda knocked the plate out of his hand and said, ‘This is the players’ food!'”