Ray Allen is Due to Adapt City Life with The Heat

When Allen decided to leave Boston and sign with Miami this summer, the Heat were downright giddy over the notion that the NBA’s best team last season would now feature the best 3-point shooter in league history.

Over his five seasons in Boston, Allen connected 96 times against Miami from 3-point range – 34 more than anyone else during that span.

And in each of the past three seasons, including playoffs, no opponent made more 3’s against the Heat than Allen (24 versus Miami in 2009-10, then 31 in 2010-11 and 22 in 2011-12).

The Heat weren’t deterred by that when trying to sign him, and Allen – whose last game as a Celtic was in Miami, the Game 7 loss in last season’s Eastern Conference finals – said his recovery is going well.

With Dwyane Wade at the starting shooting guard spot in Miami, it seems more than likely that Allen would come off the bench with the Heat.

Allen, who accepted $3 million from the Heat this season and turned down more money to stay in Boston, insists he’ll be fine coming off the bench in Miami if that’s what the Heat ask.

With Allen (2,718), another new free-agent addition in Rashard Lewis (1,690) and returnee Mike Miller (1,351), the Heat have three of the NBA’s top 13 active players in 3-pointers made.

And maybe it’s fitting that this season could be a three-for-all in Miami, given that the Heat made 14 3-pointers – Miller went 7 for 8 to lead the charge – in the title-clinching Game 5 romp over Oklahoma City to close the NBA Finals.

”He’s here to help the Miami Heat win another championship,” Chalmers said of Allen.