Ray Allen embraces his mother, Flo, ... when his parents got him playing at the age of 10 and instilled all those habits he still has today? Practice doesn't make perfect.

The latest addition to the Miami Heat is Ray Allen. ... "Parents have to know we almost lost our child. And that 40 percent of the time parents bury their baby because of a simple blood test." ...

“When I’m saying things, it’s coach (Jim) Calhoun, it’s Doc Rivers, it’s Erik Spoelstra, it’s George Karl... it’s every coach that has touched hands on me, who have given me a word ...