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Article: The Man in Milwaukee; The Bucks drafted Stephon Marbury, traded him to the Wolves five minutes later for Ray Allen, and got themselves a true Wisconsin hero.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 19, 2000
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Ray Allen is the best shooting guard ever drafted by the Timberwolves.
His tenure with them, though, lasted about as long as it took NBA commissioner David Stern to announce a couple of draft picks and have Allen and Stephon Marbury switch baseball caps.
That's how Allen, a smooth, sweet-shooting guard from the University of Connecticut, wound up heading to the Milwaukee Bucks on draft night in June 1996, packaged along with center Andrew Lang for the rights to Marbury.
Marbury, the Wolves' supposed point guard of the future, quickly became a painful part of the franchise's past. Meanwhile, Allen is rock solid, still in Milwaukee, a cornerstone ...
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