Ray Allen announces retirement in ‘Letter to Younger Self’

Two-time NBA champion Ray Allen has announced his retirement from professional basketball.

"I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game. I write to you as a man who is completely at peace with himself," Allen said in his Letter to My Younger Self piece for the Players' Tribune.

Allen, a feared shooter with the most three-pointers in NBA playoff history, won an NBA title each with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat.

He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1996 and also played for the Seattle Supersonics.

"How do I sum up nearly two decades in the NBA? What do you really need to know? What’s truly important? You’ll get to play against your heroes: Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler," Allen said in the letter.

"You’ll play alongside Hall of Famers: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade," he added.

He also mentioned putting up more than 26,000 shots in his career.

"Almost six out of 10 won’t even go in... Don’t worry, though. A successful man is built of 1,000 failures. Or in your case, 14,000 misses," Allen said.

"You’ll win a championship in Boston. You’ll win another in Miami," he added. —NB, GMA News