Ray Allen once saw Bobcats fans say his and Reggie Miller's three-point shooting style was outdated, and Zhang Yang was the real answer to three-point shooting. He scoffed at this—someone understands threes better than him? Someone shoots threes better than him?
At that time, he just thought it was a young star's fan trying to make a splash. He's played in the NBA for over a decade and has seen this kind of thing too many times—James came into the NBA acclaimed as the greatest talent ever, and before his rookie contract was even finished, he was surpassed by another high schooler; Howard was said to be a deluxe version of the Admiral, but when matched against O'Neal, who was nearing 37, he was just managing to hold his ground...
Ray Allen had watched the Olympic rabbit-eagle battle, and he'd studied footage from several of this season's games of Zhang Yang. He'd faced him once before and had to admit, Zhang Yang played more freely than he had remembered.
