“Everyone (wants) to go at him like, ‘I can put that …

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It’s a good conversation starter. But with such a recognizable name, Allen can’t find much anonymity on the court. “Everyone (wants) to go at him like, ‘I can put that notch in my belt because I took down Ray Allen’s kid,’” Emerson coach Bill Curley said. “The fact that he’s stuck with this and is still competing, it says a lot about how strong and tough he is. A lot of other kids would just (decide), ‘I’m going to go do something else.’” Allen has stayed with it. And though he isn’t the shooter his father is (“nobody is,” he says), teammate Brendan Taylor said Allen is “one of our best defenders.”

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