If you are not a true Knicks fan Like I am then you can't appreciate how important of a player and person Allan Houston was to the Knicks and my life. Now you people who want to talk about his contract tell me right now that you would not have taken that money whether you think you deserved it or not. If you say yes your a got damn lie.It's true he'll only be remembered for his hefty contract but I'll remember him as one of the Greatest pure shooters the game has ever seen. He is the fourth leading scorer in New York Knicks history behind Patrick Ewing, Walt "Clyde" Frazier, and Earl "the pearl" Monroe pretty select company don't you think. He is second on the Knicks all-time in three point field goals made behind John Starks.
In 2002 he had his best season Avering 22.5 points per game. 39 percent from three. And led the league with 91 percent from the free throw line.He was the only player to be in the top twenty in Points per game, free throw percent, and three point percent. Not to mention his 53 point performance against Kobe and the Lakers and his 50 point effort against the bucks.
And the person, Isiah Thomas said he was the second most classiest individual besides David Robinson. It was supposed to be his day but on the darkest hour of his life he gathered the teammates and staff together and said a prayer for Jim Dolan the teams owner who was having heart surgery. That goes to show the kind of man Allan Houston was putting someone elses life before his in prayer. And for the people who say he should have retired a long time ago, sure but how many don't hang it up when they should their love for their sport and playing the game kind of clouds there thinking and they hung on a little too long.
And of course the infamous runner to defeat the Miami Heat with five seconds left and the Knicks went to the finals. They lost to the Spurs of course.Greg Poppavich said in the huddle what sums up the kind of player Allan Houston should be remembered for. "When we double team Houston we have to do it quicker we can live with anyone else shooting but not him"
Yes that's what Allan Houston should be remembered for One of the greatest shooters, but one the greatest people the game has ever seen guys like you Allan are dime a dozen.Have a great life I love you man, hope the Knicks raise your jersey at the garden. :1-say-yes: and bye the way he was the last player of the Patrick Ewing era of the Knicks.