When you are considered among the best pure shooters in the NBA, you get used to being a team's first offensive option. But last season, Ray Allen had to adjust his expectations, spending most of the time as a comparative afterthought in the Celtics' attack. Allen was a highly regarded afterthought, of course, and by the final playoff series, he had not only become a first option at times, but he was the only Celtic considered invaluable enough to play the entire 48 minutes of a game. Allen's profile has been raised this preseason. The Celtics spent much of their practice time in Newport, R.I., running plays to set him up on the perimeter. "I thought he had the best camp," coach Doc Rivers said. "He played great and we put more in to accent him. It was tougher last year for him because we had to get Kevin [Garnett] involved in the offense and Paul [Pierce] was already involved. We only had a certain amount of time and he was almost the third thought. "Now he knows where to get his shots in the offense and guys know how to find him."
