Allen rules out NBA return this season

Ray Allen says he will sit out the remainder of the current NBA season.

Miami Heat guard Ray Allen

NBA guard Ray Allen (pic) has said he will sit out the remainder of the current NBA season. (AAP)

Ray Allen, who helped the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat win NBA titles, will not reunite with LeBron James in Cleveland, saying on Wednesday he will sit out the current season.

The 39-year-old guard, one of the NBA's all-time top shooters and the league's career three-pointers leader, had hinted he might sign as a free agent with a title contender.

But with only six weeks remaining in the regular season, Allen is going to reassess his plans for the 2015-16 campaign.

Allen has averaged 18.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists over 1300 NBA games with the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.

He helped Boston win the 2008 NBA crown and Miami take the 2013 title, each time in his first season with the club.

But Allen, who turns 40 in July, did not stay with the Heat after the departure of James last July for Cleveland forced a major revamp of the Heat lineup.


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