As skeptical as fans were, All-Star Bucks teammate Vin Baker had his own bias against the rookie Ray Allen when they first played together at Summer League that offseason.

Drafting Ray, a UConn Husky, I'm from Connecticut, went to the University of Hartford.

I must admit, like, there's no rivalry there, but I always had this, like, disdain for UConn Huskies.

And now we draft the UConn Husky.

I don't think I've ever said this out loud before, so this is the first.

So now we draft this rookie.

And interestingly enough, when we drafted Ray, we played in the summer league together after we drafted him, and we didn't even speak for the first time.

But the vet who would earn his third All-Star berth and become a third-team All-NBA selection that season couldn't deny the talent in his rookie teammate.

As skeptical as fans were, All-Star Bucks teammate Vin Baker had his own bias against the rookie Ray Allen when they first played together at Summer League that offseason.

Drafting Ray, a UConn Husky, I'm from Connecticut, went to the University of Hartford.

I must admit, like, there's no rivalry there, but I always had this, like, disdain for UConn Huskies.

And now we draft the UConn Husky.

I don't think I've ever said this out loud before, so this is the first.

So now we draft this rookie.

And interestingly enough, when we drafted Ray, we played in the summer league together after we drafted him, and we didn't even speak for the first time.

But the vet who would earn his third All-Star berth and become a third-team All-NBA selection that season couldn't deny the talent in his rookie teammate.