"After spending his early evening discussing a collage of the shoes that he has donned during his illustrious career, Ray Allen expressed shock of hearing of the passing of former Milwaukee Bucks teammate Armen Gilliam, who collapsed last night playing pickup basketball in Pittsburgh. He was 47.

Allen and Gilliam played together with the Bucks during Allen's first three NBA seasons: 1996 to 1999.

"Man that's tough to hear," Allen said. "It saddens me because I think about him on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' when he was at UNLV. There's a time where we are all so invincible. Hearing that, yeah that's a tough one.""