{"id":14755,"date":"2012-07-06T21:12:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T02:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=14755"},"modified":"2012-07-06T21:12:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T02:12:54","slug":"ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran shooting guard Ray Allen has opted to join the reigning champions.<\/p>\n<p>Following a Tweet from owner Micky Arison that all but confirmed the acquisition, Yahoo! Sports contacted sources who made news of the agreement official.  Allen, who had been choosing between continuing his relationship with the Boston Celtics and joining the Heat, decided to take his talent to South Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Terms of the deal were not yet available, but it has been well-documented that he would be taking less money to play with Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-07T02:12:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-07-07T02:12:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/\",\"name\":\"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-07T02:12:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-07T02:12:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantorpedia\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/author\/cantortainment\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat","description":"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat","og_description":"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran","og_url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/","og_site_name":"Headline Planet","article_published_time":"2012-07-07T02:12:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-07-07T02:12:54+00:00","author":"Brian Cantor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cantorpedia","twitter_site":"@headlineplanet","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/","url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/","name":"Ray Allen Chooses to Sign with the Miami Heat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-07T02:12:41+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-07T02:12:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8"},"description":"The news came a day later than the Twitter hints from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James suggested, but it is doubtful Miami Heat fans will care: veteran","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/07\/06\/ray-allen-chooses-to-sign-with-the-miami-heat\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/","name":"Headline Planet","description":"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8","name":"Brian Cantor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brian Cantor"},"description":"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantorpedia"],"url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/author\/cantortainment\/"}]}},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=14755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}