Allen, who looked like a grizzled veteran the moment he stepped onto an NBA court, saw Bryant at maybe his best. Tony saw Durant when the then-Oklahoma City star was a top-two MVP candidate.

Indeed, the Oklahoma State alum was the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2003-04. In his final year at OSU, Allen averaged 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists on 50.4 percent shooting from the ...

TONY ALLEN: I’d been politicking to get that award all year, bro. I’m talking about I’m even keeping in tune with the analytics people. I’m like, ‘Yo, they saying I can get it.

Femi Kuti, a multiple Grammy-nominated artist and son of late Afrobeats’ pioneer, Fela Kuti, has refuted the claims that the late legendary drummer, Tony Allen co-pioneered the genre with his ...

However, if you ask 42-year-old Tony Allen, ... Back then, defenders had more leeway to use tactics like "arm-bars" or subtle nudges to disrupt scorers' offensive rhythm.

Tony Allen doesn’t miss playing for Alvin Gentry and the Pelicans — not even a little bit. Allen, whose NBA career spanned from 2005-18, joined “The Chris Vernon Show” on the Grizzlies ...

Tony Allen doesn't miss playing for Alvin Gentry and the Pelicans -- not even a little bit. Allen, whose NBA career spanned from 2005 to 2018, joined "The Chris Vernon Show" on the Grizzlies ...

Tony Allen on Being a Lockdown Defender, Winning with Boston in 2008, Being a Memphis Legend & More “That was the most shape I’ve ever been as an athlete,” recalled the Grizzlies veteran.

Allen averaged 11.5 points per game in the 2006/07 season but had to change his play style when he returned from injury; Tony became more of a defensive stopper, a role that has become synonymous ...

"I see Larry and look at Larry and try to see Larry going to come up and say 'What's up" to me," added Tony. "I'm warming up, that man walked dead past me like, 'I don't give a fu** about that sh**.' ...

TONY ALLEN: I knew for a fact we were the best defensive team that whole year. You couldn’t score on us. No trick plays, no out-of-timeout bullshit, no ISO plays.