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Ray Allen appeared to jab ex-Celtics teammates in Facebook post

AJ Neuharth-Keusch
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Miami Heat shooting guard Ray Allen (34) reacts during the second half of a game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.

Ray Allen wasn't invited to the Boston Celtics reunion — which featured Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins and Glen Davis — that took place on TNT's "Area 21" on Monday night.

During the segment, the members of the 2008 championship-winning team described the "sour breakup" that occurred when Allen — a 36-year-old well past his prime — left Boston for the rival Miami Heat, who ousted the Celtics in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals a month before.

Allen went on to win another championship with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, while the Celtics lost in the first round and subsequently entered a rebuild.

"The situation with Ray is very sensitive," Garnett said on the broadcast. "I think that when we all talked about doing this reunion, we were talking about guys that we consider loyal, part of this group. Just being honest, my two cents, man, when Ray decided to go to the Heat, I feel like he moved on. He went to pursue another ring, he got another ring, shoutout to him, and that's it. ... It was all Celtics invited to this."

Tuesday morning, it appeared Allen responded with a not-so-subtle jab on his official Facebook page by posting a picture of himself (in a Heat uniform) fighting through defense from Rondo, with the caption: "The power to push limits." Later on Tuesday, ESPN's Rachel Nichols said Allen's publicist told her that Allen's Facebook page was hacked, and the page was later unverified.

Allen and many of his former Celtics teammates have been estranged since he made his decision, and this just further validates the fact that there's clearly still some animosity between the group.

Earlier in the season, Rondo, now with the Chicago Bulls, posted a picture praising his veteran teammates for their leadership during his time in Boston. In the picture: Rondo, Garnett and Pierce. No Allen.

"I was initially hurt by the whole way everything went down," Pierce said Monday. " ... I just felt like we should have had a conversation and I think it would have settled over a little bit more. I don't think we would have been as salty. Even though it was Miami, we hated them. We hated Miami, that was our rival, we were going at it, LeBron, all them. I just think if we had all talked about it, it would have been a little different than it is now.

"Now it's uncomfortable. I haven't talked to Ray in some years now. It's different."

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