It doesn’t take much work to find out information about Keenan Allen, the legendary wide receiver with all sorts of Los Angeles Chargers records.
It’s a lot harder to learn about his basketball history, which is relevant now that Allen is suiting up in the NBA’s Celebrity Game on Friday night to start All-Star Weekend.
It’s known that Allen played football and basketball while also competing in track and field in high school. He began his prep career at Grimsley Senior High School and finished it at Northern Guilford High School, which opened before his junior year in the Greensboro, N.C. area.
Beyond that, there’s very little information.
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It’s hard to think that Allen wouldn’t have been at least a somewhat influential basketball player. Future NFL wide receivers don’t often lack for athleticism on the court.
But in any bio where Allen’s hoops career is mentioned, it’s essentially one line that says it existed, and not any more.
He was in high school in the late ’00s, before there’d be any real social media presence of his basketball accomplishments, either.
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Allen’s more recent basketball involvement has been by sponsoring an AAU basketball team, but that’s about supporting the next generation, not about his own hoop dreams.
Mostly, this leaves everyone waiting and wondering.
When Allen takes the floor at the Celebrity Game on Friday night, he’ll probably do some impressive things.
Fans just have no idea how impressive. There’s pretty much no online record of Allen the hooper. We’ll wait and see just how good he might be.
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