That collective gasp you hear is from the thousands of Fantasy owners hoping that he will opt to rest a few games rather than choosing season-ending surgery to repair a bone spur.

From Seattle’s point of view, I’m sure they hope he gets the surgery. The season is over for them. They’ll have more of a chance to get a high pick, which in the upcoming draft could be a huge blessing. It’ll give Ray Allen more time to recover from the surgery and to get back into shape for the next season. It’ll give one or more of their young shooting guards more time to develop.

From the coach’s point of view, as long as it isn’t his job at stake, I’m sure he’d like whatever is best for Ray Ray and the Sonics. If it is his job on this line, I’m sure he hopes Ray waits until the end of the season, plays through the pain, and helps them win a few more games.

For Ray Allen’s point of view, he ought to do whatever is best for his future, not his current situation. The team really doesn’t care about this year, so he really shouldn’t either.

For everybody who bought tickets this year, I’m sure they’d like to watch a team win some games unless that also means that they won’t be able to watch a winning team this year. The surgery doesn’t sound too intense, so I don’t think that’ll really be an issue.

For all of the Fantasy owners out there, you know they want him to play through the pain. They aren’t a very understanding lot. All they care about is themselves. It’s pretty sad too because for many of them that meant a first or second round draft pick. Of course, Ray Allen is known for missing games to injuries, so they can’t be too surprised by this. I could probably look it up but I will just venture a guess that he probably hasn’t played at least 70 games in any of the last 5 years so this was not unexpected.