Lance Allred’s resume looks like that of a lot of players in the NBA Summer League. There are overseas stops mixed in with a stint in the minors stateside . . . your basic stuff.
Until you get to the part about competing for the United States at the 2002 World Deaf Basketball Championships in Greece.
For even the most ardent observer of the Celts summer league games, if you didn’t read about it in his bio you wouldn’t know Allred, a 6-foot-11 center out of Weber State, is 75 percent hearing impaired. The tiny inner-ear hearing aids go unnoticed.
Allred plays hard and smart, and has a nice touch around the hoop. He’s the kind of player you could see sticking with an NBA club or certainly being a strong addition to an overseas club. In the case of the latter possibility, the stint at the World Deaf Championships gets people thinking - and not always in a positive manner.
Click here to read more about Allred in the Boston Herald.
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