Ray Allen is NBA's New Three-Point King. Should We Care?

Okay, before I write anything else, I have to admit that the fact that I live in Los Angeles and cheer for the Lakers makes me just a little biased against the Celtics.

With that out of the way, I couldn't help but be unimpressed tonight by Ray Allen's historic accomplishment.

Sure, the man has made more than 2,000 three-point baskets—2,562 to be exact—but let's be real here: The NBA did not start keeping track of three-point shots until the 1979-80 season.

Interestingly enough, Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics made the first three-point basket in NBA history.

Let's think about how many three-point baskets guys like Jerry West and Pete Maravich never got credit for because the line simply didn't exist. In fact, there's an NBA championship in 1970 that the Lakers missed out on because there was no such thing as a three-pointer.

So, as I sat and watched the Lakers finally win a game against one of the league's top teams, I honestly could not convince myself to care enough about Allen's record. Much like the NFL's sack record and MLB's saves record, the setting of this NBA record just doesn't strike me as something that is deserving of a game stoppage.

I know that the Celtics love to celebrate everything, but come on, really? Stopping the game to celebrate Ray Allen making another three-point basket would be like taking time out to acknowledge Shaq as the all-time dunk leader.

Slam dunks are just another part of the game, but not enough to be celebrated individually.  

So why do so for just another part of the game? I've been around to see the league celebrate Kareem becoming its all-time points leader and John Stockton become its all-time assist leader, but I've never seen someone celebrate becoming the league's all-time leader in shots attempted or charges taken.

Milestones should be celebrated, but they should be real milestones that have been a part of the game since forever.

To me, the all-time three-point record is nice, and certainly not an easy thing to do, but is it worthy of being called "historic?"

I'm not so sure, but then again, I am a Lakers fan and I'd rather have a ring than a record.