Ray Allen believes the addition of Shaquille O'Neal will help the team this coming season.

"It's definitely interesting to me, because I think he can help us," Allen said. "One of our bad traits this past year was offensive rebounding and rebounding in general, and he's a guy that takes up a lot of space, so I definitely think he can help us."

With the Heat having added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwayne Wade, Allen is embracing Boston's underdog role.

"It was hard in '08 when everyone gave us the trophy every corner that we turned," Allen said of when he and Kevin Garnett joined forces with Paul Pierce.