Tony Allen’s high school football career was under the pseudonym ‘Antonio Brown’ (Ball Don’t Lie)

Tony Allen is a fantastic basketball player, a thrilling and often dominant defender, and team leader for the Memphis Grizzlies. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Tony Allen is unique. Tony Allen's high school grades were so bad when he wasn't playing basketball they stuck him on the football team in order to keep his scholastic interest up while giving him a fake name in order to shield him from the eyes of those that knew he was ineligible to play. Tony Allen's grades stayed moved back up, and he became amazing at football. Antonio Brown Tony Allen had to stop playing football because people were starting to take too much notice of this really good football player. Tony Allen is the best. From Michael Wallace's great feature on Allen over at ESPN : But Allen doesn't apologize for who he is. That's been the case all his life, even times when he took on someone else's identity to help stay out of trouble back in high school. Veteran NBA guard Will Bynum , who grew up in Chicago with Allen and was a high school teammate, still laughs at how it all went down. Allen kept himself eligible during basketball seasons as a standout at Crane Tech...