question: Which professional basketball player was born first, Ray Allen or Ben McLemore?
answer: Ray Allen
context: Title: Jack Eskridge
  Passage: John W. "Jack" Eskridge (January 21, 1924 – February 11, 2013) was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Chicago Stags and the Indianapolis Jets (1948–49).  Eskridge was born on January 21, 1924 in Independence, Missouri.  He attended William Chrisman High School where he played on the school's basketball team.  After graduating high school he began attending Graceland University where he played on the football and basketball teams.  He was later inducted into the college's athletic hall of fame.  He joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II where he served in the Pacific Theater.  After Eskridge was relieved of duty he started attending the University of Kansas and played on the school's basketball team.  Once his professional playing career was over he coached the Atchison High School (Kansas) basketball team to win a state championship before he joined the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team as their equipment manager and assistant coach under "Phog" Allen from 1954–59.  During his tenure, he recruited Wilt Chamberlain.  In 1959, he joined the Dallas Cowboys football team as their equipment manager.  He was credited with designing the Cowboys' star logo.
  Title: Pop Gates
  Passage: William "Pop" Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.  He was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York.  After playing college basketball at Clark Atlanta University, he continued his basketball career in New York City with the Harlem Renaissance, for several years beginning in 1938–39.  "Seven months before Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Leo Ferris helped usher in a new era of racial integration for professional basketball when he signed William "Pop" Gates, who made his debut for the Blackhawks in October 1946.  Gates, along with William "Dolly" King, were the first two African-American players in the NBL.  "When Leo Ferris came to me, it was like a godsend," Gates was quoted as saying in the book, "Pioneers of the Hardwood: Indiana and the Birth of Professional Basketball."  "It was a real highlight of my career to be accepted by the NBL as one of only two blacks in the league."  He became one of the early black players in the NBL in 1946.  Later he played for and coached the Harlem Globetrotters.  Gates is one of the few athletes who went directly from a high school championship team (Benjamin Franklin, New York, 1938) to a World Professional Champion (Rens, 1939).
  Title: Lusia Harris
  Passage: Lusia "Lucy" Harris-Stewart (born Lusia Harris; February 10, 1955) is a former American basketball player.  Harris is considered to be one of the pioneers of women's basketball.  She played for Delta State University and won three consecutive Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships, the predecessors to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships, from 1975 to 1977.  In international level, she represented the United States' national team and won the silver medal in the 1976 Olympic Games, the first ever women's basketball tournament in the Olympic Games.  She played professional basketball with the Houston Angels of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) and was the first and only woman ever officially drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA), a men's professional basketball league.  For her achievements, Harris has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
  Title: Reggie Miller
  Passage: Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers.  Miller was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notably against the New York Knicks, for which he earned the nickname "Knick Killer".  When he retired, he held the record for most career 3-point field goals made.  He is currently second on the list behind Ray Allen.  A five-time All-Star selection, Miller led the league in free throw accuracy five times and won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
  Title: Butch Lee
  Passage: Alfred "Butch" Lee, Jr. (born December 5, 1956) is a Puerto Rican retired professional basketball player.  He began his career in the NCAA, where he gathered several "Player of the Year" recognitions and earned All-American honors as both a junior and senior while at Marquette University.  Lee was selected as the Most Outstanding Player at the 1977 Final Four where he led the Warriors to the school's first national championship.  The university recognized this by retiring his jersey.  Lee was the first Puerto Rican and Latin American-born athlete to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), accomplishing this after being selected in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft.  There he played for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers.  Lee concluded his career in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).  He is known to be the only Puerto Rican professional basketball player to win championships in the NCAA, NBA, and BSN.  Lee was a member of the Puerto Rican national team.
  Title: Lester Conner
  Passage: Lester Allen Conner (born September 17, 1959) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player, who played for numerous NBA teams.  On the floor at the collegiate level the 6'4" Conner was a "swingman," playing both the shooting guard and small forward positions, earning high collegiate honors as the 1982 Pac-10 Player of the Year.
  Title: Lavoy Allen
  Passage: Lavoy Allen (born February 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  He was selected in the 2nd Round, 50th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.  Allen is the son of a truck driver, and did not play much basketball until eighth grade.  He attended Pennsbury High School, where he was coached by Frank Sciolla.  Rivals.com ranked him the 14th best center in his class, and Scout.com named him the 110th overall prospect.  Allen committed to Temple University and coach Fran Dunphy.
  Title: Ray Allen
  Passage: Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  After playing three seasons of college basketball for Connecticut, Allen entered the NBA in 1996 and went on to play for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.  One of the most accurate three-point and free throw shooters in NBA history, he was a ten-time NBA All-Star, and won two NBA championships (2008, 2013) with the Celtics and Heat respectively.  He also won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men's basketball team.  Allen is the NBA's all-time leader in career three-point field goals made in both the regular and postseason.  He has acted in two films, one of which was a lead role in the 1998 Spike Lee film, "He Got Game".
  Title: Tungalagiin Sanchir
  Passage: Tungalagiin Sanchir (Mongolian: Тунгалагийн Санчир , born April 8, 1989) is a Mongolian professional basketball player.  He has played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association.  He is considered to be one of the best Mongolian basketball players of today and has become the first Mongolian professional basketball player to play in a foreign league in the last 20 years.  Before his stint with Ginebra, Sanchir played for Mon-Altius Madimos Falcons of the Mongolian National Basketball Association, the top basketball league in Mongolia.
  Title: Ben McLemore
  Passage: Ben Edward McLemore III (born February 11, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  McLemore played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was known for his athletic ability complemented by his outstanding jump shot.  His size, style of play and unique set of abilities had garnered comparisons to NBA sharpshooter Ray Allen.  He was the seventh pick in the 2013 NBA draft.
citations: Ray Allen Ben McLemore