[1][2][3] He is also an inspirational speaker and author, with his first book, Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, published by HarperCollins in 2009.

[1] He started playing organized basketball in eighth grade, when he joined a team in the local LDS Church league.

During his senior year, he averaged 17.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game, earning many prestigious honors for his performance.

He was named 1999 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Utah, and earned First Team All-State selection in Class 4A by both The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News.

Weber State eventually made it to the championship game of the Big Sky Conference Tournament, where the Wildcats lost by two points.

Allred began his professional career as an injury replacement for the French LNB club SPO Rouen Basket.

Allred then played for Club Bàsquet Llíria of the Spanish LEB2 league, averaging 15.0 points (on 60.2% shooting) and 7.2 rebounds in 10 games.

[15][16] After his final season in Puerto Rico, with Leones de Ponce, Allred retired from basketball and established his own LLC, L Squared Productions.

He began working as a keynote motivational speaker and television and radio sports analyst in his home state of Utah.

Allred mass released his second book, Basketball Gods: The Transformation of the Enlightened Jock, on Amazon in 2016.

In March 2017, Allred released his third full-length book, How to Give the Million View TEDx Talk: What is Your Polygamy?

[19] The book focuses on his early years in a polygamous sect, overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder, and prevailing over legal deafness to reach the NBA.

He competed in the 2002 World Deaf Basketball Championship in Athens, Greece, leading Team USA to a second-place finish.