Some people end up with a reputation that they’ll just never shake off no matter how many years go by with improved behavior. For example, Jeremy from my second-grade class will always be “The Puker” even though he only puked one time. He puked right on the “Clifford the Big Red Dog” beanbag/pillow thing that we could sit on when we were in the library reading our books.
Grayson Allen will always be “The Tripper” even though I’m not aware of him actually tripping anybody in the NBA. However, his situation is a bit different from Jeremy from second-grade in that Jeremy was a one-time puker, while Allen was a serial tripper while at Duke. Also, tripping people with malicious intent is quite a bit more egregious than having some bad corn dogs for lunch and spewing them all over Clifford while seven-year-old DTB is trying to read a book about dinosaurs. Allen could easily injure people with his foot-and-ankle-focused antics. The only thing Jeremy injured was my appetite. I did not want snack time after seeing those chunks everywhere. And poor Clifford was never the same after getting chundered on.
I suppose if Allen plays fifteen seasons in the NBA and doesn’t trip anybody or do anything dirty that entire time, people will forget. But that’s a long time to stick around for a role-player like Allen. He might have to go to Europe and trip people in the leagues over there.