rajon rondo fan club

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yeah i have to say dude has taken it next-level this year, so in control of his game

this needed to happen.

last nite we learned hes really into maths and used to do his older brothers homework for fun

other interests include: rollerskating

Favorite Movies:
Shooter, Perfect Stranger, Ocean's 11, 12, &13, Talladega Nights, Friday

Favorite Artists:
Lil Wayne, T.I., Justin Timberlake, T. Payne, Ciara, Jagged Edge, Jay Z, R. Kelly, Usher, B Simm

when rick pitinos telfair boner prevented rondo from playing for his hometown team he went to kentucky instead and shredded louisville for a couple years while telfair went pro - lol pitino pwnd yet another thing to love abt rondo

ehh that's kind of overstating it... rondo shot like 28% in college

SHREDDED

btw sarge u trippin http://nbadraft.rivals.com/bviewplayer.asp?Player=47271

btw telfair's been playing pretty well lately... dropped 30 on the heat last week and has increased his scoring average like 3-4 points per game every month this year

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/gamelog?playerId=2417

hmmmm i must've been thinking about his 3 pt percentage lol

i do remember ppl questioning rondo coming out so early tho, i mean i love dude but simmons is right about him being the luckiest person alive for landing on garnett era celts

tubby did manage to totally play against rondos strengths by coaching a super controlled slow game tho

being on a super stacked veteran team is obv good for any young player and the c's are def good at hiding rondos lol hueg weakness but i think hed have been fine wherever he went

yeah you might be right but he isnt counted on at all to shoot a jump shot really, i think it really allowed him to become as good a driver as he is now

rondo has so much basketball sense that it's almost detrimental (when he tosses a sick unexpected bullet pass to some stonehands forward) but when given a wide birth he could probably play with anybody from the NBA elite to some random YMCA game.

i mean the guy's main failing (other than shooting j's of course) is assuming that everyone's game is as cerebral as his.

im amazed as anyone that hes this good w/o any J - i really didnt think it was possible in todays game - ultimately youve just got to tip yr hat to the kids and join the fan club

best defensive point in the game imo

yeah it really made sense when it was revealed yesterday that dude is a to the death math nerd

hahah really? i didn't know that. it makes sense and is totally awesome.

sorta like jason kidd w/ a much better shot selection - def like watching him play

rondo better defensively than cp? i'm not seeing it

paul is good for steals and he can stay in front of guys w/his quickness but he has problems guarding bigger players - which there are a lot of - not an elite defender imo

rondo creates nearly as much chaos in the passing lanes and hes a shutdown one on one defender with the ability because of his strength and long arms to be affective against a lot of 2s

obv its a small sample size and who knows who was really guarding who when and the celtics D is good overall but just for lolz check out the last 10 Cs games - they played pretty much all the good point guards in the league - there are some decent games by the opposition but no one lit him up and theres a definite theme of poor shooting

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290223007
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290222021
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290219026
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290212006
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290211003
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290208002
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290206018
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290205002
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290203020
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290201002

fwiw, i thought paul defended d-will a lot better than rondo did in their recent games against the jazz. williams dominated rondo that game in terms of doing whatever he wanted in 1 on 1 situations, he drew 3 fouls on him in the first 8 min or so that rondo was in the game. williams didn't shoot that well that game, but 4-5 of the shots he missed were makeable shots where he'd already gone by rondo and/or just missed open 18 footers. when he played paul, he was mostly beating him on pick and rolls off high screens. he beat paul a couple times off the dribble, but i thought paul did a much better job of containing him. anyway, i'm using a tiny sample size for my comparison but i'm still not convinced that the poor shooting from the pg's that rondo played isn't more a result of boston's great team D. i should know better than to argue this in the midst of the rajon rondo fan club tho

i didnt watch that game but the stats certainly dont point to any sort of deron domination

heres hollinger naming rondo to his 1st all defensive team last season - id be interested in learning more abt fancy new D stats tho im not sure what they are - ive heard talk of defensive per and defensive ws but im having a hard time digging those up

First team: Rajon Rondo, Boston (5.94)
A second-teamer last year, Rondo deservedly moves up to the first team this year. He's as quick as any guard in the league, and his long arms make him an absolute pest to opposing point guards. Plus, he has the size to handle bigger guards in switches.

Last season, he had the best per-minute numbers at the position, and this season, he was second, so the numbers back up what the visuals tell me.

i should read more basketball blogs apparently

heres the whole article explaining his methodology

It's time, once again, for the year-end awards, and there's one set of awards in particular that's extremely difficult to hand out.

I'm referring to the All-Defense team, because choosing one remains as much art as science. Despite the best efforts of numbers guys, like me, to shine some light on individual defense, there still are many dark corners.

Nonetheless, we have a couple of numbers that can prove useful. One of my favorites is "points saved," with the idea being to compare what a player's team gave up when he was on the court (numbers from 82games.com) to what it was expected to give up based on previous results. The latter figure can be calculated by taking the minutes a player played in a game, multiplying it by the team's points allowed in that game and dividing by 48 (or 53 for an overtime game).

The result is far from perfect, but with just a couple of exceptions, it reflects the general hierarchy of who is good at defense and who isn't. The first caveat is that it's much easier to look good in this rating on a bad defensive team than on a good defensive team, which is why I included an adjustment for a team's defensive efficiency rating on the season. The second is what I call the "bad backup" effect, the idea being that it's easier to have a good "points saved" figure if the man replacing you is a particularly bad defensive player.

The final point is more nefarious, however, because it directly relates to what we're trying to measure. A lot of good defensive players spend their time matched up against opponents' best offensive players. In fact, a lot of coaches intentionally match their ace defender's minutes with the opposing star's.

In other words, it's possible a player's "points saved" might vastly underrate his contribution because he's on the court when the opponent has its best offensive lineup on the floor and off the court when it doesn't. This is particularly true for players like Bruce Bowen and Shane Battier who don't have great offensive value.

Needless to say, there's still a large subjective element to all this. I included every player's adjusted points-saved totals (expressed per 40 minutes, through Tuesday's games), but I wasn't a slave to them in choosing an All-Defense team. I've seen every team play start to finish at least 10 times and all but three of them in person (sorry Bucks, Mavs and Clippers -- maybe next season), so I think I have a pretty good feel for who has done what.

With all that said, here's one man's ballot:

POINT GUARD

Honorable mention: Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Devin Harris, Baron Davis

Parker (2.26) has strong to excellent scores every year, in part because he tends to share the court with Bowen and Tim Duncan. Still, he's an underrated defender with decent size and good quickness.

Paul (0.09) is a terror off the ball, obviously, what with his enormous steals total. The points saved might underrate him, since the Hornets seem to play slower when he's on the bench. Nonetheless, his on-ball work is more decent than spectacular, so I'm more comfortable with him in this group than in the top three.

Harris (1.14) was my first-team pick a year ago, but his numbers aren't as good this season, and I suspect he might be concentrating more on the offensive end -- especially since he went to Jersey.

Davis (2.62) was my third-team choice last year and still can bring it as well as anyone on a given night, but there are too many nights when he seems disinterested.

Third team: Chauncey Billups, Detroit (4.36)
An honorable mention pick a year ago, Billups moves up to the third team. The Pistons have been one of the league's top-five defensive teams all season, and his ability to hold down the fort at the point of attack is one of the reasons.

Although quicker guards can give him some trouble, he's virtually impossible to post up and big enough to handle guarding 2s -- in fact, he often trades assignments with Richard Hamilton.

Second team: Keyon Dooling, Orlando (7.98)
I was skittish about putting somebody who played so little so high up the list, but he's an active defender with good size, plus he can guard two positions and willingly pressures the ball. More importantly, his numbers pretty much leap off the page in terms of how much better the Magic defend with him on the court.

I'm sure he'll be completely ignored in the real All-Defense voting, but he's a quality defender who deserves a shout-out.

First team: Rajon Rondo, Boston (5.94)
A second-teamer last year, Rondo deservedly moves up to the first team this year. He's as quick as any guard in the league, and his long arms make him an absolute pest to opposing point guards. Plus, he has the size to handle bigger guards in switches.

Last season, he had the best per-minute numbers at the position, and this season, he was second, so the numbers back up what the visuals tell me.

SHOOTING GUARD

Honorable mention: Anthony Parker, Tony Allen, Ron Artest, John Salmons

Parker (-0.29) was my second-team choice a year ago, but his numbers haven't been nearly as strong this year and, subjectively, I don't think he has been quite as effective a stopper as he was last season.

Allen (4.06) was absolutely ferocious the three times I saw him in person, but the effort didn't seem quite as consistent in the TV games I watched, and he didn't play as much as the guys in the top three.

The Kings have been a horrid defensive team, but Artest (0.29) and Salmons (3.68) have been the two bright spots. However, Artest is too focused on his offense on too many nights, and Salmons went in the tank when Kevin Martin returned and he had to come off the bench.

Third team: Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (4.21)
Superstar players generally aren't asked to take on tough defensive assignments until late in games. But Bryant is asked to do it more often than most, and it's a job he does very well, making him a third-team pick for a second straight season.

Of particular note is that his D didn't appear to wane one iota after he suffered a midseason pinkie injury that will require surgery at some point in the offseason.

Second team: Raja Bell, Phoenix (4.59)
While Bell's shooting has been a disappointment for much of the season, his defense has remained solid. It seems to me he has done less of the ref-baiting he did in years past and has focused more on just getting stops. It appears the strategy has worked.

Opposing shooting guards have a microscopic player efficiency rating of just 12.1 when he's on the court, according to 82games.com.

First team: Shane Battier, Houston (1.55)
Although a small forward offensively, Battier has spent most of his time defending shooting guards. Plus, putting him here gives us the strongest first team overall -- so shooting guard it is.

This probably is the one case in which the numbers most disagree with my observations, and since Battier's points-saved totals in previous seasons were spectacular, this almost certainly is a fluke.

Subjectively, I thought Battier was clearly the best defensive wing in the league this season and was the best defender on the league's second-best defensive team. I expounded on his defensive skills a few weeks ago when I was following the Rockets during their winning streak, so I won't repeat myself now, except to say that if he doesn't make All-Defense this year, there is something terribly, terribly wrong.

SMALL FORWARDS

Honorable mention: Josh Howard, Stephen Jackson, Andre Iguodala

Howard (4.17) has been one of the league's top two-way players for several years, but I'm not sure he's quite in the elite category at either end. It's his second straight year as an honorable mention pick and, once again, he just as easily could have been a third-teamer.

Jackson (2.53) is one of the few good defenders on a pretty lousy defensive team, but I don't think he moves laterally as well as some of the other guys on this list.

Iguodala (1.51) has outstanding tools and gives a decent effort for a guy with so much offensive responsibility. He's one of the reasons the surprising Sixers are seventh overall in defensive efficiency, so it wounds me a little to leave him off the list, but he can't quite hang with the top three guys.

Third team: Paul Pierce, Boston (6.90)
One of the big reasons the Celtics have been so unbelievably good on defense is that Pierce has bought in to what they are doing and put up the most sustained defensive effort of his career.

His offensive numbers have suffered for it, but Boston's position in the standings speaks for itself. Pierce always has had the physique and foot speed to be a good defender, and this year, he's really put it all together.

Second team: Bruce Bowen, San Antonio (2.77)
I don't think there's any question that Bowen, at 36, has slipped a little from his peak and isn't quite as devastating a force as he once was. That said, he's slipping from an awfully high peak.

Bowen still moves as well laterally as probably anyone in the game and has the same dogged mentality that's made him so frustrating for opposing scorers for the past decade.

First team: Tayshaun Prince, Detroit (6.83)
For Prince, defense comes down to a simple premise -- he can play further off his man than anyone else in the league because his arms are so long he can still challenge the shot. As a result, it's very tough to get past him, yet it's very tough to get a clean look from the perimeter against him.

He also is great at picking up guards on switches and, since Ben Wallace left, he has been more vital to Detroit's defensive success.

CENTERS

Honorable mention: Kendrick Perkins, DeSagana Diop, Tyson Chandler, Jeff Foster

Perkins (7.42) has been the perfect complement to Kevin Garnett; he's a physical, dirty-work guy who will bang against the league's bigger post players, and he cares not a whit how many touches he gets at the other end. He can overdo it with the physicality at times, but he's an overlooked factor in the Celtics' success.

Chandler (2.42) is a little bit like teammate Chris Paul -- his importance is clear visually but tough to prove statistically. He's the best defender on a pretty good defensive team, but it's toughest to crack the top three at center, so he'll have to settle for honorable mention again.

Diop (8.54) has had awesome numbers, and observations back them up -- he's clearly one of the best defensive centers in basketball, both in terms of defending the post and offering help defense. But he's become so poor offensively that he hardly plays, making it tough to move him too far up this list.

Foster (5.87) is vastly underrated for his D. He might be the quickest center in the league and is perfectly comfortable going outside and checking small forwards. With Jermaine O'Neal out, he's been the key defender on a team that's somehow stayed in the middle of the pack in defensive efficiency.

Third team: Dwight Howard, Orlando (-0.52)
Howard is the key defender on one of the league's best teams and obviously a dominant defensive rebounder. His points-saved numbers are shockingly average, but he also has been backed up by a very good defensive center, Adonal Foyle.

To me, the two more pertinent numbers are that opposing centers had a 12.9 PER against him and that Orlando is seventh in defensive efficiency with Howard as the only truly strong defender in the starting lineup.

Second team: Marcus Camby, Denver (1.77)
Subjectively, I thought Camby defended at least as well this season as a year ago, when he won the defensive player of the year award. Of course, part of the way he accomplished this was by essentially taking the year off on offense, but we won't worry ourselves with that here.

Denver, believe it or not, ranks 10th in the NBA in defensive efficiency, and the mobility of big guys like Camby, Kenyon Martin and Eduardo Najera is the reason it ranks this high with its withering pace and the perimeter players' blatant disregard for D.

First team: Tim Duncan, San Antonio (3.94)
The Spurs tend to limit Duncan's exposure to star post players, so we rarely get to see how good he is on a man-to-man basis. Instead, we have to content ourselves with watching his textbook help-defense and seeing how he never leaves his feet but always has a hand in position to block or alter a shot.

I think he, like Bowen, might have lost a bit from his peak, which is why the Spurs are "only" third in defensive efficiency this season, but he remains among the cream of the crop on D.

POWER FORWARDS

Honorable mention: Anderson Varejao, Boris Diaw, Josh Smith, Lamar Odom

I have to mention Diaw (5.29) because his numbers have been huge and opposing power forwards have had only a 13.6 PER against him. His numbers weren't anywhere near this good in past seasons, and subjectively, I don't see his being close to the class of some of these other guys, but the numbers warrant at least discussion.

Smith (2.83) is an amazing shot-blocker, and the other parts of his defensive game are rounding into shape … but they're not quite there yet. His lapses are definitely much fewer and farther between than in years past, so give him another year or two, and he'll probably climb into the top three.

Odom (5.02) has responded to his continually shrinking offensive role by playing quality defense at two positions and pulling down 11 boards per 40 minutes. He's a little overrated offensively, but he doesn't get nearly enough credit for how hard he plays on D.

Varejao (5.07) missed time with his holdout and an injury, and his timing was a little off when he came back, but you can see how important he is to the way Cleveland plays. He was a third-team pick a year ago and would have made it again if he'd played all season.

Third team: Chuck Hayes, Houston (7.46)
A second-teamer a year ago, Hayes, at 6-6, is undersized for his position, but pound for pound, he's one of the league's strongest players. He knows how to use every ounce to push opponents out of prime post position.

His defensive stats have been ginormous all three seasons he's been in the league, so even though he lost his job to Luis Scola, he still gets a top-three selection here.

Second team: Rasheed Wallace, Detroit (5.99)
Despite his well-earned rep as a hothead and loose cannon, Wallace is an intelligent help defender who uses his exceptional length to bother shooters. He makes very few mistakes, can defend the center spot in a pinch and does a decent job handling guards on switches.

As an added plus, he has handed out fewer free points this season than in years past by getting only 11 T's.

First team and defensive player of the year: Kevin Garnett, Boston (8.22)
Yes, Garnett's defensive stats have been huge, but they tell only a fraction of the story. Boston was a middling defensive team a year ago, and it wasn't clear that trading for Ray Allen made it any better.

In other words, the entire jump from 18th in defensive efficiency a year ago to third all-time this season can pretty much be laid at the feet of Garnett. His intensity on the court is palpable, but perhaps even more important is how he has affected Pierce and the bench guys. I'm not sure whether that translates to MVP -- not when Chris Paul is saving basketball in New Orleans -- but if he doesn't win the defensive player of the year award, there needs to be an investigation, because he's been absolutely spectacular.

love this kid

http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/03/23/1206323043_8913/539w.jpg

finally saw him complete the little dipsy-doodle maneuver where he picks up his dribble, palming the ball, swings it back like he's going to pass behind his back and then brings it forward again and passes or shoots- you know what i mean

van gundy was hating on the move the other day and when he pulled it off it just looked so alien and beautiful, like someone who had never seen basketball would try to interpret a no-look-pass or something

also i like how mike breen says his name for some reason

yeah that move is hardcore

<3 that picture

this guy was born in order for marv albert to say his name

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/f11ae31e-f423-4fa9-94ee-abec61a5056f.jpg

cool article about rondo on espn: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=macmullan_jackie&page=Rondo-090423&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

he takes five showers a day and always has towels and flip flops around because he won't let his feet touch the floor. doc rivers once had to tell him that his teammates hated playing with him because his body language was so bad when something went wrong.

Jesus what is it with the Celtics and these obsessive compulsives. First Ray Allen and now Rondo. Weirdos.

any of the big three have trade value - can we start over w/rondo

Someone will def. want Garnett (although given his health lately not sure if they should.) How many years left on Pierce and Allen at this point?

garnett 3
pierce 2
allen 1

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/boston.htm

under normal financial skies the c's would be in perfect dealing position w/those years - these days it might be a lil tougher - not like theyre gonna trade any of them anyway

I loved how he showed up to Game 1 in the Red Bull stock car - and then shimmied out the window looking like a cowboy in a button up tucked into his slacks.

Can't believe he's listed at only 6'1 - he has Igoudala-like reach for his size, and looks more like 6'3 or 6'4. Compare to someone like Aaron Brooks, who, despite being listed at 6', looks like he's shorter than Nate Robinson when he's on the floor.

Yeah Allen's the only one I could possibly see going.

they imo do have a shot at the title next year - but age and injuries make it unlikely - if rondo plays like he did the last couple games and they pick up a free agent or two who knows

btw lil thought experiment imagine the c's get the second pick in the 07 draft and take durant - rondo + durant + big al + whoever they traded pierce for = sik young team

of course i wouldnt trade it all for the championship but still fun to think abt

rondo + wing defender/shooter + durant + jefferson + perkins

cant stop thinking abt this

If Garnett doesn't go to Boston in that scenario, I wonder who gets him.

a lot of people thought chicago had better pieces than boston at the time - tho i agreed w/minnesota taking the deal w/the most promising player in it - prob a lot of people didnt realize how good jefferson was since he played on such a crappy team

Is Al Jefferson good, or is he the new Shareef Abdur-Rahim/Elton Brand, piling up stats on bad teams? Obviously he's never had a truly good team around him, and he seems like a good dude, but it just makes me wonder.

What was Chicago offering at the time? Deng? Gordon haha?

Nah Jefferson (and Brand) is much better than Abdur-Rahim was. Wow Brand's really quickly gone from All Star to mediocrity in peoples' eyes, hasn't he?

Admittedly getting hurt all the time will do that to your perceived value.

i dont think jeffersons best player on a championship team good - cause his d is only middling - but i do think hes like multiple all star type good - second best guy on a title team good

i somewhat take issue w/the whole good stats on a bad team concept cause usually those guys dont actually have good stats - like they score a ton of points but have a bad fg% tons tos and play no D and maybe they grab a some boards cause no one else on their team can rebound - SAR fits that bill - tho elton brand imo was a legit dominant player - hes just all fucked up and in the hospital and shit now - and some of his clippers teams were totally dece

i dont know that anyone knew exactly what chicago offered but yeah they had a bunch of young guys and some draft picks - ty thomas was def in the mix w/those two guys u mentioned

one thing i'll trust bill simmons' opinion is boston sports, and he harps so much on the profound effect that kg, allen and pierce had on rondo that i wonder if he had been on a team w/ durant and jefferson if he would've developed like he has. and even beyond the mental part of the game, obv having three talents like that allowed for him some breathing room, allowed for him to concentrate on D, makes it easier for him to get to the basket etc etc

Rondo has 16 pt 8 rebounds at the half, dude is amazing.

dude is having one heck of a series so far

he got carried off the court at the end of the game. wtf. anybody know what it is? hopefully just a cramp.

"bottom of my feet were hurting" he just said.

funny dude.

20-11-6-5 tonight

one thing i'll trust bill simmons' opinion is boston sports, and he harps so much on the profound effect that kg, allen and pierce had on rondo

i'm as suspicious of intangibles in sports as anybody, and i will say forever to anyone who will listen that it is impossible to understate the effect that kg had on the celtics as a franchise. rondo, perk, big baby, and pierce (that is just the definite 100% shortlist) were profoundly affected by him.

as fun as it is to consider various rondo/jefferson/other cool dudes scenarios such a team would get absolutely obliterated by a team like cleveland imo.

now theyd be obliterated - in the future theyd be playing ok city staring other kevin durant for the title

and mentorship can have a profound impact def - but the problem w/gaming the scenario is u hav no idea what sort of people and environments rondo wouldve encountered otherwise and what his reaction wouldve been to them - theres def some value over replacement mentor calculus happening but ehhhhh imo

its mostly a giant tautology - the main impact garnett has had on the celtics is that hes really good as basketball - u can see this effect now when hes injured and not playing but still around to yell at people and the celtics are much worse - like i said on the good player/bad team thread w/paul pierce part of it is people having to invent a story to compensate for underrating garnett all those years cause his teams didnt win

now theyd be obliterated - in the future theyd be playing ok city staring other kevin durant for the title

i don't even know if i agree w/this. you generally win in the nba by having a top 3 player, a couple top 20 players, and/or playing elite defense. would a rondo/jefferson team have ended up fitting one of those molds? possibly, but not too sure.

re: mentoring i totally hear you and agree to a large extent, but it's hard to fully state how much things changed when garnett arrived--from the players to the coaches/front office to the media to the fans. this didn't happen when pierce reupped w/boston, and sure as hell didn't happen when they traded for ray (a move which was generally met with suspicion). i don't know what other player would have such a transformative effect. look at perk--three years ago he was a soft, slightly reticent project big man, now he's one of the toughest interior defenders in the league, a pro trash talker and scary dude. per anything i've ever read that's pretty much all kg.

when you mention garnett's losing teams you are actually getting at some of the irony of him. while he is really good at basketball, especially defense, he is not really an elite offensive player. the effects that he has had on this team are all defense and "intangibles."

i completely disagree w/yr pre garnett perk characterization - his big improvement has been to cut down on fouling - he matured def but the potential was always there

not sure how yr defining intangibles here but its seemingly quite broad - more accurate to say that garnet is a v good scorer and world class at everything else - imo scoring/defense/intangibles isnt really an accurate way to look at a player

anyway not sure exactly what yr point there is - garnetts teams lost cause the other players besides him sucked - big exception was the cassell/sprewell team which had a v good shot at taking the title until cassell got injured in the conference finals

and u clearly dont need a top three player to win it all but it does obv help - tho realistically were prob actually talking abt top 5 or 7 - the winner always gets his stock bumped a bit by the success - anyway that guy in our scenario is kevin durant

I think that it isn't anything about Allen or Garnett specifically, but surrounding a talented guy like Rondo with three guys who are all similarly talented but veteran, instead of guys like Al Jeff or etc. who are talented but haven't accomplished anything, or the guys Rondo ran with at Kentucky, dudes of an inferior talent level ... the big 3 gave him an idea of how to improve and sustain that improvement. When you have a guy like that who has that arrogant self-belief, he simply isn't going to be mentored by guys who don't have that same level of ability, and Pierce alone was only one voice, one possible avenue to greatness. But when he can see the common traits those 3 guys have on a day to day basis, and when those three great players echo what Rondo is hearing from Rivers, it gives Rivers' opinions and orders more weight, and Ainge and Thibodeau and the other coaches as well.

And that honestly makes me wonder how great someone like Monta Ellis could be if he had the same sort of influences around him, instead of shoot-first dudes like Jackson and Crawford as his mentors.

sry if my wording was confusing--i meant to say a top 3 player OR a couple of top 20 players.

my point is just that garnett is a unique person who happens to play basketball really well. something very real changed re: the celtics and this city when he arrived and i think it was easy to see in how some of the young players developed. it's very hard for me to imagine rondo/perk/baby developing the way they have without him. i'm not saying that it's impossible, just v. hard for me to imagine.

http://www.talk-sports.net/nba/fan.club.aspx/Rajon_Rondo

o man look at the girls fightin over him
http://www.talk-sports.net/nba/girlfriend.aspx/Rajon_Rondo

Rajon Rondo gotta girl!!! He go wit someone I know so all y'all TRICK or treaters needs 2 all BACK de Hell up!!!

RAJON when u made that shot 4*20*09 at 4th quather it was 109-106 we had 108 when u made a nice ass move i jump off the chair and i got on the grown i was BOWING cuz the move was so nice and the score that was not the end of the game hell no I LUV U RONDO (ur the best player 2 me)

rondo had a sik game then disappeared in ot

i was BOWING cuz the move was so nice and the score that was not the end of the game hell no I LUV U RONDO (ur the best player 2 me)

^cute.

rajon's got the boy-band vibe going. can totally see how he could corner that market.

18 assists, hits people, dunks on your big man

rondowned

that dunk was nuts

this guy is something else! should have been on first team all defensive imo

ya paul gets more steals but rondo is better all around esp when considering his rebounding

Are we only talking about defense?

ya

he had a nice year offensively but nothing like what hes shown in the playoffs - good timing def

click through for HD version

fat lever is smiling somewhere

17.4-9.8-10 for the playoffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qoSXxWHV7Q

welcome to a new season of rondo

<3 chris webber

yah him n gp are the new charles n kenny

http://fantastiksports.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/rajon-rondos-back-tat.jpg

yeah sure baby ive got a rolls... MY BACK

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/11/15/the_stubborn_impatient_self_centered_and_absolutely_essential_rajon_rondo/

the fact that rondo had big hands explains a lot

has, fuck iphone

o no waht happen a rondos hands!

you know between rondo's coach and his gm and his high school coach and the boston sports media--i guess shutting the fuck up and letting dude play is like completely out of the question. the level of scrutiny rondo STILL gets is totally weird.

also lol @ He’s still the future of a team with a considerable past that, as William Faulkner once said, is not even past.

because yes chuck pierce the boston celtics are a lot like the southern united states.

hahaha

prob as many racists in boston

yeah yeah sure but no sry

u mad racist?

its just i enjoy shitting on the south am a racist like any good yankee

FT percentage for the season is .333 (8-for-24).

yeah this is really wtf.

hands are too big

rondo with an 11-4-2 in the first quarter against the hawks. he was just destroying them. also ripped an inbounds pass away from jamal crawford basically to see if he was paying attention.

poor Rondo, Rose is amazing today

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1029/bos_g_rondo_rose1_sw_288.jpgyou reach, i teach

in transition, rondo just did a behind-the-back dribble that started and finished with the left hand. it was like a full 360 on one bounce. i've never really seen anything like it.

http://joycereview.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/carrie-movie-poster.jpg

chris paul does this all the time. but it's definitely a carry, if they still called these kinds of things

looks like rondo was doing it at kentucky:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31620_rajon-rondo-behind-the-back_sport

chris paul:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8upop_nba-chris-paul-gets-the-steal-puts_sport

chris paul uses it to get by 2 defenders (!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebCALiNCgww

man i love team usa so much

and yeah i've seen rondo do that a few times on the break when running at a defender

lol at tubby in that vid

burnin the cavs right now

http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/ArticleImages/VsSystem/December/artROi8m1.gif

chris paul does this all the time. but it's definitely a carry, if they still called these kinds of things

― 丫 power (dyao), Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:01 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cant be a carry unless he dribbles again, could be a travel

??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83_eHg3vf2A

play #6 is stephen curry on birdman

wonder if rondo still gives him any shit about it

#3 is bonkers

http://www.gifsoup.com/view/416640/shaq-fouls-rondo2-o.gif

:(

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4578602992_8cd10344ba_o.gif

:)

love that he finishes with the left

that's rondo's signature move

omg that gif sick sik sickws

can't see the gif. was that the ball fake from last night?

yup

ill as fuck

hah just realized i've been practicing that move wrong and that's why it seemed so awkward. have to make the fake with the inside arm.

also sux to have hands the size of a 12 yr old girl's :(((

that gif

travel!

sure, but would YOU call it?

i had to rewind the dvr when that happend and watch it again

ill move but couldnt believe it wasn't called

well when i saw the highlights anyway

lol refs raaaaaaaaaarely call a travel these days especially on a rising star like rondo

haha i'm aware of that, 'sjust he dragged that right foot for like, a foot and a half

yea and king james does a hopscotch into his layups wat is ur point

I kinda wonder about that though - I know you're not allowed to drag your pivot foot but what does the nba say about roller skating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLWgPknfvE

someone should grease up their soles and slide 90 feet to the cup

sliding on waxed parquet vs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm0k2rqEeJQ

# wikkywah3 its not a travel but he still looks like a faget 48 minutes ago

tbh that move has been in the league for longer than lebron has been playing. but I don't think anybody has been as blatant as that !

nah i know hes pretty much doin a legal move there, i just picked it cuz it was the same game. but this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCoT2HM9hwk

lol thats some skip to my lou shit right there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN_ljDfevB0&NR=1

still my favorite favorite favorite most favorite clip of all time

hahaha

amazing

lolz at lebron taking six steps

this guy

^ for realz

29/18/13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BWlRlKmlIA&feature=player_embedded

http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Gotcha.jpg

probably the best no look pass i've ever seen

let's not get carried away here

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6034/removeyaqz5.gif

^rondo, pictured

please name a better no look pass from any playoff game ever

...

idk... get one magic johnson? or one steve nash?

hitting a trailer on a fast break is not really mind blowing imo, I posted it mostly to lol at lebron fake out

I would post a pistol pete mix but I dunno which of the clips came from playoffs

i mean it was only great bcuz of lebron -- otherwise it was pretty ho-hum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IedCMMX-ImQ

from simmons' column 2 day

• Since the 1986-87 season, only eight guards have grabbed 18-plus rebounds in ANY game (regular season or playoffs). Michael Jordan did it three times (once in the playoffs); Jason Kidd did it only once.

• Larry Bird had 69 triple-doubles but never a playoff game that looked quite like a 29-18-13. The closest: 24-17-10 (1981, Chicago), 19-16-13 (1986, Milwaukee), 25-15-11 (1986, Houston), 18-16-11 (1987, Milwaukee) and 24-18-10 (1990, New York).

• Only Oscar Robertson (1962: 32-19-13) and Wilt Chamberlain (1967: 29-36-13) had at least a 29-18-13 in a playoff game before, and in the past 40 years, only LeBron (2007: 27-13-13) and Magic (1986: 29-15-14) had at least a 25-13-13. So, um … yeah.

• If you read my basketball book, you might remember how I created a 42 Club for playoff performers who averaged 42-plus for points, rebounds and assists combined for an entire postseason (12-game minimum). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Rondo also joined Wilt in the 60 Club for players who submitted a 60 (points, rebounds, plus assists) in one playoff game without scoring 30 points in that game. Wilt did it three times, all in 1967: 29-36-13, 24-32-13 and 16-30-19.

• For the playoffs, Rondo is averaging 17.9 PPG, 11.4 APG, 7.1 RPG and 1.9 steals. According to ESPN ace researcher Alok Pattani, only Magic Johnson ever averaged a 16-11-6-2 in the playoffs, and he did it twice: 1983 (17.9, 12.8, 8.5, 2.3) and 1984 (18.2, 13.5, 6.6, 2.0).

• We just compared Rondo to Magic, Wilt, Bird, Oscar and Jordan … legitimately.

if dude could ever learn how to shoot, he'd be top 5 all-time.

solid snippet of that column, which was otherwise "i have a twitter feed, let me tell you baot it"

i'm getting a little sick of the "3rd player to reach 19/17/14 with 2 chasedown blocks on a Tuesday" stats tbh

i am a fan of this basketball player

i'm getting a little sick of the "3rd player to reach 19/17/14 with 2 chasedown blocks on a Tuesday" stats tbh

― i✧✧@hyperr✧✧✧.o✧✧ (lukas), Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:40 PM (2 hours ago)

all of those stats simmons dug up are totally legit/standard stats dude

wtf kind of line is 29-36-13

yeah i was O_O reading that one

I know he's not the only person to use them, and I know it's a nice way to show how a player contributes in multiple categories, but I still find it irritating. I think the data mining in US sports commentary can be obnoxious. I know I'm on the losing end of history.

points, rebounds, and assists?

there's only one stat that counts and that's the one in the W column

Seems to me that the L column also counts somewhat. (\pita)

points, rebounds, and assists?

i was complaining about people touting the combined stat line. "sure, other people have scored more points and gotten more rebounds, but only four players have done that AND had as many assists."

yeah I'm feelin lukas on this one. this year I was kinda bugged by the whole 'tyreke evans is averaging a stat line that only LBJ, MJ and the big O have ever done" - his team still had an awful record overall and are you really gonna say he is as good as those other dudes?

also it's kind of a problem in basketball where the game has changed so much over the years that you can't really use stats to compare players from different eras, cf. that ridic. wilt line above

that wilt game was apparently vs Russell too so....O_O

http://i41.tinypic.com/inuzwh.gif

http://www.slamonline.com/online/the-magazine/features/2010/05/you-got-rondod/

rajon rando is gangsta as fuck

rondo even!
but yeah this kid is great

THE LEGEND OF RONDO

http://www.theonion.com/articles/rajon-rondo,17556/

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CqDk4jAv_Y4/TA1st4iJXTI/AAAAAAAAEEM/rnukfx73GVg/s1600/05.jpg

"I call it Grand Theft Rondo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCZsQFdS0Y

http://rlv.zcache.com/alcatraz_psycho_ward_outpatient_tshirt-p235299715948078404y6t2_400.jpg

literally rajon rondo fan club

http://i32.tinypic.com/2n71vo0.png

http://youbeenblinded.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Rajon-Rondo-Better-Than-Rose-and-Lee-Shirt-Pic.jpg

UH

UH

http://www.creamglobal.com/media/775801/rondo_01.jpg

hooooly shit

Rondo is a cool ass dude. Love his game!

have i said before that rondo is totally a soccer player playing basketball? i mean, dude is just total ingenuity & unfettered creativity on the fly

his fast break to garnett where he dribbled behind his back & then faked a pass to garnett, faked a lay up and then dished to garnett all in the matter of like .5 seconds was amazing

where can i see that

this is pretty sweet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e68fViKkUyo

scola "covering" garnett lol

his fast break to garnett where he dribbled behind his back & then faked a pass to garnett, faked a lay up and then dished to garnett all in the matter of like .5 seconds was amazing

― crocodile swag district - teach me how to dundee (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:11 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbf none of that was at all necessary, btw the pistons are easily the most demoralized team ive seen this early in the season

they are one of the saddest teams in all of sports -- two aging ex-stars playing out their careers in anonymity, two high priced free agents that were overpaid by like 50% each turning the team into a dead weight and keeping it from getting any better & a mix of young guys like stuckey/maxiel/daye that are good but have minimal chance (if at all) to be real 'impact' guys

yeesh

ben gordon looked like he wanted to jump off something

nice summery btw

autumnery iirc

i think rondo is just practicing, basically, i mean why not drop 20 dimes and get in that groove before they start playing teams with real actual defenses. shades of larry shooting left-handed just because he was bored and maybe, someday, it might come in handy

plus don't underrate the fact that this is now his fourth year with basically the same group, and an extra year with pierce, playing 90-100 real games each year with them. bound to develop some crazy telepathy. i think teams undervalue this continuity; cf spurs, lakers; this is even a decent justification for the magic's no-move summer maybe

^i mean spurs and lakers are obvious examples that value this core continuity and are thus dangerous, hence why does one keep derek fisher, well because in addition to a few playoff daggers left in him he must know every microscopic twitch of kobe's game at this point

which means adding that kind of familiarity to rondo's raw physical talent and mad creativity = HAVOC

Actually this rondo streak has been making me think about how amazing stockton (whom i never saw) must have been - 15 assists is just a ridiculous number for any night

I recently watched the video of all 30 of scott skiles' assists when he set the record and it seems the definition of 'assist' is pretty loose in the NBA

btw last night was a great example of rondo adapting his game--he was much more aggressive trying to score against the bucks because

1) it was a close game
2) they were giving him too much space to drive or shoot--he hit 2 or 3 j's handily.

stockton's thing was that he was so simultaneously boring to watch, casually brilliant and dirty as a motherfucker
imagine a shorter, faster, more vicious time duncan who passed better than he could shoot
he was hard to really be a fan for but he could absolutely torch you

tbf stockton was also an excellent shotter

btw last night was a great example of rondo adapting his game--he was much more aggressive trying to score against the bucks because

1) it was a close game
2) they were giving him too much space to drive or shoot--he hit 2 or 3 j's handily.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, November 4, 2010 8:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

eh he also had 6tos due mostly to trying to force passes early in the game - he got in the flow but you cannot possibly say you havent seen this assist mad behavior

stockton was easy to love, c'mon

stockton was relentless

xp yeah i'm not saying i haven't seen it--the last 4 years of c's teams frequently have an overpassing problem and rondo is offender #1--my point is more that once he figured out the flow of the game he adjusted and looked for his shot a bit more. totally agree that he is always looking to pass first this season.

yeah, stockton was relentless and i'm not saying he couldn't shoot; he was money from the three all career... just that he was better at passing. He was the best there ever was so that's not saying much.
but easy to love? he was tight lipped and played vicious and rough as a motherfucker and seemed like a man apart from the culture. the distance he's kept from the game in his post-career life is downright barry sandersesque. Dude was the best but he was NOT easy to love.
that said, stockton/malone on NBA Jam was the ONLY team to play.

also rondo is an awesome player and exciting to watch and easy to love but he's no john stockton any more than dwayne is michael jordan

"in my day, they didn't even dribble the ball. and we had peach baskets!"

interesting fact i didn't know (and then i'll stop turning this into the Stockton memorial threadjack), but dude never had a regular season triple double in his whole career. Just one in a playoff game.

btw rondo's new dive into the paint/pass behind the defense out to big baby in the corner move is super-money, they ran it perfectly 3-4 times last night.

it really looks like they just practiced that together all summer

baby needs to take a couple steps back then we really be talking

but easy to love? he was tight lipped and played vicious and rough as a motherfucker and seemed like a man apart from the culture. the distance he's kept from the game in his post-career life is downright barry sandersesque. Dude was the best but he was NOT easy to love.
that said, stockton/malone on NBA Jam was the ONLY team to play.

― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Thursday, November 4, 2010 11:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I love unassuming dudes who are totally locked in and don't really care about their own status/reputation. playing vicious is also a big + in my book, also knowing how to play dirty/work the refs. love all these qualities

i was also (yes i know, we got WGN on basic cable, don't hassle me about this) a bulls fan during the jordan years and the layover years so always hated those guys.

stockton hiked up those shorts b/c sharpened his kneecaps for better shin-stabbing

stockton was relentless

yeah. it's a bummer this guy didn't get a championship.

^i mean spurs and lakers are obvious examples that value this core continuity and are thus dangerous, hence why does one keep derek fisher, well because in addition to a few playoff daggers left in him he must know every microscopic twitch of kobe's game at this point

― enjoy your day (agent hibachi), Wednesday, November 3, 2010 6:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Honestly, the reason Fisher's still on the Lakers, and the reason Fisher will have a job in the NBA for as long as he wants to play, is that he's amazing in the locker room. I know it's easy to sneer at that kind of thing ordinarily, but he's highly prized for it in the league. He kicks the asses that need kicking, he mends the fences that need mending, and he keeps flaky young guys from tuning out. That's been his role wherever he's played, and it's certainly why Miami wanted him this offseason.

we definitely wanted him (and matt barnes, too, btw). both lost to the lakers.

the clips could use a fish

LOVE stockton for all the same reasons that forks mentioned - he was sort of notoriously hard to approach. heard multiple stories about him denying auto's to little kids when approached @ restaurants, which kind of rules

similar reasons for loving jerry sloan

seriously no one should ever approach someone they dont know at a restaurant, its just rude

http://oi55.tinypic.com/ek0nk1.jpg

eternal lols @ bosh

srsly thats just disrespectful

http://www.redsarmy.com/.a/6a01156f2c3287970c0147e0e24d86970b-450wi

I love my new video game. Still keeping my foot elevated http://plixi.com/p/64294149
8:27 PM Dec 20th via Echofon

haa

rondo jersey came in the mail same day as 12-23-10-6-1 JUS SAYIN

love rondo

http://grab.by/8kyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8-aL0zgmo&feature=player_embedded

!

waht

boomshakalaka

gtr: boston shirt :)

http://i52.tinypic.com/24q1zy1.gif

i keep on missing the assoc. but did catch the above scene on a bar tv last nite--weird hat tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBkUZq7dKTg&feature=player_embedded

jadande J.A. Adande
Rajon Rondo bought 4 boxes of cookies from Girl Scouts on way out of Staples Center. But he let me have last box of Thin Mints #whataguy

^___________________________________________________^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyolagnPNEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyolagnPNEg

what a terrific houdini move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvmUV1pG1Q

that's an AMAZING Houdini Layup! (vs. SAS)

yo

BALL

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff331/itsme131313/RondoLee.jpg

omg

doc must have had a heart to heart with this dude or something because he is balling again

http://i.imgur.com/szkRl.png

I dunno why don't you calculate the volume as a % of the total volume

gonna say y

rondoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

^^

http://i.imgur.com/B5LTJ.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7BspB6R--A

rondo vs the washington generals

http://i.imgur.com/aD4Jh.jpg

hehe

RajonRondo Rajon Rondo
Send me your best Halloween costume photos and the winner will receive a new pair of Nike shoes #basketballneverstops
1 minute ago

RajonRondo Rajon Rondo

RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

http://i.imgur.com/4GLT7.jpg

RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In early March some of the guys went to the Museum of Fine Arts for a fundraiser and got to hang out with President Barack Obama. Everyone was a little bit in awe. The president turns to Ray, points to Rondo and says, “Hey Ray, why don’t you teach this kid how to shoot.” Everyone starts laughing, and Ray says, “Nah, that’s why he’s got to give the ball to me. I’ll take care of the shooting.”

:D

Im in Bos now.RT @NazrMohammed: Paintballing 2moro? @twiams @RajonRondo

http://i.imgur.com/YMrCB.jpg

Mr. Rondo

http://i.imgur.com/BEIjt.jpg

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

omg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/430108_375938382424519_100000250802494_1345486_21696401_n.jpg

rajon rondo fan club youth division

is he holding chopsticks?

rondo eating fruit with chopsticks would be so rondo

they are making fruit skewers for chocolate fondue, I think

also rondo

http://brokejumper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/RajonRondoShades.jpg

lol waht

B-| ::deal with it::

rondo's gotten really into the terminator lately

or dam funk

what a strange person

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1002093/rondosushi.gif

better than most I've seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TKEOrHeN1IY#!

i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKEOrHeN1IY

RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i mean

http://www.youtube.com/v/TKEOrHeN1IY&fs=1&hl=en

― call all destroyer, Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:45 PM (5 hours ago)

ray was MOVING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAnplzbN6lI

how did I miss this the first time around

Lucky boy meets Rajon Rondo

BOSTON -- The Boston third-grader who narrowly missed a bullet that came through his bedroom wall and left a smoking hole in his Boston Celtics jersey has met the player whose shirt he was wearing.

Preston Jackson and his family attended Tuesday night's Celtics game against the Miami Heat, where they met Rajon Rondo.

Rondo says he couldn't believe the stories he heard of Preston's harrowing experience on April 17, calling it a "senseless act."

Several shots were fired in the street in front of Preston's home. Police are investigating.

Preston called his meeting with the All Star point guard "the best moment of my life."

He also left with a bag full of Celtics stuff, including a new jersey, this one with Rondo's autograph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY7dxRhDIbU

perfect video

awesome

yesssss

I wanna see rondo play soccer

http://www.weei.com/sites/default/files/pictures/celtics/Rondo_PHI.jpg

hahaha

he did the monster mash

rondo alert tonite

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0604/grant_g_rondo_576.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m52lwzRJrf1qcmnsoo1_400.png

awww

http://i.imgur.com/W5tCm.jpg

he's gonna pwn the kid in the d rose jersey

http://i.imgur.com/Uk8sJ.jpg

SUP

i was half listening to the radio today and they were talking about some french interview where rondo said he was the best point guard in the nba....it's all comin' together

'i will tell the french, no one will notice'

http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/rondo_in_paris/11240356?linksrc=home_rg_head_11240356

lol the interview was with "basketsession.com"

lol rondo translated to french and back

i'm gonna make my gf retranslate when she gets home

the unhappiest tourist

can totally picture rondo touristing it alone and getting other rando tourists to help him take his pictures

ragin rando

he's mad because he just did a spin move out of the cathedral, weaved between two crowds of tourists and threw his camera behind-the-back to some old guy who then dropped it

http://i.imgur.com/ejPB3.jpg

hilarious

rajon rondo fan club

Rajon Rondo ‏@RajonRondo
My palate is maturing. http://lockerz.com/s/238759814

quality airline chinese food

lol, i knew you would shake ur head at that dayo

haha - fyi airline chinese food is some of the best chinese food out there. read somewhere that the higher you are in altitude, the more salt is required to achieve the same amount of 'salty' taste? well chinese food is p much always salty so it's always p good

china is the best airline ive ever tooken

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/13/the-science-behind-why-airline-food-tastes-bad/

https://p.twimg.com/A1TbXQsCIAEj_cO.jpg:large

first you get the money

B/R: You’ve been to all these cities around the world. What’s the strangest thing you ate?

RR: In Manila. It was a crazy eel. It looked like it was moving.

B/R: Is there any pick-and-roll coverage that you see when you’re playing that you like going against?

RR: It’s not that, it’s just, it’s the player. It’s not any kind of pick-and-roll defense—I want to pick on the weakest link on the court as far as the big.

http://i.imgur.com/Xkrd0.jpg

you followin me camera guy

i like this thread

RAJON when u made that shot 4*20*09 at 4th quather it was 109-106 we had 108 when u made a nice ass move i jump off the chair and i got on the grown i was BOWING cuz the move was so nice and the score that was not the end of the game hell no I LUV U RONDO (ur the best player 2 me)

― Dr. Phil, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:17 (3 years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/bCgM7.jpg

lol just came here to post that

u got rondod

it's true

btw tho weve seen rondo traveling in asia recently im p positive that pic is in new york

http://i.imgur.com/pnul6.jpg

cargo pants no dont do it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i-ObEA_jAU

http://i.imgur.com/tPtG5.jpg

Paul Flannery ‏@Pflanns
So, Rondo's 4-for-4 at the free throw line and just buried a 3 in rhythm.

Mike Prada ‏@MikePradaSBN
Rondo's jumper is clearly fixed #preseasonalysis

rondo trending

http://i.imgur.com/xfdTJ.png

best shooter

italy cant deal

is your game mvp like steve nash

Paul Flannery ‏@Pflanns
Rondo called Sullinger the smartest rookie they've had, excluding himself. Obviously

sully

http://i.imgur.com/lZGc7.jpg

yessss

ha yeah saw that on the twitters the other day v lol

wife that

http://i.imgur.com/OIcTc.jpg

haha yes

hah

distance to basket/(finger length)(palm radius)=shooting %

rondoooooooooooooooo

"distribute, combine like terms, isolate the variable and solve and...ray allen is a dick"

more details on math w/rondo: http://blogs.bostonmagazine.com/boston_daily/2012/11/08/rajon-rondo-teaches-math/#more-103761

http://i.imgur.com/9h9jU.jpg

lol

20 assists today, and he's basically sitting out the 4th quarter. Good god.

seems chill

https://twitter.com/RajonRondo/status/269679227304046592

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/428831_523595974325425_1149653011_n.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpOlZ9Z6q30

lol

just coming here to post that

Speaking to ESPN, Jason Terry dished on Rondo’s ritual.

“His routine is long-winded and it lasts all the way through tip-off. It starts in the back hallway. He runs down a corridor and he throws the ball to our team chaplain, who throws it back. Then he runs out into a circle, high-fives the whole team and then he does the layup lines for five minutes.

“Then he will stand under the goal and Paul Pierce will shoot every ball on the rack from half court. Rondo will catch four balls at one time and then after that, it’s just amazing — one pass off the backboard to KG, one bounce pass to Paul Pierce and then he throws it all the way up to the scoreboard and Jeff Green finishes with an alley-oop.

“It’s every game, even road games. I have no idea how he started it; I’m new to the team. I was still going through layup lines and I almost got hit with one of those balls in the head. I wasn’t aware that’s what they were doing. It threw me off.”

hah

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4z9enmGZh1qbghg6o1_250.gif

:<

these knee tears must end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qoSXxWHV7Q

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rajon-rondo-tattoo-big.jpg

rip rondo

:(

:C

Just a reminder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80EVb7HNa6o

He got to the point where he was doing that at least once every other game or so.

yep. But rarely does he create such a clear lane like this one. Haslem goes four feet in the wrong direction.

Yeah thats one of his better ones for sure.

You could drive a car through the gap he creates and no one on the Heat would need to step aside.

He got to the point where he was doing that at least once every other game or so.

― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, February 8, 2013 12:08 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he did it so much there was a commercial in boston featuring the catch phrase 'you got rondoed'

Ha

this weeks issue of SI has a story about his connect four obsession and his need to best a child that beat him at it
"i needed to show him that he beat me, but I beat the shit out of him"
jordanesque

SI article is online now: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1207014/index.htm

Rondo is thinking of entering national cornhole tournaments. "I'm ranked Number 1," he says. He is kidding, but you have to ask to make sure. He does nothing for amusement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gylBiSjs51o

rondo got bandz

rondo :---(

predict rondo traded at next years draft

There's a good chance rondo will make himself unwanted, more or less forcing a trade.

kris humphries enemy club

Boston Celtics ✔ @celtics

Stevens: "There is no bigger fan of Rajon Rondo than me. His instincts…I can't wait to meet him. Talked to him on the phone yesterday."
12:25 PM - 5 Jul 2013

president rajon rondo fan club

✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOxsDeWCcAAsR7E.jpg:large

:-)

omg

only smiling cuz he's winning

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4sngytlSk

pwn

Rajon Rondo ‏@RajonRondo 1m
They help release spasm and reduce pain.RT @kOVO_lin: @RajonRondo what does the pins do

Rondo still being stuck on this trash Celtics team is the only thing bumming me out about the start of this season. Would rather see him retire for a year and chill with Globetrotters.

got to think theyre gonna try to move him once hes back

would love to see him hulk out playoffs style every night w that team tbh

Rondo really due for a solid TNY profile piece.

@CelticsHub Rajon Rondo on Brad Stevens: “We have become best friends.”:

lol

connect four buds, if you will

The two have had lunch, text nightly, and regularly share books and YouTube videos over email.

Asked about the departures of Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett, Rondo was unemotional.

"It wasn't difficult at all," said Rondo. "I didn't feel anything."

http://brokejumper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/RajonRondoShades.jpg

fuuuuck

B-|

Rondo has been riding the stationary bike (he called the bike, along with Stevens, his "best friend").

Asked about the recent gas attack on civilains in Syria, Rondo was unemotional.

still thinking bout that connect four game...

Replying to a question about 9/11 Rondo said "Who cares those buildings were ugly anyway." Later adding "I am first and foremost an aesthete."

The two have had lunch, text nightly, and regularly share books and YouTube videos over email.

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:0

B-|

Rondo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrHfxW4XOg

the ability to compartmentalize is often quite strong in pro athletes. Pining for what cannot be doesn't help winning? Toss it aside!

big 3 treated him as their bitch anyway

http://i.imgur.com/Ncd9hRO.png

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rondo.jpg

lmafo amazing

rondo is taking the photo lol

rajon rondo fan club

who's the masshole

the masshole is... inside all of us

Thread needed Rondo's "Red Sox Beard":

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FsGqZsrwWZk/UnROXO_jhfI/AAAAAAAAAvY/JQIi2eb3ooA/s1600/rondo+beard.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5NgXnA5nm8

feel like a gif of around :18 to :21 could do some important work

hahA

lol

world of emotions in that stat sheet

Video: Rajon Rondo talks about Ray Allen, Christmas music, roller skating, and his favorite soup http

oops http://t.co/tSqgiKFl9y

haven't watched but how could it be bad

Rajon Rondo ‏@RajonRondo
29,233,380 secs

^since his surgery or maybe injury

rondooooooooooooooooooooooooo

lol rondo u beautiful weirdo come baaaaaaack

theyre sayin it could be any day now

any 86400 secs now

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sulmujPoWQ

just another game lol dude u r a r-o-b-o-t

He's bizarre

The problem with most after game interviews is that the best questions are the ones no one wants to answer and the other questions are usually pretty stupid.

Yeah they are horrible for sure.

rondo displays a rare level of open disdain for reports tho

like he couldve said we had a great run won a ring together its gonna be strange to play against them but at the end of the day i want to go out there and get the W same as them

Social norms etc

http://giant.gfycat.com/IdioticHarmlessEarwig.gif

thats good

lol

http://i.imgur.com/HmJ569s.jpg

what the heck

wow. i'm trying to put some kind of interpretation on this but i fear it runs deeper than i

...who is he watering?

Arod?

healing http://www.celticshub.com/2014/10/20/brad-stevens-says-rajon-rondo-return-opening-night

Brian Robb ‏@CelticsHub 21s21 seconds ago
Rajon Rondo says he has a 79 percent chance of playing on opening night.

A playful Rondo didn't like the idea of being dubbed a game-time decision for the start of the 2014-15 regular season and suggested he won't finalize his game status until he wakes up from his typical game-day nap.

"When I wake up from my nap, I'll let (reporters) know. Around 4:30," Rondo said. "If I sleep really, really well tonight, and (Wednesday) afternoon with my nap, I'll let you know how I'm feeling."

lol

vintage rondo

https://twitter.com/celtics/status/527577304374194176

yaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss

sick

We are the 79%

celtics got their first blowout against a team that got to the 2nd round of the playoffs

then again it was minus brook Lopez and Paul pierce, for what that's worth

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/1023/nba_a_rondo_mb_600x400.jpg

lol

tbf nets made the 2nd round w/o lopez xp

truth, they also had The Truth

(btw go wizards, no way heat get that win with DC at full strength)

might catch a bullets game this season just to see PP

nice

i saw sam cassell at a bar in baltimore

did u do the dance

lol no

rondo http://grantland.com/the-triangle/rajon-rondo-boston-celtics-trade-free-agent

Brian Robb ‏@CelticsHub 1m1 minute ago
Rajon Rondo on his morning meetup with Kobe Bryant Thursday: "Just two assholes having breakfast."

hhahhaahaaa

called it

lol that's outstanding.

Brian Robb ‏@CelticsHub 8s9 seconds ago
Rajon Rondo is 2-of-4 from the free throw line today, bumping up his season average to 32.4 percent.

13-13-11 rondo tripdub with 3 steals

https://vine.co/v/O6z2pErBdM9

i approve

gotta hear both sides

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5LE2zvIUAAysgC.jpg

*sob*

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5LGqdkIAAAo2uX.jpg

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

i will always love u jon

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5e689Bepf1qajugo.jpg

what is kg's costume there

who is the v for vendetta guy