The true Rajon Rondo has been revealed

[D-FENS]

If you watched today's game, there is no way you can argue that he is a max salary player. Chris Paul made him look stupid out there.

[magnax1]

Best passer in the game isn't a max salary player?
:biggums:
Don't think he makes the max anyway though.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Best passer in the game? He wasn't even the best passer on the court today.

[D-FENS]

Best passer in the game isn't a max salary player?
:biggums:
Don't think he makes the max anyway though.


What does best passer mean if:
- you can't shoot free throws
- you can't shoot open shots from outside of 8 feet
- you can't play defense

I hate to say it, but this version of Rondo (post knee injury) is not as good as Mookie Blaylock or Fat Lever, let alone comparing him to guys like Wall, Paul, Curry, Westbrook.

Dallas got a dud.

[3peated]

see what he does in the playoffs bud

[D-FENS]

see what he does in the playoffs bud

He hasn't done anything in the playoffs since shredding the knee... he's a different player, I wouldn't be holding out for the dude that scored 44 on the Heat, or the guy that bodied up on Kobe.

[chocolatethunder]

What does best passer mean if:
- you can't shoot free throws
- you can't shoot open shots from outside of 8 feet
- you can't play defense

I hate to say it, but this version of Rondo (post knee injury) is not as good as Mookie Blaylock or Fat Lever, let alone comparing him to guys like Wall, Paul, Curry, Westbrook.

Dallas got a dud.
Fat Lever shits on Mookie. Mookie was solid but Fat was considerably better.

[navy]

Losing a head to head match up with Chris Paul means what exactly?

[Pushxx]

He hasn't done anything in the playoffs since shredding the knee... he's a different player, I wouldn't be holding out for the dude that scored 44 on the Heat, or the guy that bodied up on Kobe.

He hasn't been IN the playoffs...when Rondo is motivated he goes God mode.

[Inferno]

breaking news: player has bad game

[Done_And_Done]

breaking news: player has bad game

This.

Just because Lowry shredded CP3 last month doesn't sway me to start believing he's the better player. It's a marathon of a season. These guys are gunna have their fair share of off nights. It happens...

[senelcoolidge]

Rubio got the max or near max so why not Rondo?

[YouGotServed]

People like to point out Rondo's 2012 playoff stats and go: See! Rondo is an elite point guard! :oldlol: :oldlol: I can't remember who it was, but I was arguing with this dude who thought Rondo is still elite, and he kept bringing up Rondo's playoff stats like 3 years ago.

Rondo is done, what did Boston even get in return for him? A back up big and a bag of chips?

Dallas did what they had to do, but Rondo will not increase the number of net wins for Dallas. Not by much at least. Maybe if this were 2012. His defense has fallen off so much since then doe.

[Kblaze8855]

breaking news: player has bad game

People really do need to stop wih the "Looking at the last hour...___" bullshit. Nobody has ever been great when you wait to pop up and hate after a bad game and pretend that is who they truly are.

[ProfessorMurder]

People like to point out Rondo's 2012 playoff stats and go: See! Rondo is an elite point guard! :oldlol: :oldlol: I can't remember who it was, but I was arguing with this dude who thought Rondo is still elite, and he kept bringing up Rondo's playoff stats like 3 years ago.

Rondo is done, what did Boston even get in return for him? A back up big and a bag of chips?

Dallas did what they had to do, but Rondo will not increase the number of net wins for Dallas. Not by much at least. Maybe if this were 2012. His defense has fallen off so much since then doe.
Y u stupid?

[YouGotServed]

Y u stupid?

:coleman: You know I'm right.

[Hotlantadude81]

Rondo is not too far from being the PG version of Josh Smith.

[D-FENS]

People really do need to stop wih the "Looking at the last hour...___" bullshit. Nobody has ever been great when you wait to pop up and hate after a bad game and pretend that is who they truly are.

Pfft, this is more so a culmination of the basketball he has played over the last few years. He's not the same player anymore, just like Derrick Rose is not the same player anymore. It's like when Penny was traded to Phoenix, we all kept expecting the old Penny, to make that spectacular backcourt 2000 with Kidd, but he never turned up because he wasn't that Penny anymore, jut glimpses of his old self. Same with Rondo, same with Rose, heck even Dwight Howard.

It's not just a bad game. Watch the guy play. It's like watching Kyrie Irving play defense out there

[Legends66NBA7]

Last week.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364404

[D-FENS]

Last week.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364404

I have more fingers than the combined IQ of the posters in that thread. Rondo isn't an all-star anymore. Get over it

[masonanddixon]

Yeah I said a while ago he's not a good fit on this team. They are trying to get him into that Kidd role except he can't hit the 3 unlike Kidd.

[D-FENS]

Yeah I said a while ago he's not a good fit on this team. They are trying to get him into that Kidd role except he can't hit the 3 unlike Kidd.

Or play D

[theaussieguy]

so many people ITT who clearly don't watch the games.

Rondo will take this team to the next level

hes a young boss bitch paper in his pockets

[masonanddixon]

Or play D

He's been playing decent defense. Clippers are a bad matchup because Dirk can't guard Jordan.

[ballup]

The knee jerk bashing have to come along with the knee jerk praising I guess.

[PsychoBe]

and is still the only top-tier pg with a ring.

[Legends66NBA7]

I have more fingers than the combined IQ of the posters in that thread. Rondo isn't an all-star anymore. Get over it

I disagreed with the OP in that thread too.

Was already "over it".

[Legends66NBA7]

The knee jerk bashing have to come along with the knee jerk praising I guess.

Too rational to actually happen.

[pastis]

he is just overrated. since his injury he is just not that good anymore.

he is soft and weak and a historically bad shooter. parsons is nearly as bad as rondo.

i know that dirk plays very medicore as well and is shooting bad since end of november, but as a Gm i would rather trade for nearly 37 year old dirk than for rondo or parsoft

[StephHamann]

Parsons and Rondo suck, Dirk is old. Monta is still a bonehead and Carlisle can't coach.

Time to blow up the team.

[Bandito]

People like to point out Rondo's 2012 playoff stats and go: See! Rondo is an elite point guard! :oldlol: :oldlol: I can't remember who it was, but I was arguing with this dude who thought Rondo is still elite, and he kept bringing up Rondo's playoff stats like 3 years ago.

Rondo is done, what did Boston even get in return for him? A back up big and a bag of chips?

Dallas did what they had to do, but Rondo will not increase the number of net wins for Dallas. Not by much at least. Maybe if this were 2012. His defense has fallen off so much since then doe.
What about Harden last playoffs? It was revealed he was a horrible team player who only cares about his stats and can't play defense at all.

[smoovegittar]

and is still the only top-tier pg with a ring.
Uh, Parker?

[PsychoBe]

Uh, Parker?

meh, not really a top-tier pg nowadays.

[YouGotServed]

What about Harden last playoffs? It was revealed he was a horrible team player who only cares about his stats and can't play defense at all.

No, it wasn't revealed. Good job, good effort.

[RRR3]

He hasn't been IN the playoffs...when Rondo is motivated he goes God mode.
http://i.imgur.com/10OgC4i.gif

[theaussieguy]

Didn't watch the game. Why did Rondo only play 10 minutes?
Butted heads with harden all game, not sure if thats the reason tho

[RRR3]

Didn't watch the game. Why did Rondo only play 10 minutes?
Because he was awful

[Heavincent]

Didn't watch the game. Why did Rondo only play 10 minutes?

Foul trouble...although Carlisle didn't seem very interested in putting him back in anyway.

[Hittin_Shots]

http://i.imgur.com/10OgC4i.gif

Well he hasn't been in the playoffs and he doesn't seem motivated so the post technically could still be correct... Motivated may not equal god mode though lol

[Smoke117]

Rajon Rondo can attribute three of those apg each year total even to this point in his career to Ray Allen.

[Hittin_Shots]

Rajon Rondo can attribute three of those apg each year total even to this point in his career to Ray Allen.

Or can he attribute it to the system he played at Boston, seeing he was averaging 10.8 apg before the trade. Ray Allen and Rondo havent played together in 4 years and his apg increased the year Allen left.

[ronnymac]

What about Harden last playoffs? It was revealed he was a horrible team player who only cares about his stats and can't play defense at all.
To his credit he has improved in all these facets. He is far more unselfish and he plays pretty good D now. The guy is still maturing.

[bdreason]

I feel bad for whatever team gives Rondo a max deal. He's an average NBA point guard, and is worth 8-10m tops.

[oarabbus]

To his credit he has improved in all these facets. He is far more unselfish and he plays pretty good D now. The guy is still maturing.


He's nearly 30.

[bdreason]

He's nearly 30.


He's talking about Harden.

[navy]

I feel bad for whatever team gives Rondo a max deal. He's an average NBA point guard, and is worth 8-10m tops.
Even if it's the Lakers? :lol

[7secondsorless]

Pg who can't shoot 3s or FTs, and has no elite-level offensive skill unless he can dominate the ball possession after possession to rack up assists. His fate was sealed in the 1st quarter when he got an eight second call bringing the ball up (he wasn't being pressured, just casually strolling up the court!!!!) and to top it off, right after the call--on the inbound--he left Terry unguarded and let him hit a wide-open 3. Five point swing. Words can't capture how retarded that sequence was. The 8 second violation was stupid but it was unreal how he just left Terry open right after, considering: (1) Terry was the inbound passer and Rondo was right in front him when the play started, (2) It wasn't like Terry ran all over the court, he pretty much just slid over and hit the 3 from the same area of the court from where he inbounded, and (3) Rondo moved AWAY from him, it was his movement--not so much Terry's--that created that shot.

To top off his night, he flopped and slid 10+feet on the court to give Harden a wide open shot from the FT/ top of the key area. He also got a retarded technical cuz he was trying to get under Harden's skin and kicked the ball when Harden went down to pick it up during a dead ball.

Keep in mind, he did all of this playing 10 minutes for the entire game.
...And he still has the audacity to act like pissy, moody teenage girl when coaches don't bend over backwards to "hand him the keys to the offense".

Can't wait to see him get a max-deal from the Lakers/Knicks :)

[stevieming]

Pg who can't shoot 3s or FTs, and has no elite-level offensive skill unless he can dominate the ball possession after possession to rack up assists. His fate was sealed in the 1st quarter when he got an eight second call bringing the ball up (he wasn't being pressured, just casually strolling up the court!!!!) and to top it off, right after the call--on the inbound--he left Terry unguarded and let him hit a wide-open 3. Five point swing. Words can't capture how retarded that sequence was. The 8 second violation was stupid but it was unreal how he just left Terry open right after, considering: (1) Terry was the inbound passer and Rondo was right in front him when the play started, (2) It wasn't like Terry ran all over the court, he pretty much just slid over and hit the 3 from the same area of the court from where he inbounded, and (3) Rondo moved AWAY from him, it was his movement--not so much Terry's--that created that shot.

To top off his night, he flopped and slid 10+feet on the court to give Harden a wide open shot from the FT/ top of the key area. He also got a retarded technical cuz he was trying to get under Harden's skin and kicked the ball when Harden went down to pick it up during a dead ball.

Keep in mind, he did all of this playing 10 minutes for the entire game.
...And he still has the audacity to act like pissy, moody teenage girl when coaches don't bend over backwards to "hand him the keys to the offense".

Can't wait to see him get a max-deal from the Lakers/Knicks :)

spot on, that trade was rubbish and probably cost Mavs about 5-6 games in the regular season, as they had such good flow and chemistry with their team...

I can't see them getting the past the rockets unless Dirk and Monta turn it on.....

if Rondo plays like that again with no heart, just bench him for the remainder of the PO games, he isn't coming back to Mavs anyway...

[Nick Young]

Rondo was only good on the Cs because he had 3 HOF shooters to pass to. They also helped space the floor, allowing him to drive in and get his during playoff games. I knew he wouldn't be able to pull that shit when the big 3 left, I knew he would go back to being a scrub, and guess what, I was right. He is a defensive role player, that's it.

We better not try to sign this scrub in LA. He's not worth max money, not even 10 million a year. Maybe 8 million a year to be the 8th man backup PG defensive specialist, but that's it.

KEEP THIS SCRUB OUT OF LA

[Nick Young]

Rubio got the max or near max so why not Rondo?

Rondo is an old broken down scrub. Rubio is atleast young and has potential.

[Nick Young]

Didn't watch the game. Why did Rondo only play 10 minutes?
because your boy is a scrub. Without his 3 HOFer buddies, kid got exposed as a scrub with a diva attitude.

[ILLsmak]

because your boy is a scrub. Without his 3 HOFer buddies, kid got exposed as a scrub with a diva attitude.

well as a 'true pg' it's hard when the rest of your team is playing like ass.

-Smak