Same old tune: Rondo has great help and would be nobody on a different team. First of all, we can’t be 100% sure the second part is true. Playing without KG, for instance, he seemed OK. Second of all, don’t ALL players who win rings have great help? Isn’t the fact that CP can’t win a ring with this crew just the truth? So Rondo’s life would be sooooo hard if he played for Hornets… so was KG’s life with Minny? No one ever stopped people from trash talking KG did they? And now CP needs Woj to make Rondo “respect him as a man”?

trash talking is never nice, and the point is to light a fire in the opponent to get the game going, and to bring the intensity there. Isn’t that what KG does? How come RR does it to CP3, and the whole world goes crazy…

Since when was trash talking such a bad thing to do. All he simply said was, “You’ll never get a ring”. And then talks about “who’s better, CP3 or RR?” talks come on every article possible.

This clown clearly just plain dont like Rondo. Or is in love with Chris paul. I cant figure it out yet. Either way he really has no clue what hes talking about. Im also going to go out on a limb and say the whole ray Allen thing never happened.

Rondo needs to SHUT UP! He needs to let his game do the talking…

ATM, he still extremely inconsistent, can`t shoot free throws or make jump shots…when he can inmprove in these areas than he can talk…

But until then…just shut up and work hard Rajon…

typical trash

rondo proved himself without KG in the lineup and paul and ray playing no better then a ben gordon or john salmons

chris paul plays with good players, all stars in fact

chris paul would be garbage on the celtics, the only ball movement would be a pass out of his hands when he decided not to look for his own shot at the end of the shotclock

stop acting like chris paul has it so hard or has no help, and stop this nonsense where rondo is some sort of product of the big 3

before you tell Chris Paul he sucks, you might want to take some of that ‘fire’ you portray and learn to shoot a basketball.

of course now that he has his money, i’m not going to hold my breath.

Oh, and by the way, it must be pretty nice to walk a season in chris pauls shoes, i bet rondo would love it

never any criticizim, being put on some pedestal high above the league, and being able to put up inflated stats

chris paul is overrated – plain and simple

good game against the knicks last night by the way

  Payed the guy to write the article. Did anyone who read it get the impression that the Hornets aren’t near the bottom of the league in salary but are 12th out of 30? That they have a higher payroll than Carmelo “Lucky” Anthony’s team?

  Anyone who followed the Celts in the 80s realizes how hard it is to win without 1st rate facilities…

Lest we forget, Chris Paul is known for having few limits when it comes to “distracting” his opponent. Remember his nut punch of Julius Hodge during March Madness:

http://www.extremesportclips.com/video/1140/Chris-Paul-Punches-Julius-Hodge.html

He seems like a nice guy in an interview, but all of these guys have a competitive streak like none of us can imagine. Seems to me that Rondo was going out on a limb to call CP out and possibly to take him out of his best game. If his best game is making assists and getting the other Hornets involved, then he may have succeeded. He certainly appears to have gotten into his head.

Again, look at the influences rondo has around him, the biggest talkers and chest beaters in the league
hell KG was talking trash from the bench AFTER PLAYOFF GAMES and noone cares, hes fully supported
rajon gets into it wit paul, and the whole immaturity saga comes up

1) The only other PG who couldn’t shoot jumpshots or FTs to walk into as ideal a situation is Tony Parker. I doubt Parker would tell all other PGs that he’s the greatest.
2) Rondo’s success has a great deal to do with the talent and system around him
3) Chris Paul IS a better PG, hands down. I’d venture to say there are several PGs in this league who could lead the Celtics to success. I really would love to see Rondo on the Hornets.
4) Doc has been quoted several times as stating that Rondo’s teamates don’t like playing with him. He’s a jackass and punk.

As annoying as Paul can be in the game with his cheesy flops, etc., Rondo really is a punk. I like his game, and think it’s a great fit for this team, but his trash talking needs to stay within certain bounds. He’s let his contract go to his head, but we shouldn’t be surprised.

can u only talk trash when you have no flaws in your game? Im sure MJ had some flaws in his game, even the littelest ones, but still talked trash.. KG has flaws in his game, and still talks trash…

I love how Paul is seen as having a “tenacious will and a terrific temper.” Yet Rondo is just a punk. Obviously what he said was being a punk but please. If you think he’s the first and only player to say things like this during a game, you’re crazy.

Also, I really enjoyed how Woj completely downplayed the WWE move that Chris Paul pulled on Al Harrington last night. It was by no means just messing around with his friend out of frustration. Yet, if Rondo did the same thing, it would have bee worded like: “The brash little punk that Rondo is, smashed Harrington’s face to the court, purely with the intent to give him a career-ending concussion.”

The NBA article about how they’re “reviewing” the situation seems to focus on how CP3 has been a punk over the last two games, not Rondo.

Didn’t everyone watch?So imho if he switched with CP, He’d probably be averaging 20/8/11 and 3 steals. Yeah he’d still need a jumper and frankly, he’d probably develop it faster. Hed also not win anything and develop bad habits. Rajon is not the player Paul is, but lets not forget he can rack up broad line stats on a team with fewer stars

if any of this is true is that rondo said something after the game was over. during the game, go nuts, just don’t talk afterwards. other than that, i have no issue with him talking trash. its pretty clear rondo got in paul’s head, which is the whole point of effectively talking trash. most of the greats were not only physically dominant, but able to get in others’ heads.

“But he still made sure to express his displeasure with Rondo’s postgame verbal shots Sunday at Hornets counterpart Chris Paul. ‘We’ve got to avoid that stuff,’ Rivers said. ‘It’s good to get into it with guys, but then when the game’s over the game’s over. Let’s move on. This was more personal stuff. You just can’t allow it. You don’t go anywhere with it. I don’t know what you gain by it.’ Rivers said his message to Rondo was, ‘You don’t have to measure up. You’re on the stage. Just play. That’s all you have to do.’”

Everyone wants to talk about Rondo being made by the big 3 and so, but nobody has yet to mention if you took Rondo off this team the Big Three isn’t as good as they’ve been. Rondo is the perfect guy for this team because he’s a true PG, something Chris Paul isn’t.

..is the human element…

Rondo IS an introverted type of person who lacks some degree of understanding how his words and actions are interpreted by others – it takes Doc asking questions to get Rondo thinking about something.

Rondo is not a bad guy, but he is also very internally-oriented, so he is naturally going to miss some of the subtlties that a more socially aware person would perceive.

Not all trash talking is created equal – you can push something too far…but that doesn’t mean the intention was to do so either…what Rondo thought of as acceptable behavior could very well have come from the examples his teammates display in terms of their trash-talk.

However, the lack of complete understanding of how his words will be perceived based on who the other person is, what their mindset and experience may be, can lead to a slight miscalculation in “acceptable” paramaters for said trash talk.

Overall, this is a nothing thing, but should serve as somewhat of a glimpse into how Rondo’s personality can have negative reprecussions at times.

He’s never going to be mr. smooth, but I highly doubt he is actively trying to antagonize those around him – he just isn’t built for understanding certain social factors around him without having it spelled out for him.

“do you think your teammates like to play with you?”

Trash Talking? Isn’t trash talking a huge part of basketball? CLEARLY Rondo got under CP’s skin. He certainly affected his game. Right? CP looked lost and sad out there. He played good, but not out of control good. Rondo won the mind battle. Good stuff.

Imagine if people wrote news articles about NFL players because they trashed talked? I can’t even begin to guess what they say to each other.

Why get CP3 all riled up? Let sleeping dogs lie. We have to play them again.

Rondo isn’t good enough (yet) to talk trash to CP3.

I saw Paul (our’s) and Paul (Chris) talking after the game. I saw Rondo come over. I didn’t hear anything. Our Paul didn’t say anything. Rondo didn’t say anything. Doc was upset about something. And I think I read where Danny and Rondo talked for an hour, but I don’t remember if it was after the game or at some other time. So what interests me is how all these “facts” are coming out. What I took from that game is that the C’s didn’t play great, but with about 3 or so minutes to go they surgically took NO apart.

AWWWWWWWWW. Poor little Chris Paul is soooo offended by the big bad Rondo.

And… another one bites the dust.

CP3, you may feel disillusioned and disgruntled, don’t worry, you have just been Rondo’d

Maybe Adrian Wojnarowski doesn’t understand that trash talking is part of the game. I DON"T agree with it at all, but it has become part of the game starting in grade school. I’d like to see it eliminated 100 percent, but why pick on Rondo, maybe it was CP3 that was the instigator. In my opinion when players are losing they seem to want to run their mouths when they make a good play.

But for my part why doesn’t Adrian Wojnarowski quit his trash talking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Adrian Wojnarowski why don’t you start a crusade to eliminate all trash talking? Don’t pick on one player, because there are probably 300 in the NBA trash talking and most aren’t that good and can’t back it up anyway.

i have no problem with chris paul being the best overall PG in the league, but don’t try to tell me he doesn’t have any help on his team.. david west is a great player, okafor (although he didn’t look it on sunday) is a solid low post guy, peja is great when he’s on fire, they got posey, they got young guys, i don’t see how they are not a playoff team barring injury…

rondo was just talking trash like most players do. i don’t even think he does it that often, at least i haven’t heard about it being a problem before

is something that goes on at all levels of the game. It goes on in AAU leagues, in HS, in college and in the pros. Rondo is very, very confident and he loves to talk trash. And who cares, he gets the job done.

I have no problem about him getting at Paul or Derrick Rose or whoever the player du jour is or with anything he said. If Paul was that upset about what Rondo said, then it most likely hit a little close to home. I’ve had worse things said about me on the playground than Rondo said to Paul.

My only qualm would be if after the game Rondo went after Paul unprovoked. And we will never know what was being said between Paul and Paul that made Rondo step in. If Rondo did it w/o reason I’m sure it will be handled in house, as it should be.

Is this the same Chris Paul that hit Julius Hodge of N.C. State in the groin in an ACC tourney that the NBA now seems to sell us as an angel???

I called the ACC Commissioner about that because CP3 was NOT suspended. It was one of the worst unsportsmanlike acts that I have EVER witnessed!!

Here is the youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F3tptzEWmM&feature=PlayList&p=0077742E207D847B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21

Smitty77

Rondo may be a terrific player and all, but I think he IS a bit of a punk… he’s got an attitude and a chip on his shoulder. And choosing to criticize and antagonize Chris Paul is pretty foolish in my opinion. I think those traits about Rondo make him a better player than if he was just a nice guy, but I can separate that from the person.

there is nothing anyone can say about Rondo that will make me think negatively of him.

after years of terribleness somehow us fans, most of us, knew that Rondo was going to change things… you could see it every time he stepped on the court he got better and better and things for the C’s were going to turn around with this guy leading the way.

just because KG and Ray Allen showed up doesn’t mean Rondo wouldn’t be as good as he is today… don’t forget that season he was just a rookie on a team with no bodies and changed the state of every game he entered for the betterment of us Celtic fans who were still watching then.

1} Rondo is a punk.
2} Anyone of us would trade him even up for Chris Paul in a heartbeat.

True, he is a valuable asset to the Celts.
He provides 99% of the starting 5`s quickness and speed.
He`s an “exciting player” much more than he is a “great player”.

Getting “trashed-talked” by All-Time greats {Bird, KG} is one thing.
Getting “trashed-talked” by a 64% FT shooting PG cannot be tolerated.

Granted, Rondo should just let his playing do his talking for him. Why should we feel sorry for Chris Paul that he doesn’t have the players that Rondo has on his team? This is what it is all about. A season ago the New Orleans Hornets were supposedly on their way to challenging the big’s in the Western conference. Now, one year later, they are miles and miles away. This is their problem, not Rondo’s.

That being said, I hate the chirping that is going on right now. Just play the damn game and let your playing do your talking for you. Rondo is not Chris Paul, they are two different types of players. Paul likes to score, Rondo loves getting his teammates involved and having them do the scoring. This is where the Celtics should pull the strings on some of these guys. All he has done is made Paul hate the Celtics and want
to score against them. He proved the other night that he can do that. Rondo was just feeling his oats a little too much

hey rondo just sign his contract ,why don’t you guys stop trashing him and let him play, if he wants to talk trash or get into players like pauls head that his biz, just like garnett or wallace.Wait till the end of the year then judge him

Since when can’t a supposedly lesser player challenge an entrenched superstar on the court? That’s what being a superstar is all about, taking shots at the crown on a night-to-night basis.

Fact is, Rondo got into Chris Paul’s head and Wojnarowski, like Paul’s mother herself, came running onto the court (via this hatchet job of an article) to intervene on behalf of his baby. If Paul’s so mentally weak that he can get taken out of a game with trash talk, he doesn’t deserve to be considered the best point guard in the game.

It’s funny, that in the midst of his pro-Chris Paul propaganda piece, Wojnarowski never mentioned Chris Paul’s part of the trash talking exchange, or Paul’s questionable antics throughout his career. It’s not like Rondo came up out of the blue and told Paul he’d never win anything—he was obviously prompted by something Chris Paul said first. Again, if he can’t handle trash talking, he should have started it in the first place.

When I say that I hate Rondo’s attitude and the way he plays basketball. Trash talking is a part of basketball, but there’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed. Rondo isn’t half the player Chris Paul is, and is simply lucky enough to pad his stats along side future Hall of Famers like the Big Three. Rajon needs to shrink his head a little bit and remember where he was 3 years ago.