and that pride ain’t going to go anywhere until he has a few humbling seasons. which won’t be until the big three retire. i think this happens to every young star that gets put on a team that wins big when they are still young. they get a big head and don’t calm down until that team becomes a lottery team again. when that happens, the player comes back down to earth and is better for it. what i hope doesn’t happen is that Rondo turns into a new Ron Artest. Very talented but sensitive to criticism and therefore constantly getting into trouble with other players (and fans).

The Celtics style of play is not for the faint of heart there play is rough it’s tough and to play that way you have to be mentally aggressive. This is crazy you ran Patrick O Bryant out of town on a rail because he was not aggressive enough. You did the same thing to Pruitt’s.

These guys are not playing badminton or flag football. Powerful people enforce there will on there opponent Sometimes that call’s for mental one up’s man ship. It’s not always physical. How do you think Bill Russel got the better of Chamberlain. Chamberlain was much stronger than Russel but Russel got in Chamberlain’s mind and almost always out played Chamberlain.

How do you think Larry Bird treated his opponent. You cant find one…. I mean not one time where Larry shook an opponent’s hand. Mc Hale shook Detroit players hand when they were beaten by Detroit but not Larry. Different people get their edge in different ways

Rondo does have a attitude problem, and i know celtics fans will disagree with me but he has been overpaid. Whatever he does or says on the court during the 48 mins that is within the rules, i have no problem with. But the crap he pulled after the game was embarassing. The impression i got was a boy in the company of men. Pierce and Paul were talking like adults and Rondo just acted stupid.

He is a slightly above average player who thinks he’s a superstar. The way he acted in this game, i think he actually thinks he’s better than Chris Paul. If CP3 and Rondo swapped teams the Hornets would be a lottery team and the Celtics would win 75-80 games.

And also, i don’t think the big 3 like Rondo very much. We didn’t hear the Rondo trade rumors this summer for no reason. And Ray actually going out of his way to apologize for Rondo’s behavior says a lot.

In about 3 years time things will get interesting. By then the big 3 will be retired or declining significantly, Rondo will be the most important player, the focus will be on him. That’s when you’ll see if the contract you gave him was the right decision.

Rondo’s ‘attitude’ is just fine.

Telling another team’s player that they won’t win a ring is hardly a personal slur. All it is saying is that you believe your team will take that ring instead because that is the only way to guarantee that another team won’t.

CavsLebronFan – go away – you don’t know aht the heck you are talking about. Rondo may not take as many shots or score as many points as CP, he beats him handily in most other categories including assists, rebounds & steals.

Since Rondo has ALREADY played a key role in bringing an NBA championship to this franchise, and will still be paid his current 2 M salary this year – when he has a legitimate chance to help bring them another trophy – he’s hardly overpaid and has already earned that contract.

You guys, it has been made quite clear that Rondo is not the easiest person to deal with on the basketball court. Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge said publicly that he “needs to grow up.” and that his game “still has a long way to go.” That’s rough for a coach and GM to say to the press. Also, a recent article in ESPN the magazine claims that Doc asked Rondo if he thought his teamates even like playing with him. Apparently he talks back to coaches during practice, and agitates his hall-of-fame teamates. Paul Pierce even said “he thinks he’s smarter than everyone else,” and sometimes he “outsmarts himself.” Have any of you EVER heard PP diss on a teammate like that? Pierce is the best teammate in the entire league, and he even ripped Rondo a little.
Whatever tho. After saying all that I’m still a huge Rondo fan. He is always playing hard, he rebounds the ball, and has a legitimate chance to lead the league in assists this year if he can hold off team Nash and team Paul.

Rondo’s attitude is well known. He is, in the words of the immortal Charlie Murphy about Rick James, a habitual line-stepper.

But going to the other locker room to “apologize” for your teammate? Ultimate bitch move. He would’ve had to have slapped the guy’s wife for that to be necessary. Has it been confirmed? I hope not.

From the Herald today:

Allen denied part of a Yahoo! [YHOO] Sports report that claimed he later went into the New Orleans locker room to apologize to Paul for Rondo’s actions. Though he went into the locker room to meet with Paul, Allen said he didn’t apologize.

"Chris was giving us an autographed jersey for the High Hopes Fund," Allen said of a charity his family supports that is sponsored by the Joslin Diabetes Center. "Chris and I share the tie of being Brand Jordan athletes, so we’re in contact.

"I did ask him, ‘What was going on between the two of you on the floor?’ and he said, ‘It was just the two of us out there competing, that’s all.’ "

Well am i the only one that has subscibed to the ESPN magazine subscription?
And am i the only one who has read the one when they did the special on Rajon Rondo and the speculations?

Well let me enlighten u my fellow fans!

In this special they revealed that Doc Rivers recently sat Rajon down and asked him if he thought his fellow team mates enjoyed playing with him!
he then replied that we dont have to be friends we just have to play together!
Aslo allegations have been made that he recently turned down an oppurtunity to play on the alstar team and he supposedly declined because it was a last minute invitation. But it just so happens that the only reason he declined was because he had already agreed to attend his best friend on and off the court Kendrick Perkins’(#43)© wedding.

Now all these allegations against the guy who helped a team full of veterans to the playoffs his second year seem kind of bogus. I agree that sometimes his attitude appears “stank” but just remember the pressure that he is under. He said as a reply to the bad attitude allegations that the only reason why he appears angry on the court is because he is a perfectionist and when a play does not goes well executed he curses himself! Also while in the interview ESPN asked his brother wats up with RAJON on the court and he replied that his brother has the mentallity of people are going to think wat they want to think and i agree that 100 percent!

Because i play beasketball i know wat it feels like to feel down because u didnt complete a play. Also i know the pressure the pressure point guards have to withgo even though i play the forward position! However the court is not a place to exude your attitude on everything that goes on on the court. RAJON does need to work on controlling his anger, but everyone isnt perfect! ANd he has been trying to fix up his act by averging almost double the amount of ASSISTS than POINTS! I STAND BEHIND RONDO 100 PERCENT!