Rondo Moving On Up

by Jeff Clark on Mar 29, 2009 9:42 PM EDT in Boston Celtics Articles

As Mike Gorman noted in tonight's broadcast, Rondo's assist totals for this year now ranks in the top 5 of all time Celtics for a single season. According to Basketball Reference.

1. Bob Cousy 715 (1959-60)
2. Sherman Douglas 683 (1993-94)
3. Tiny Archibald 671 (1979-80)
4. Bob Cousy 642 (1955-56)
5. Rajon Rondo 618 (2008-2009)
5. Tiny Archibald 618 (1980-81)

Rondo has 7 games to move up the list. If he gets his season average of 8.4 per game, that will leave him with about 676, good for 3rd all time.

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1. Wow. And they said we couldn’t win with this guy.
2. Aren’t you glad we didn’t take Marcus Williams?
3. I take times like these to chortle at Phoenix.
4. He’s still getting better.

by illantari on Mar 29, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

Individual glory is fun and all

. . . but I personally hope he sits at least a couple of those games and gets those ankles healed for the playoffs. 4th behind Tiny sounds fine for his third year. He has plenty of time to move up that list.

by tance on Mar 29, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

He’s definitely going to get up in Cousy territory withing the next 2 years. Not only has he gotten better at passing from this year to last year, but he has gotten progressively better each month of this season:
    * October — 6.0 assists per game
    * November — 7.1 assists per game
    * December — 8.3 assists per game
    * January — 9.3 assists per game
    * February — 10.1 assists per game
I don’t have his numbers for March, but they have to be somewhere close to 10 apg, maybe higher. So next year he could certainly break the record.

by misterx2day on Mar 29, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions

And the big 4 was born.

But really, that’s an impressive list up there. Quite the improvement.

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Mar 30, 2009 4:05 AM EDT up reply actions

wow

great numbers, thanks for looking that up

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 30, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions

That’s an impressive achievement. Well done Rondo.

by Who on Mar 29, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions

without rondo - we dont win

by CELTICZ4LIFE on Mar 30, 2009 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

good on rondo!!

and good going sherm douglas also, great stuff by him to be 2nd all time in that elite company.

by mec1 on Mar 30, 2009 3:38 AM EDT reply actions

Great stat, remarkable performance. But a pass will not become an assist if the guys he passes to cannot make shots. It helps Rondo a lot that he is passing the ball to All-Stars like PP, KG, and Ray and House – guys who can finish the play.

by greennwin on Mar 30, 2009 4:18 AM EDT reply actions

Sherm's assists

Just imagine how many he would’ve had if he’d kept his shoes on.

by BouncingBuckeye on Mar 30, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Pace Adjust it and Rondo Blows Cooz Away

In that 1959-60 season the Cs averaged 125 ppg. This year they average 100ppg. If Rondo played at the pace they did back then he’d average 10-11 apg and pass Cooz’s record fairly easily (although it was only a 75 game season on Cooz’s year). Even so Rondo’s apg would eclipse Cooz’s 9.5 apg for that season. Very impressive year for Rajon.

Sherman Douglas may be the most impressive performance because he played on such a lousy team where his top finishers were Dee Brown and Dino Radja! And that team played at a pace much more akin to the current team. Cooz and Tiny had a little bit of talent around them.

by hankfinkel on Mar 30, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions