He’s very cocky too, but aren’t all young people today like this in society. They all think they know everything…. look back at Paul Pierce with how he reacted and how he and Doc would bicker and argue.

Not to say that Rondo won’t grow up, but it is a maturation process that he has to go through. You need to have a slight attitude to play the game other wise he’d get eaten alive by other point guards in the league

He needs that edge, but he has to start trusting others around him and respect them as well

I’ve never met Rondo. His alleged personality issues are pure speculation.

I personally believe that with due the he will become a great player don’t get me wrong he’s already a good player but he needs to be a great player if they have any dreams of reaching the NBA finals next season. He has matured a lot because we don’t see that rondo anymore.

I remember trading away our last good young point guard…

How did that work out again?

i thought in one of the other posts about RR that he said he didn’t pick up a bball from the end of game 6 vs lakers until sept of that year. that’s not really putting in the work on the J.

Rondo has a triple double problem.

I think it takes a cocky guy to reign in the three headed monster of Garnett, Pierce, and Allen. A more modest point guard would have been devoured and his bones regurgitated within the first week of the regular season.

So, here we are. Blogs have their place, and their place is growing. They are creeping into the blurred space of news. And, I would believe that the Celtics players check in now and then to see what’s being said about them because it is “fan central”. What good is served by throwing out a negative story – which is likely to be more untrue than true – that brings out the nuts like Captain Comeback and by the very discussion gives air to a preposterous notion. Ancient Red has it right – a little cocky attitude in your point guard is desirable. Anybody watch Chris Paul? He’s cocky. I believe throwing out poorly grounded negative topics feeds the beast. Starbury earned all the bad blog mojo he got. But why drag Rondo down when he’s done nothing but be young and damn good.

Because Jeff loves Rondo and would basically only trade him for CP3 or Lebron. He was just trying to do a devil’s advocate sort of angle, which you have to do to keep the blog fresh.

dj was a cocky guard who got traded because of his attitude. kg and ray are the perfect remedies for anyone with an attitude and i think doc is too. don’t trade him- let him age and mature.

his attitude isn’t really the issue for me…my issue is questionable work ethic, arriving to games late allegedly, and no hope for a jump shot…. its possible that i am way off here, and i would be ecstatic if i was…only management and insiders really know

these are not qualities you are going to want when the big 3 get old and you are expecting Rondo to be part of the next big 3…we’re talking a huge contract here…danny needs to do his due diligence

Name an NBA starter who doesn’t have a huge ego.

He’s one of 30 guys in the WORLD who starts at the point on an NBA team. Do you have any idea how huge of an ego you need to achieve that, with fans constantly questioning every missed pass or shot, with coaches screaming at you from junior high on, with teammates demanding the ball? A huge ego is the only coping mechanism for that type of pressure.

Does anyone think Jordan or Bird were quiet, reserved types who patted teammates on the back and whispered encouragement after missed shots? Does anyone see KG doing that?

This is such silly nonsense. NBA players are not expected to behave like office workers and play nice with others. They are expected to DEMAND perfection from their teammates and themselves. They are expected to call each other out.

I went to college with Cliff Robinson, who is a somewhat quiet, introspective guy in other aspects of life, but had a HUGE ego on the court.

Almost every NBA player is cocky. Almost every one talks trash, even to his own teammates during practice. These guys are used to it. It’s a non-issue.

I don’t know why Red ever traded Rick Robey for that guy.

If Doc was doing charity work in the slums of Calcutta, and Mother Teresa came back to the clinic, there’s a real chance he’d be standing at the door, putting his palms out and giving her the same exasperated look. It’s just his thing.

Wouldn’t you sat KG is up there? I love Rondo’s game but as I’ve said before he exposes his body way too much and is going to get injured sooner rather than later if he doesn’t stop letting himself get tomahawked going to the basket. He also needs to wear high top sneakers because he will eventually blow out his ankles.

Everythings thrown under the microscope; people want to trade away members of the best starting five in the league; certain players go from confident players to cocky cancerous players (i.e. Rondo).
I see no problem with this article, but in the rest of the blogosphere, Rondo seems to be getting a bad rap. I’ve seen articles that take those first set of quotes from Rondo’s rookie year and apply them to this past year. One article was titled “Has Rondo Worn Out His Welcome?”……. Errrr what? Are people serious? We have a third year point guard who pretty much averaged a triple double in the playoffs, yet still has plenty of room for improvement. That basically means, that three years down the road, if Rondo’s jumpshot improves like Devin Harris’ or Tony parker’s, we are looking at a superstar.
Is that a Big If? Yes; but I am no where close to giving up on Rondo just yet. He actually has to do something to warrant him being called a cancer and hated by his teammates. Based on all of his quotes, I see a humble kid who knows that he can compete with anyone in the league. I could count the number of players I would trade straight up for Rondo on two hands.

I remember reading that Rondo didn’t get along too well in college. Can anyone enlighten as to why? Was it attitude? Or style of play?

I agree. we’re all bored waiting for something GOOD to happen to our team so we’re finding stuff to talk about. Rondo is 3 years into his pro career and has already won a title. Sure he has some things to get better on and yeah maybe he’s a punk at times but can anyone deny his physical ability not too mention the big plays he makes. Boy, I’d hate to see how good he could be if he really devleops into what we think he can be. thefirst 4 or so games of the chicago series he played BETTER than anyone else in the playoffs and tha includes kobe and lebron. He is a game changer when he wants to be. The key is getting him to play tht way all the time

I don’t care about his attitude that much. he needs to be cocky. I care about if he is good enough to carry this team beyond the KG era. i don’t want a return trip to lottery land anytime soon. I have concerns whether he can score/shoot well enough.

“Rondo Does Have An Attitude Problem!”? I guess I’m a little unclear on the concept, but I don’t see how you can use all the negative quotes about Rondo in an article and ignore all of the quotes about how much he’s maturing and call it objective.

  Oh, and from reading the Rondo parts of that chat and the email you received from Kelly Dwyer, I’d say that “one that throws junk rumors out there” is pretty much what he is. But then I don;t spend much time reading chats.

I have no idea why this is even a topic of discussion. I mean, we’re whining about his attitude? HE AVERAGED NEARLY A TRIPLE DOUBLE IN THE PLAYOFFS. The last Celtic who did anything like that was named BIRD.

Maybe people are frustrated to see the Lakers win the title. Maybe people think the Celts should have somehow made it to the conference finals. Maybe people just don’t appreciate Rondo’s game. Whatever the case, the reality is that Rondo was the most important payer on the Celtics last year. No way they win 62 without him. No way they get past the first round of the playoffs.

He’s only a few years in the league and he’s already one of the top players in the NBA. He’s got nowhere to go but up. Allen, Pierce and Garnett are all going to be gone in a couple of years. Rondo is the future of this franchise. To run him down, speculate he has a bad attitude or even consider trading him is just ridiculous. He’s the one player the Celtics CAN’T trade.

How can anyone expect someone under public scrutiny to perform perfectly all the time in all ways? Turn your criticism within! Paul Pierce has the perfect attitude too, and Ray, and KG and the rest who distinguished themselves this year. I completely enjoyed watching the Celtics this year. They had so much pride. They’re not losers, they’re finders. They’ll find the Magic next year and Magic will wish they could hide better.

Rondo`s alleged attitude problem will NOT be disruptive. RR knows his “place”.

There are flaws in RR`s game, primarily shooting. I believe he`s working on it more than people think, we just haven`t seen improved results. Magic Johnson was in his 8th season {1986-87} before he developed an outside shot worth respecting.

More than anything, you have to like RR`s “toughness”. He has a near iron will!

actually never took a jump shot. He would set shoot. Very old school.

….that make me think, what is he doing? His constant trying to steal the ball instead of staying in front of his man.—-sometimes this works, sometimes not. He shouldn’t do this without both KG and Perk on the floor. When both are playing with him he can take the gambles, but he can’t if only one of them is there to cover his back. -—He walks it up when he should be pushing it.—-don’t know what goes into this decision on his part.——-takes some crazy shots when he doesn’t really have a good one (instead of passing), but maybe it’s because of the clock.

With all that said, Rondo takes a beating during the season. He played at the end with two bad ankles. It’s great that he played and played as well as he did, but how did this affect his game?—-we don’t know.

Rondo has had his battles with Doc, but so has Pierce. I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing. It could be with another coach, but not with Doc.

The end point is that he has gotten better, his decision making is better, Doc is making him run the team, he’s young. Even his outside shot is improving. The fact that he didn’t shoot well from outside in the playoffs is, in my opinion, his ankle problems. He certainly needs to improve all facets of his game, but taking everything into account, especially his passing and low turnover ratio I don’t see what all the fuss is about.

A really good backup point could really help Rondo in reducing his minutes and saving his body.

Chief, Bird, McHale were not all chummy. And Shaq/Kobe had major differences and still won rings.

It is not the attitude I worry about being a problem. It is the jumper, the free throws, the inability to play at a consistent level like most supreme points normally do night in and night out. It is paying a guy top 5 point guard money who will be a 6 to 10 point without drastic improvements in these areas.

Rondo can keep the chip on his shoulder if he shoots 75% FT and hits the jumper like an average guard is capable of in this league.

When asked about his crummy FT, 64% 1st year, dropped to 63% his 2nd, last summer he said, don’t worry about my FT, I’ll make them when they count. That’s B.S.- they all count dude. And he went out and shot another 64% this year.

Also, saying he isn’t too concerned with his outside shot because he can drive the lane anytime he wants. Half of Rondo’s playoff games where very poor FG%. In fact he dropped from around 50% to 41% for these playoffs and again shot only 65% from the line.

At least D-12 is practicing his FT every dang night and Rondo’s attitude is it doesn’t matter, what he has now is good enough. That’s a guy relying on the big 3 to bail him out attitude and not a prime time max player.

From my understanding he is “working” on these facets of his game, but when that means only shooting FT’s till he hits 100 of them, that is not going to be enough. He needs to hold himself more accountable for the results, and not just let the fact that he’s “worked” on it be enough. I mean I was shooting till I hit 100 FT’s in middle school after practice, this guys in the NBA.

The FT’s are just one example, but if that is the effort he puts in to improving one of the most glaring weakness of his game there is an issue.

All that said. I would only trade Rondo for maybe 5 to 10 players in the league.

Rajon Rondo doesn’t have an attitude problem … at least not in any way that effects his teammates on the court.

His teammates trust him. They follow his lead. Those are not actions of teammates who have a problem with Rondo.

Not.

You can even find attitude problems in the Creator, if thats what you want.

Rondo is just upset he hasn’t seen the hangover yet.

I would be EXTREMELY disappointed to see Rondo go. I have a hard time watching the Celtics when he is not on the floor. Forget his attitude problems, forget his shooting problems; this is one of the most fun players to watch in the league. And he can literally take over games, no matter who is on the court. Bob Ryan, who obviously has been watching basketball for a long time, said that he’s never seen a player like Rondo. I’m tired of all the negativity; can’t we just be excited about a player without questioning every little thing. Rondo seems to have been cast in a negative light his entire basketball career; he’s supposedly “uncoachable” at Kentucky, even though that style of play clearly held him back (why the hell would you play him at shooting guard?; Tubby Smith needs to ask himself that). Than he gets uneven minutes in his rookie year. When the Big 3 come to town, he is seen as the weak link the entire season. And after nearly averaging a triple double in the playoffs, we are seriously considering trading him. People are crazy.

Rondo is the best, but if we could get Chris Paul for hid, I would get rid of him.

First off, I am a huge Rondo fanboy. And even the idea of trading him mortifies me, simply because I don’t think people realize just how rare a “true” point guard is. Since DJ, Kenny Anderson might just be the only one we have had. How sad is that?

Now as much as there is to love about Rondo’s game: his speed, his flash, his explosiveness, his toughness and fearlessness……we all know what his weakness is, his jumper.

So here is what I will never understand. If I am Rajon Rondo, I am thinking to myself that all I have to do is develop an adequate jumper and I am a Hall of Fame player. Ironically enough, the best jump shooter in the history of the game just happens to be my backcourt mate. And luck would so have it that he happens to be in the gym ALL THE FREAKING TIME. He comes hours early for shootarounds, and by all accounts spends more time practicing his jumper that anyone on the team. I’m thinking I ought to spend some quality practice time with Ray.

I think Rondo can see Tony Parker as an example. When Parker first entered the NBA, he was a lot like today’s Rondo — lightning fast, could get to the rim at will. And like today’s Rondo, the Parker several years back also could not shoot.

The Spurs promptly hired a shooting coach to correct Parker’s machanism. He worked hard to improve his shooting in offseason and practiced with Steve Kerr. Things worked out great for him.

There is no reason why Rondo can’t do the same.

Rondo is bringing the best he has to the Celtics, and the game, same for Doc & Ainge, neither of whom are infallible. There’s room for improvement in everyone…Rondo will learn from all of this, that’s why he has the perfect learning attitude — nothing gets by him, and everybody who knows him knows that. He’s also the perfect point guard for the Celtics right now, and he has the perfect group around him to prove it. Give the man some breathing room and some growing space. He probably needs to hear criticism, but the overly judgmental stuff isn’t instructive.

Hey, maybe Rondo’s picking up his attitude from Doc Rivers.

An article I read about him on www.electro-mech.com, a scoreboard manufacturer, says he’s got $65K in fines for 2009 season for mouthing off and his rants.

Whaddya think?