Mazz On Rondo

by Jeff Clark on Jun 26, 2009 8:38 PM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

You'll have to forgive me if I just link and quote this. Any more analysis of Rondo is going to make me ill. But since Mazz took the time to write this article, there might be some that want to discuss it. So here it is.

There is flash and there is substance, and somewhere is between rests the elusive Rajon Rondo. Someday, he could he could be great. At the moment, he isn’t nearly as good as many make him out to be.

Trade Rondo? You bet I would, assuming the Celtics got fair value in return. Admittedly, fair is a highly subjective term. But if you were even remotely surprised by Danny Ainge’s recent admission that nobody is untouchable, you have not been paying attention to the world of professional sports, in general, or to the case of Rondo, in particular. And lest anyone think this is all some sort of commentary on Rondo’s off-court issues, as we have come to learn them.

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. At the moment, he isn’t nearly as good as many make him out to be.

Depends how good you make him out to be…

either way hes pretty darn good and still young

by orr on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions

I think

‘MAZZ’ is a highly subjective term…and I’m glad he’s not making the decisions.

Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk

by mcpu40 on Jun 26, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions

I might take issue with a couple of the broader claims he made about people in general,

but overall, a fine piece.

-sw

"I didn't go there with the intentions of getting ejected. I went there with the intentions of just telling Kobe, 'You got to relax. You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?'" -Ron Artest, 05.06.09

by Steve Weinman on Jun 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

right on top of things Mazz

nothing that hasn’t been said countless times over the past few days

by CoachCowens on Jun 27, 2009 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

telling it like it is

Mazz speaks the truth in this peace whether people want to hera it or not.

by celty86 on Jun 27, 2009 9:05 AM EDT reply actions

whoops!!

i mean “hear it” or not…..

by celty86 on Jun 27, 2009 9:06 AM EDT reply actions

The problem with this piece

and many of the discussions about Rondo is that he’s evaluating Rondo as a standalone player instead of evaluating what he contributes to the team. You want to say Rondo’s a bad outside shot, fine. You want to call Rondo immature, fine. But I can’t believe that people who watched the team over the last year or two would say that we can’t win without Paul or KG but we’d have no trouble winning without Rondo. The team’s struggled mightily when he’s been slowed by injury. And Doc’s actually said the opposite. That we could get by if one of the big three went down but not if Rondo was injured. That’s the problem with posts comparing Rondo’s stats with possible replacements. It’s the idea that all you need to do is replace his 12 points and 8 assists and the team won’t miss a beat. People should have figured out by now that Rondo’s contribution tends to be much more than his stats.

by BballTim on Jun 27, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions