Rondo Links

by Green17 on Jan 13, 2010 7:31 AM EST in Boston Celtics News & Links

Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports has a great article on Rajon Rondo. A few highlights:

The Celtics gave Rondo a new deal and don't appear to have any interest in trading him. Not only is Rondo playing like an All-Star this season, the 23-year-old point guard also just might be the Celtics' most valuable player.

"He's been dominant, he's been amazing," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "He's had an unbelievable year so far. He's been a leader. He's been the best defender at times. He's done everything for us."He does so many things that I don't know how you can lose what he does with our team. He sets the table every night. He's been absolutely perfect."

"I'm definitely glad it's over now," Rondo said. "I'm getting sleep. You don't have to play with [the stress]. If I play bad, I get a bad contract? If I play good, I get a good contract? There are so many ups and downs and you can think about the contract throughout the season. Now, I can just play."

Additionally, Jessica Camerato at WEEI's Green Street blog has a wonderful interview with Rondo on the art of the dime.

"I think that stands out the most on the court, unselfishness. It's not necessarily ball handling, it's being unselfish for your teammates, sacrificing for your teammates. My situation is me giving up the ball to make somebody better. KG and Perk just defensively helping out when I may get beat off the dribble, their unselfishness just to come over and help makes me look better or maybe not look as bad as I was on defense. So for a team to be a great team, I think you have to have a lot of people sacrifice a lot of things. We had the Big Three that came in, all leading their teams in scoring, they all had to sacrifice shots. They all did a great job of it. It's not just me. It's the whole team. It's the whole team concept. That's where Ubuntu comes in. I can go on and on about it."

As of this morning Rajon is:

4th in the league in Assists (9.6 per game)
1st in the league in Steals (2.5 per game)
Averaging a career high of 14.1 points per game, 3 points better than his average from last year
Averages 4.1 boards per game, 4th among all Point Guards

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We should trade him...

… as soon as someone offers LeBron, Wade and CP3 for him.

- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
Twitter: @4Hoopz

by Kiorrik on Jan 13, 2010 7:54 AM EST reply actions

he's mint -

Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk

by mcpu40 on Jan 13, 2010 9:50 AM EST reply actions

he's our best player and it's not even close

the big 3 are now the old and injured 3. Perkins and Rondo are the future, as scary as that might be.

by Red2 on Jan 13, 2010 10:24 AM EST reply actions

Not scary at all.

A top tier PG and a top tier defensive Center as the foundation of your lineup for years to come?

That’s a good thing.

by mmmmm on Jan 13, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

The Real Deal so far - no doubt

Cousy, DJ, and hopefully Rondo someday will the top three PG ’s ever for Boston – that would be nice.

Is it Soup Yet?

by Master Po on Jan 13, 2010 10:49 AM EST reply actions

Ainge will have to add a legit big time scorer to go with Rondo and Perk to keep this team in the upper echelon. Rondo and Perk alone will not be enough.

by celty86 on Jan 13, 2010 2:31 PM EST reply actions

That is very do-able over the next five years

though, as we transition from the Big 3 to Rondo/Perk/? years. Its certainly nice to see that the Celtics have a very good chance to be a contender for a long time after the big three move on.

by misterx2day on Jan 13, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

I said this last summer several times. Rondo will have a bigger impact on more games then any C’s player this season. Imagine how good he will be when he just has a little bit more of a threat to hit the open J. It will open up the lanes much more for him and we know what that means. Time will tell what this guy is capable of but as of right now I would rate him the 2nd best point in the league. Can you see him on the same team with Lebron?

by C'sFanDan on Jan 13, 2010 5:24 PM EST reply actions