This Game 3 Will Define Rondo For The Rest Of His Life

by DRJ1 on May 8, 2011 4:34 AM EDT

...and probably beyond. That's the impression I get reading various reports about it.

What we saw in this game will become legend... so that whatever he does, wherever he goes, Rondo will be remembered for the time he went out and led his team to victory with one arm hanging nearly dead at his side. It's the Willis Reed moment... only better, even more dramatic. Decades from now, whenever a player fights through injury, it will be compared to what Rajon Rondo did.

No one could have known this would happen, or that the kid had it in him. Like great historical figures, great players are sometimes made into legends by the challenges that are thrust upon them. By how they meet those challenges.

Was it just the competition that made him do it? Or was it that he didn't want to let his teammates down? Maybe both. Whatever the reasons, this was an amazing display of courage, and dedication. He certainly deserves to be remembered for what he did on this day.

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HEAR HEAR

by st.jimmy222 on May 8, 2011 5:22 AM EDT reply actions

Amen, sir

He remains an enigma, but damn it all if he ain’t tough as nails.

by rtifishul on May 8, 2011 5:24 AM EDT reply actions

Please dont trade him danny, please.

by shamgreen on May 8, 2011 6:51 AM EDT reply actions

if he does, itl be the last trade danny makes i think

right now our only big hook to get a big free agent is “you’ll be playing with rondo”

by spinz on May 8, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I do agree. Rondo is a true warrior.

by TSV on May 8, 2011 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

rondo is building a hall resume

off of playoff game. The guy is turning into a playoffs legend, this became clear last year, and its getting cemented right now.

by spinz on May 8, 2011 2:44 PM EDT reply actions

I agree with you one hundred percent

Hes one of the best playoff performers ive ever seen. I will never ever in my entire life will forget the bulls series two years and the cavs series last year!!

by ZM15 on May 8, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

especially if Boston turns the series around and wins it.

by wisco87 on May 8, 2011 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

it was the competition, not wanting to let his teammates down etc…all of that but don’t count out his huge ego. The very thing that most of his critics shred him for is also the thing that makes him who he is, paving the way for a moment like this.

by DJlives on May 8, 2011 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

Rondo played with his Heart

Rajon Rando really have the heart of the Champion. Game 3 will be remembered for the rest of his Life. HATS OFF TO YOU RAJON RONDO….You really are a Gladiator. I wish we will win this Series………….

by Datu_MikO on May 8, 2011 10:16 PM EDT reply actions