Rajon Rondo was part of the LeBron James vanquishing super team Celtics, only because of a Kevin Garnett request
Rajon Rondo is a Hall of Famer without a consistent jump shot: He wouldn’t have won his first ring if it wasn’t for Kevin Garnett.
In 2006, the Boston Celtics recruited a skinny, unassuming kid named Rajon Rondo as their third point guard. Across from him were Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair. While making the trade with the Timberwolves to bring in Kevin Garnett, Rondo was included on the roster. Rondo feared the worst because he was being fired almost immediately after entering the league.
But as fate would have it, Rondo had caught the eye of the Timberwolves star. He had seen him play against the New York Knicks in his rookie year and he wanted him to stay. He thought he was African because of the unusual name of Rajon. It was Garnett’s request that ultimately could have kept him a C. Instead, they traded Telfair, and the rest is history.
The big names were Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, but Rajon Rondo was the shadow man. Rondo was the Tetsuya Kuroko of the generation of miracles (Kuroko no Baske fans will understand the reference).
He was never that guy who gave you 20 points a night on a consistent basis, but instead he was the guy who gave you 20 assists. Infamous for not having a jump shot, he made up for his inability to shoot with his ability to provide laser-guided passes instead.
Ben Simmons should learn from the veteran point guard. Even though all the hype around him is not consistent, he is still elite in the rest of his abilities.
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Rajon Rondo may be clouded by controversy at the moment, but that shouldn’t take away from the player he was.
Rondo is in thin air, having won a championship with the Lakers and Celtics.
is he and Clyde Lovellette. That is all. The now-veteran point guard was a revelation when he played for the Celtics, and even opposing fans couldn’t help but admire his game. He played with tenacity, verve and vigor. All qualities that were important for the 2008 superteam to work the way he did. LeBron James could beat 3 people, but Rondo was too much of a wild card to handle.
His vision of the pitch is off the charts, playing the role of a floor general to perfection. Every time he was on the court, you already knew the players were ready for a perfectly orchestrated basket.
A pick and roll here, a shimmy there, and then all of a sudden you had a wide open man. He played as if he had a 360 degree view camera strapped to his brain.
Players of such quality are few and far between these days. Facilitators like Rondo are what make basketball fun; otherwise everyone would be a James Harden. Until he left the Celtics, he was by far one of the best point guards, along with his bitter rival Chris Paul. While Chris may have a couple of advantages over Rondo in terms of overall quality, Rondo has a couple of rings above him.
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