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It's just one of those things you have to see for yourselves... And maybe AD and DMC can mask it but he just isn't as good as he used to be
His understanding of the game is an elite skill set along with his passing. Add in his ability to play in PnR, finish at the rim, rebound and play defense (agreed in spurts) and his only glaring deficiency on the court is shooting.
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the thing is , we dont need rondo to take any shots away from our players....all he need to do is, get his 10pts,,,12 assist,,,10 rebounds a game,,,play decent defense and dont turn the ball over at crucial times to be a factor on this team....rondo is the floor general that a lot of us wanted next to jrue and to make our bigs life easy......cp3 wasnt a option.....
IMO some of yall are making rondo shooting a big deal when its not....rondo corner 3 is nice......rondo and jrue are good rebounding guards and with them on the floor together is a plus in eliminating the other team offensive possessions.......rondo brings more plus to our team over the shooting minus some of yall are tripping on.......
He needs to average a triple double every game?
The issue with Rondo is spacing.
You already are operating with two guys that do their best work operating in roughly the same space on the court. Rondo allows a defender to basically ignore him if he is on the perimeter and help inside. I am hoping everyone else can have a career year in jump shot efficiency because that will make things a lot easier, but it is a pretty flawed lineup. Hopefully Chris Finch and Gentry have some genius up their sleeves to make it work.
I think maybe we are over stating the issue of spacing. When we took threes it accounted for a third of our shot selection. For that other two thirds you need a point guard who is a true pg. That's why you bring in RR. He will create opportunities below the three point line. Jrue can create the others. Plus in my opinion a good pg will create spacing in other ways. He's a vet. I'm sure he knows how to create some opportunities for our shooters. (If we get some more)
I don't think its Rondo taking shots that's gonna be the problem... he's never been a player that needed to get a bunch of shots up. Its the fact that he CAN'T shoot, so defenses will sag off and take away passing lanes. Nobody thinks he's gonna turn into Melo or AI and become a volume shooter.
So the coaches get none of the blame for what happened on those other teams? Gentry and Monty been getting flamed for years for "not adjusting their systems". Yet Carlisle gets a 28 year old superstar pg and refuses to adjust, instead he wants the superstar pg in his prime to sacrifice his game and play the same role that 38 year old Jason Kidd did. Yet Carlisle received no blame for refusing to adjust, thr media wrote their own story.
Players on the Kings team said the season fell apart when George Karl wasn't fired at Allstar Break. Yet somehow that was Rondo fault that Karl, admittingly lost the team. Seems legit.
Rondo confronted Butler and Wade in the locker room in front of the team for not playing hard and setting a good example for the younger guys. Wade and Butler went to the media to complain about Rondo. Rondo never made it an issue in the media, he diffused it and said he's not trying to be a problem. Then he goes into the playoffs and lights it up.
As much as the media wrongfully flames Rondo, he has never once responded or attacked the media back. Seems more even keeled than a headcase.
If passing is the only skill that Rondo has then I guess you would say the same thing about Jason Kidd too right?
Where are these defensive ratings to show this massive regression? Oh he took a few plays off on young losing teams who took many plays off, crucify him..
Teams wasn't looking for him because they know he doesn't want to play for a losing team and all the winning teams already have their pgs. That could be a reason.
Also Rondo won a championship sharing the court with Kendrick Perkins, spacing wasn't a problem then..
And AD dropped 50 sharing the court with Asik and Frazier. You're overstating his shooting massively.
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on this team rondo should finish in the top 3 in assist in the league depending on mins he play.....he is not scared to rebound so he can get double boards a night....and if players lack off rondo then you spread the court and let rondo attack the rim for whatever the outcome be,,,score,,,foul,,miss,,,and 1,,,whatever the outcome be....imo rondo should have a gang of double doubles and a lot of triple doubles............imo the spacing is being over blown if cousins is going to run the point a lot on this team...cousins is good at passing so if rondo man leave him to double then rondo cut to the rim and lay the ball up or dish to someone open or under the basket.........im sure our coaches has this figure out.............i just dont see the spacing as a weakness for this team with the new coaches we have.....
Rondo's deal is for 3.3 mil
Got the update on my phone. Hold tight I'll find it online.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-year-contract
Rajon Rondo is set to join his fifth NBA team.
The 31-year-old point guard agreed to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans on July 15, per Shams Charania of The Vertical. On Wednesday, Charania reported the deal is worth $3.3 million.
Sources: Free agent Rajon Rondo has signed his one-year deal with New Orleans for $3.3M.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 19, 2017
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