TO the OP: Did you start threads like this when the Celtics were losing to Charlotte and Portland? .... and probably would have won in Portland and Charlotte with Rondo healthy.
With Rondo we lost games to Detroit (2), Phili (2), NO at home, and Sac among others. The truth is that Rondo's minutes have been replaced with more minutes for Bradley, Lee, and Terry plus now minutes from Jordan Crawford and we are playing as good if not better. Measure it how every you want, that is just black and white.
This either means that Rondo isn't as good as some think or that Bradley. Lee, Terry, Crawford are just as good as Rondo (or at least make an equal contribution to the team). This very clearly proven reality seems very hard for people to accept.
I think we won't really know about this team until the playoffs. If we somehow beat miami the rondo supporters will lose their minds lol.
No, I'll be ecstatic. Shocked as well, but ecstatic. It won't make me think less of Rondo, however. Last year we almost beat Miami, and it was pretty much a team of Rondo, KG, and Bass by that point. Allen was hobbled, Pierce was hobbled, and everyone else was scrubs. This year's team was supposed to be better, because we would have more depth and health. It didn't start out well, but Green certainly wasn't at full strength, AB didn't play until early January. JET has stunk most of the year, with and without Rondo. Lee's played a little bit better. Wilcox is heating up. I like this year's team without Rondo better than last year's playoff team with Rondo, but it's not because of the absence of Rondo. It's because we have 9 players capable of playing 20 minutes a night. It's because when KG has an off night like last night, Wilcox is there to step up. It's because Green on many nights can give us that 6th man quality we lacked last year. It's because Bradley and Lee wreak havoc on opponents backcourts in ways that would make Ray Allen blush. None of that was on last year's team, which again, took the Heat to the brink in the conference finals, with Rondo.
The only thing that will make me go crazy are inane threads like this, that are clearly trolling.