If Rondo was on the team, and *if* they underperformed.... you know exactly where the blame would go, even if underserved. Same as Pierce unfairly took virtually all of the criticism for the '02 US National Team; PP deserved SOME blame, but it wasn't all on him. If Rondo was still on this squad and *if* they didn't win, you just know everyone would look squarely at the kid with the bad jumper and extend their index finger in his direction ... even if he did everything else right, if the team failed they'd blame the point guard who can't shoot.