Sorry, but you arent making any sense, basically youre saying hes going to get injured if he plays more than 28 minutes, and cant win another championnship if he makes the all-star game.
if you think rondo doesnt want to make the game you're lost
that isn't what anyone is saying. what people are saying is there is a _risk_ of injury and a _risk_ of burn out. as i stated, it isn't one or the other but as a team, gm, coaches, players, et al. you have a philosophy and you stick with it. if your goal is a championship you don't veer from your philosophy just to pad stats for individual acclaim. when you claim you follow "ubuntu" you follow it. if you can rest your starters you rest them.
the nba season is a long haul and when you recognize that you do what you can to preserve your players health and stamina. when you have a blowout you rest them so when that game comes where they have to run 40 minutes they can. and in that game the team that hasn't been following the same philosophy hopefully tires while your team is fresh. and that is an extra win perhaps. etc. make sense?
I gotcha bro, But im still not buying the risk of injury or burning out crap...in that case you might as well never play him, theres always risk of injury in professionl sports..and im not suggesting he do it the whole season, just recently to make a statement to be at the allstar game (which he wont make now) rondo is 22, if he cant play more than 28-30 minutes a game without burning out - theres something wrong..and even if its a blowout, why is ray still getting more minutes than rondo?
Im not suggesting anything about padding stats either, just getting some more minutes, but at this point - throw that out the window because coaches like stan van gundy and mike brown have been letting there point guards make statements in bigger minutes and now rondo will be a spectator
Individual accolades mean something to players in this league whether you like it or not, and I think it would mean alot to rondo to make the game...thats all