Derrick Rose drives me insane, he makes so many bad decision.
Derrick Rose is a certifiable idiot. He'll be stuck on the Iverson/McGrady level of 'superstar' for that reason alone--he has the BBIQ of a high school freshman.
Billups is a ball hog.
You don't become Mr. Big Shot by deferring to others.
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Today's game was the kind of game Rondo could have helped. Instead of running 40 minutes of isolation basketball and contested jump shots, we would have been able to run some offense and get easier shots. And I'm pretty sure Rondo can defend the pick-and-roll better than DRose.
And before somebody says it: Rondo's shooting problems don't matter if you surround him with shooters. AI and Chandler don't defend well enough to warrant the spots they were given on this team, and it was their inability to shoot that doomed the Rondo/Billups/Durant/AI/Chandler lineup. Coach K was right about not playing two non-shooters at the same time, but Rondo was the wrong scapegoat.