Really Rajon?

[nickagneta]

why do you guys equate Kobe in a soccer shirt and MJ gambling to Rajon Rondo catching fastballs without proper baseball equipment.

By the way, Kobe and MJ have multiple chips. So let me know when Rajon gets his first as the MAN of the team.

The only proper baseball equipment you need to play catch is a ball and a glove. He had them so he was just doing an everyday type thing. MJ was up all night gambling during the night before many many games. It never effected his ability to win rings.

Your post is everything that is wrong about fandom sometimes. You look at these players as automatons that should be doing everything they can to get better at a game to win a championship strictly for you.

Players are people. They have lives. They have girlfriends and wives and kids and basketball is their profession. I am sure a gym rat like Rondo is out working on his game. Is he not due the same everyday liberties as you and I, like taking a vacation, traveling and playing catch with someone when he isn't working?

I think he is and I think your obsession with having to have Rondo doing nothing but basketball practice to satisfy your need for another championship rather unhealthy.

[KCattheStripe]

why do you guys equate Kobe in a soccer shirt and MJ gambling to Rajon Rondo catching fastballs without proper baseball equipment.

By the way, Kobe and MJ have multiple chips. So let me know when Rajon gets his first as the MAN of the team.

The only proper baseball equipment you need to play catch is a ball and a glove. He had them so he was just doing an everyday type thing. MJ was up all night gambling during the night before many many games. It never effected his ability to win rings.

Your post is everything that is wrong about fandom sometimes. You look at these players as automatons that should be doing everything they can to get better at a game to win a championship strictly for you.

Players are people. They have lives. They have girlfriends and wives and kids and basketball is their profession. I am sure a gym rat like Rondo is out working on his game. Is he not due the same everyday liberties as you and I, like taking a vacation, traveling and playing catch with someone when he isn't working?

I think he is and I think your obsession with having to have Rondo doing nothing but basketball practice to satisfy your need for another championship rather unhealthy.

What I say with sarcasm and pictures Nick says with paragraphs.

[Ogaju]

you are both wrong. If professional players that rely on their physical attributes more than anything elese could do whatever they want to do you would not have clauses in their contracts prohibiting certain activities that normal people do.

Oh, by the way, MJ's gambling cost the Bulls a couple of chips.

I am dome with this thread.

I am a Rondo fan, you guys want it to appear like I was bashin him. I just thought it was a little risky to be doing that activity for someone who depends totally on physical gifts for his chosen profession.

[Celtics18]

why do you guys equate Kobe in a soccer shirt and MJ gambling to Rajon Rondo catching fastballs without proper baseball equipment.

By the way, Kobe and MJ have multiple chips. So let me know when Rajon gets his first as the MAN of the team.

The only proper baseball equipment you need to play catch is a ball and a glove. He had them so he was just doing an everyday type thing. MJ was up all night gambling during the night before many many games. It never effected his ability to win rings.

Your post is everything that is wrong about fandom sometimes. You look at these players as automatons that should be doing everything they can to get better at a game to win a championship strictly for you.

Players are people. They have lives. They have girlfriends and wives and kids and basketball is their profession. I am sure a gym rat like Rondo is out working on his game. Is he not due the same everyday liberties as you and I, like taking a vacation, traveling and playing catch with someone when he isn't working?

I think he is and I think your obsession with having to have Rondo doing nothing but basketball practice to satisfy your need for another championship rather unhealthy.

I definitely think that's generally the case.

[Redz]

you are both wrong. If professional players that rely on their physical attributes more than anything elese could do whatever they want to do you would not have clauses in their contracts prohibiting certain activities that normal people do.

Oh, by the way, MJ's gambling cost the Bulls a couple of chips.

I am dome with this thread.

I am a Rondo fan, you guys want it to appear like I was bashin him. I just thought it was a little risky to be doing that activity for someone who depends totally on physical gifts for his chosen profession.

Playing catch is not really a risky proposition if you've done it before - which Rondo clearly has.  That's my only point.  Catchers wear masks to protect against foul tips.  There was no batter.

[Theodor]

Should you be catching baseballs without a catcher's mitt or facemask? You are the man we are counting on to lead us to banner 18. Practice those jumpers that will make you unguardable. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!

Well, he DID make some jumpers in the backyard before he entered into the batting cage, where he unexpectedly showed up and had some fun with kids last night.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3777037550144

He did some batting, pitching and catching in the batting cage, but nothing seriously. I don't think catching those 60 m/hr fastballs will hurt himself. But I was more worried about him pitching and swinging without sufficient warm-up. After all, he is a professional athlete and I think he knew what he was doing.

[BASS_THUMPER]

i know he has a life beyond basketball
but how long does it take for a broken hand to heal
fluke things happen like that
catch a ball wrong or sumthin

[tonyto3690]

I'm sure when the OP heard about Brady cliff diving this summer he started a thread to cut Brady on some Patriots forum.   


Incredibly stupid thread.

[tonyto3690]

i know he has a life beyond basketball
but how long does it take for a broken hand to heal
fluke things happen like that
catch a ball wrong or sumthin

WHAT IF A METEOR CRASHES AND KILLS HIM IN HIS BACKYARD.  HE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED OUTSIDE.

WHAT IF  A METEOR HITS HIS HOUSE, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THE BASEMENT AT ALL TIMES.

WHAT IF SOMEONE TRIES TO ROB HIM AT GUN POINT, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN A LOCKED VAULT AT ALL TIMES

WHAT IF SOMEONE FINDS THE LOCKED VAULT, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN A HUMAN BODY SUIT IN THE VAULT AT ALL TIMES

[Celtics18]

i know he has a life beyond basketball
but how long does it take for a broken hand to heal
fluke things happen like that
catch a ball wrong or sumthin

WHAT IF A METEOR CRASHES AND KILLS HIM IN HIS BACKYARD.  HE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED OUTSIDE.

WHAT IF  A METEOR HITS HIS HOUSE, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THE BASEMENT AT ALL TIMES.

WHAT IF SOMEONE TRIES TO ROB HIM AT GUN POINT, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN A LOCKED VAULT AT ALL TIMES

WHAT IF SOMEONE FINDS THE LOCKED VAULT, HE SHOULD HAVE TO STAY IN A HUMAN BODY SUIT IN THE VAULT AT ALL TIMES

His fortified, locked basement needs to have a hoop in it so he can practice his free throws and jumpers. 

[Finkelskyhook]

Much better doing that than wasting his time wearing himself out in meaningless exhibitions at the olympics

[indeedproceed]

Rondo was playing catch. He wasn't taking fastballs from Ricky Vaughan or anything.

Or was he? I have no idea what Charlie Sheen is doing these days..

[Tai]

you are both wrong. If professional players that rely on their physical attributes more than anything elese could do whatever they want to do you would not have clauses in their contracts prohibiting certain activities that normal people do.

Oh, by the way, MJ's gambling cost the Bulls a couple of chips.

I am dome with this thread.

I am a Rondo fan, you guys want it to appear like I was bashin him. I just thought it was a little risky to be doing that activity for someone who depends totally on physical gifts for his chosen profession.

1. I like how someone posts a picture of Jordan in a freaking baseball jersey and you try to sidestep that by injecting "gambling" and using that to compare & contrast with Rondo playing catch. Even if you think Jordan was just Chuck Norris-esque enough to do that, at least it's something Rondo probably wouldn't consider doing from a strict "thinking about basketball only" perspective.

2. I also like how playing catch equates to "do whatever they want to do".

 No offense, and I'm no psychologist, but are you so limited in your daily activities that you're taking it out on Rondo for having fun? I can't imagine someone who's relatively active holding it against an athlete for something like this; they'd probably just call it living life.