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No i dont think he was playing particuarly hard. I can say that about 100% of NBA players throughout a season though so i dont.
Quote from: CelticG1 on February 13, 2014, 05:23:07 PMNo i dont think he was playing particuarly hard. I can say that about 100% of NBA players throughout a season though so i dont.Right in our own backyard too. Look at those Celtics teams from 09-10 to 11-12.
Quote from: action781 on February 13, 2014, 03:55:15 PMRondo was playing within the team's goals tonight. I can say with certainty he was not playing to win the game. He was playing within the team's ultimate goal of getting better and developing as a team.If you're the best player on a team and you only take 7 shot attempts on a night when you've shot 6/7, then clearly you either didn't play aggressively enough or you weren't getting the ball enough. As point guard, the whole getting the ball enough things is obviously not the issue. Rondo's wasn't aggressive because his priority tonight was not winning the game. His priority is getting the younger guys touches to help them develop and to help the front office and coaching staff find out what they have in them.Furthermore, as a team, our guards did a really bad job tonight defending their guards. Rondo is way too good of a defender to allow the likes of Patty Mills or Cory Joseph do what they did last night if he was truly trying to win this game. If this was the playoffs, Rondo would have taken those guys out of the game.So you're on the record as believing that there are active, starting Celtics players who don't care about winning basketball games?
Rondo was playing within the team's goals tonight. I can say with certainty he was not playing to win the game. He was playing within the team's ultimate goal of getting better and developing as a team.If you're the best player on a team and you only take 7 shot attempts on a night when you've shot 6/7, then clearly you either didn't play aggressively enough or you weren't getting the ball enough. As point guard, the whole getting the ball enough things is obviously not the issue. Rondo's wasn't aggressive because his priority tonight was not winning the game. His priority is getting the younger guys touches to help them develop and to help the front office and coaching staff find out what they have in them.Furthermore, as a team, our guards did a really bad job tonight defending their guards. Rondo is way too good of a defender to allow the likes of Patty Mills or Cory Joseph do what they did last night if he was truly trying to win this game. If this was the playoffs, Rondo would have taken those guys out of the game.
Every year there are 6-7 teams with a lower winning percentage than our current record. I think we've gotten so used to ignoring the bottom feeders since 2008 that we've forgotten how bad some teams are.
Quote from: D.o.s. on February 13, 2014, 04:23:08 PMQuote from: action781 on February 13, 2014, 03:55:15 PMRondo was playing within the team's goals tonight. I can say with certainty he was not playing to win the game. He was playing within the team's ultimate goal of getting better and developing as a team.If you're the best player on a team and you only take 7 shot attempts on a night when you've shot 6/7, then clearly you either didn't play aggressively enough or you weren't getting the ball enough. As point guard, the whole getting the ball enough things is obviously not the issue. Rondo's wasn't aggressive because his priority tonight was not winning the game. His priority is getting the younger guys touches to help them develop and to help the front office and coaching staff find out what they have in them.Furthermore, as a team, our guards did a really bad job tonight defending their guards. Rondo is way too good of a defender to allow the likes of Patty Mills or Cory Joseph do what they did last night if he was truly trying to win this game. If this was the playoffs, Rondo would have taken those guys out of the game.So you're on the record as believing that there are active, starting Celtics players who don't care about winning basketball games?Not caring and not being the top priority are different things. I care about many things that I might consider secondary to more important things.I'm on record as believing that Rondo's top priority last night was not to win the ball game.
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