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Re: 22 year old Rondo vs 22 year old Bradley
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2013, 12:10:14 AM »

Offline Eddie20

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Quote from: Celtics18 on March 18, 2013, 11:30:18 PM
Quote from: LarBrd33 on March 18, 2013, 07:54:14 PM
Quote from: jambr380 on March 18, 2013, 07:14:59 PM
I don't know that Rondo developed slowly. He had a very solid rookie campaign where he was the starting point guard for a championship team. In the playoffs, in his second year, he exploded. The series against the Bulls was his coming out party and he showed his potential for becoming a future potential superstar.

While I love what Bradley brings to this team, he is no alpha-dog like Rondo, and I don't see the superstar potential. I hope they are both with this team for years to come as there isn't a combo like those two anywhere else in the league.

I hear what you're sayin... 2008 wasn't Rondo's rookie year, though. 

In 2006-07, Rondo played a total of 1830 minutes.

Just for comparison's sake... Bradley has played a total of 1500 minutes in his first two seasons... so it's pretty much a fair comparison.  Same age and have roughly the same amount of experience under their belt. 

And I really don't see Bradley as a SG.  IF he's going to be successful in this league... it will be as a point guard.  He's tiny.  I also don't see him having enough offense to play SG.  Best off as a role playing defensive PG.

He's a SG on offense and a PG on defensive.  It's unconventional, for sure, but we've seen it work with Rondo and Bradley in the backcourt together for a fairly decent stretch.  It's hard to say that defensively a Rondo/Bradley backcourt is a liability.  As far as offense goes, he'll get better, but he'll probably never be a big time scorer.  I can live with that.  Heck, we'll have Jeff Green to put some points on the board.

Don't forget that Bradley has still yet to even have a training camp and has been slowed by injuries every year.  He's only played about 130 regular season games, so that what amounts to slightly more than 1 1/2 season of actual games played.
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Re: 22 year old Rondo vs 22 year old Bradley
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2013, 12:19:56 AM »

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C's just need to have a SG who is capable of handling the ball and capable of guarding both the 1 and the 2. I think Courtney Lee is decent but sometimes forgets that he's an above average slasher.
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