Per CSNNE
His play style with Brad Stevens:
Q: How curious are you to see how your game translates to a team with no Big Three around?
RR: "Whatever coach (Brad Stevens) asks of me, that's what I try to do. If he wants me to shoot the ball more, I'll shoot it. But at the end of the day, my natural instincts are to make my teammates better. Regardless of who is out on the floor, I believe I do make everybody out there better. I'm going to push them as hard as I can. I'm going to demand a lot out of them. I wouldn't demand anything that I wouldn't demand of myself. So I'm excited to play with a new group of guys."
On his "he felt nothing comment":
Q: When you said you felt nothing when the trade went down ...
RR: "That was blown out of proportion."
Q: So what was the story behind it?
RR: "I don't really say much and speak out on exactly what happened. I talk to Kevin all the time. I talk to P. Obviously it was different when the trade went down. I didn't expect it to happen. I had just gotten off the plane. It happens, and that's the business. I'm not going to say it was, 'forget about it'. We still talk about them in the locker room today, tell stories about how KG was, things Paul did. At the end of the day, I still talk to every one of those guys. I talk to Jet, I talk to P, I talked to Kevin yesterday. We still check on each other. It's a brotherhood. It's something that you can't break. We won titles together. We been through the fire together. It's just something for life."
His relationship with Doc:
Q: What do you take away from your relationship with Doc Rivers?
RR: "I took a lot away from Doc. I still catch myself laughing at some of the things he's told certain guys, and now me being the core leader of this team, I mimic some of the things Doc has said to guys. I've leaned a lot from Doc. I tried to study his ways as far as a coach because it's something that I may want to do in the future. I have a lot of respect for Doc."
On leaving Boston:
Q: Ray's gone. Doc Rivers, KG and Paul are now gone as well. Some guys would want to leave and start over. Your thoughts?
RR: "I love it here. The fans are great here. And Danny (Ainge, Boston's president of basketball operations) has been straightforward with me. This is my team. Why would I want to leave? Why would I want out? I never really backed away from a challenge. This would be a challenge. I'm looking forward to working with coach Stevens. It's a brand new start for us as a team. A lot of new players and a lot of young guys willing to listen, so I'm very excited about that."
http://www.csnne.com/blog/celtics-talk/rondo-speaks-doc-garnett-recovery-process
Love it. Every single part of it.
Every part I've bolded you can tell he's going to take this team as far as he can. As Rondo said... he's a true competitor, and nowadays its hard to find someone, who is willing to take on the chances of running with a team with the odds of 165-1 of winning a championship. We shouldn't even be thinking about winning this year, but why not? Anything is POSSIBLE!
We're only a few pieces from contending.. If KO/Sully can ever become the tandem of a Marc Gasol/Randolph with weaker defense, but better passing, and great pick and roll defense... I can see them being great pieces for us contending in 1-2 years...
You can also tell he's going to become a coach in the future.
Topic: Rondo talks on Doc, KG/PP trade, leaving Boston (Read 4225 times)