If I never saw anything but this interview with Payton, I would think he is a big Rondo fan. Kind of like a big brother, everything he has said in the past was just to motiviateget Rondo to play better.
If I never saw anything else I would feel this way, but I have seen the other stuff so now I think Payton is just trying to save face. Can't say much after that triple double Rondo just put up.