What should we read into this quote by Scal?

[bknova]

Whatever...we're not trading Rondo.

[greenwise]

Certainly Rondo was awful in the first half. He had no will to do anything, then changed his attitude in the second. There must have been some issues in the locker room or something. I am disappointed with this fact right now. If he had been more "motivated" we could have had more chances against Orlando last night. Take away the 10pts Alston scored in the first quarter and add 10 potential points that Rajon should have had and you already have the lead...

[Mr October]

80% of you will disagree but I would not be opposed to very major changes to this team. The window of the big three is closing anyway and this year was frittered away by DA, though with KG getting injured we just weren't destined to win it all this year. KG, Perk and PP are untouchables in my mind and they are the only ones. Our guards should have DESTROYED Orlandos and it didn't happen. Having said that, if I woke up and found out DA traded Rajon, we better get most of the solar systen for him even if we are hotsgae to his vagaries right now his value may never be higher

Its hard for guards to dominate lesser opponents when the best most athletic shot blocker is waiting to feast in the paint.

Rondo or Ray could not attack the basket very well at all. This changes with KG on the floor spreading the inside. Dwight always has to keep an eye on him.

When healthy, we have the best starting lineup in the NBA. The bench is what needs fixing.

[Mr October]

If Rondo mailed it in... that is disturbing. He has a ton of talent. And we've learned a lot about his attitude through articles over the past 6 months.
I still want to lock him up this summer, but not to a max deal. Actually, I'm going to start another thread on this topic...

[Thruthelookingglass]

What do you think Scal is talking about?  Is he implying (like Perk did earlier) that certain members of the team weren't focused?  Is he mad about something else?  I'm curious to know.

Couldn't it just be that he was answering the question, about whether HE was disappointed?

[pengaloo]

Brian Scalabrine was asked if he was disappointed that his team came out so poorly in a game like this.

“You know, that is a great question and I would love to talk about it,” Scalabrine said. “But I don’t think I should go there. But it’s a (expletive) great question.”

Link.

What do you think Scal is talking about?  Is he implying (like Perk did earlier) that certain members of the team weren't focused?  Is he mad about something else?  I'm curious to know.

It's probably one hour after they lost the game, and the media is asking a player to talk about what happened. As fans, we were pretty distraught. I can't imagine how the players felt. Did they even have time to digest the loss? I listened to some of the other player interviews on celtics.com - no one seems very coherent. Even Rondo, who supposedly thinks he knows everything, says "I don't know" every other sentence during his interview. Whatever Scal meant, I'm sure he wasn't really thinking about the question much...

[Mr October]

I want to add this reply to this thread as well:

I think part of the Rondo attitude problem/pattern is that he just wants to play at the level of his individual opponent.

He really gets up for games against Rose, Paul, D Williams, Parker, Kidd, Nash, etc. ...Against Alston, he probably coasted a little more.

I see this over and over again... and hope it is just immaturity.

[Scribbles]

I think it was Scal's last game as a Celtic. I hope so anyway. Just throw him into a deal to get Larry Bird back. I'm sure Larry could still knock down an open jumper, something I can't really say for Scal.

Why would you trade Scal?  He was one of the few bright spots off the bench in the post season. He'd be an excellent 9th-10th mane like someone stated already and can fit that role. Sure he has an expiring contract, but I can't see anybody that would be willing to give up anything that would improve our team.  And outside of BBD or one of the starters, nobody has real trade value on the team.  So I just don't see him gone unless its a major deal. 

[kheeko]

trade Rondo?

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[BballTim]

I want to add this reply to this thread as well:

I think part of the Rondo attitude problem/pattern is that he just wants to play at the level of his individual opponent.

He really gets up for games against Rose, Paul, D Williams, Parker, Kidd, Nash, etc. ...Against Alston, he probably coasted a little more.

I see this over and over again... and hope it is just immaturity.

  Just an FYI, but Orlando allowed the lowest PER of opposing point guards of any team in the league, also the lowest fg% and lowest number of assists. Overall, they had the best defensive efficiency in the league.

[cornbreadsmart]

uggh. i really hope this it it with scal. no more scal!!