Rondo should play around 42 MPG

[makaveli]

He is young, he is not an injury prone, he is ready for the next big step.
It really hurts us when he's on the bench and a few minutes when he gets back cold.
IMO let him play as long as he can, see what happens.

[Drucci]

He is young, he is not an injury prone, he is ready for the next big step.
It really hurts us when he's on the bench and a few minutes when he gets back cold.
IMO let him play as long as he can, see what happens.

Yeah, let's roll Rondo to the ground now that we finally have a backup PG to spell him.

Let's play Rondo as many minutes as possible so he can be gazed when the playoffs start.

Great idea.

[makaveli]

He is young, he is not an injury prone, he is ready for the next big step.
It really hurts us when he's on the bench and a few minutes when he gets back cold.
IMO let him play as long as he can, see what happens.

Yeah, let's roll Rondo to the ground now that we finally have a backup PG to spell him.

Let's play Rondo as many minutes as possible so he can be gazed when the playoffs start.

Great idea.

Do you really think 4-5 extra MPG would kill him? It is killing our team.
Backup PG? Who?

[2short]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

[Bankshot]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

[makaveli]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

I think the chemistry would be better if we had not blown ten point leads in the 2nd half for again ten times.

[Drucci]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

I think the chemistry would be better if we had not blown ten point leads in the 2nd half for again ten times.

Rondo was on the court every time we blew this leads, I don't know how the blown leads are an argument in favor of your point that we should play Rondo more.

[wdleehi]

There is no need to.


Plus, the Celtics are investing long term into Rondo.  Why give him extra minutes now?  Better to play a few less minutes a game, which means he will have played a lot less minutes in his career 5, 6 years from now. 


Come playoff time, well, that is a different story.

[BballTim]

He is young, he is not an injury prone, he is ready for the next big step.
It really hurts us when he's on the bench and a few minutes when he gets back cold.
IMO let him play as long as he can, see what happens.

Yeah, let's roll Rondo to the ground now that we finally have a backup PG to spell him.

Let's play Rondo as many minutes as possible so he can be gazed when the playoffs start.

Great idea.

  While playing Rondo for 42 minutes might not be a great idea something needs to be done. I wondoer how taking him out for 2-3 minutes in the middle of each quarter would work. Doc takes Rondo (and the others) out at or near the end of the first quarter. He doesn't stick him (them) back in until around the 6 minute mark, which is a good 15+ minutes of real time. If the 2nd unit is playing well  he stretches it out, sometimes putting Rondo back in with 3-4 minutes left in the quarter. So he's completely cooled off and he's inserted into the middle of the game. It takes a few minutes for him to reacclimate himself into the game.

  Last night Doc put 4-5 starters back into the game within one minute after they'd all been on the bench for a while and the lead they had evaporated shortly thereafter. He needs to space his subs better.

[Andy Jick]

let's just send nate back to NY and get eddie back...  no need for a 6 minute-per-game backup.

and let's watch rondo disintegrate before our very eyes...

this isn't nba 2k10...

[Michael Anthony]

He is young, he is not an injury prone, he is ready for the next big step.
It really hurts us when he's on the bench and a few minutes when he gets back cold.
IMO let him play as long as he can, see what happens.

Yeah, let's roll Rondo to the ground now that we finally have a backup PG to spell him.

Let's play Rondo as many minutes as possible so he can be gazed when the playoffs start.

Great idea.

  While playing Rondo for 42 minutes might not be a great idea something needs to be done. I wondoer how taking him out for 2-3 minutes in the middle of each quarter would work. Doc takes Rondo (and the others) out at or near the end of the first quarter. He doesn't stick him (them) back in until around the 6 minute mark, which is a good 15+ minutes of real time. If the 2nd unit is playing well  he stretches it out, sometimes putting Rondo back in with 3-4 minutes left in the quarter. So he's completely cooled off and he's inserted into the middle of the game. It takes a few minutes for him to reacclimate himself into the game.

  Last night Doc put 4-5 starters back into the game within one minute after they'd all been on the bench for a while and the lead they had evaporated shortly thereafter. He needs to space his subs better.

Signed

[Evantime34]

There is no need to.


Plus, the Celtics are investing long term into Rondo.  Why give him extra minutes now?  Better to play a few less minutes a game, which means he will have played a lot less minutes in his career 5, 6 years from now. 


Come playoff time, well, that is a different story.

I feel that more often than not I have the exact opposite opinion of you, Wdleehi. So when I agree with you everyone should know that you are 100% undistputably correct.
This is one of those times I agree with you.

[BballTim]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

I think the chemistry would be better if we had not blown ten point leads in the 2nd half for again ten times.

Rondo was on the court every time we blew this leads, I don't know how the blown leads are an argument in favor of your point that we should play Rondo more.

  Doc takes Rondo out of the game and leaves him on the bench longer than he should. The offense starts to break down, the other team gets a little momentum and then Rondo's put back in when he's been sitting in a chair for 15-20 minutes. I'd guess that the longer he sits the more likely we are to blow a lead when he's put back in, and that most of the blown lead occurs within the few minutes after he's reinserted in the game, before he gets back into the flow of it. The problem is compounded when Doc puts the other starters back in at around the same time so that most of the lineup is coming back in cold.

[Drucci]

in the playoffs if need be sure
i'd rather develop team chemistry now and give rondo rest, let robinson or dare i say tony  get some minutes
this can only help us when it really matters

I think the chemistry would be better if we had not blown ten point leads in the 2nd half for again ten times.

Rondo was on the court every time we blew this leads, I don't know how the blown leads are an argument in favor of your point that we should play Rondo more.

  Doc takes Rondo out of the game and leaves him on the bench longer than he should. The offense starts to break down, the other team gets a little momentum and then Rondo's put back in when he's been sitting in a chair for 15-20 minutes. I'd guess that the longer he sits the more likely we are to blow a lead when he's put back in, and that most of the blown lead occurs within the few minutes after he's reinserted in the game, before he gets back into the flow of it. The problem is compounded when Doc puts the other starters back in at around the same time so that most of the lineup is coming back in cold.

I was referring to our second half blown leads. I agree that Doc did a poor job yesterday by putting all the starters back in the game in the 2nd quarter when they had all cooled off.

But overall, in all the games where we've blown out 2nd half big leads, Rondo was on the court during the terrible 3rd quarters, where all the starters collapsed just after halftime, so there is no excuse of cooling off because of a too long rest, not for Rondo, and not for the other starters either.

[Chris]

In the playoffs, sure.  Right now, no one should be playing more than about 36 minutes per game (and I think that will be one of Doc's main goals over the next couple of months).