Rondo is Overrated

[outcry]

C'mon...Every player has good games and bad games and Rondo has had way more of the former than the latter.

By the way, is it me or have there has been an inordinate amount of threads claiming players are "overrated" or "underrated" recently?

That's what happens in Boston. Some of the most fickle, reactionary and opinionated fans on Earth. All you can do is enjoy it and laugh.

[ozman]

C'mon...Every player has good games and bad games and Rondo has had way more of the former than the latter.

By the way, is it me or have there has been an inordinate amount of threads claiming players are "overrated" or "underrated" recently?

That's what happens in Boston. Some of the most fickle, reactionary and opinionated fans on Earth. All you can do is enjoy it and laugh.

I know, who cares right? were competeting for a championship and where playing well. celtics fans, lets just enjoy it.

[Change]

We see eye2eye on this one.

Rondo came to the NBA as a playmaker. That was a given. 5 years later, He hasn't added a single skill to his game to reach the next level. Big3 make Rondo than vice versa. Rondo can be the best PG in the NBA if he Ray Allen Work Ethic, KG's intensity, and Pierce's killer Gene. But unfortuntanly Rondo doesn't. He is wasting his youth years by not improving. The great thing about this season, Celtics have other alternative @ PG (Delonte/Arroyo). Doc can yank him when he starts going through the motion.

[dasani]

Against Steve Nash a lot of excuses where thrown around here. Jennings went off on him and we still won the game so it wasn't worth getting real with Rondo. When Rose made the starting 5 in all star game, we were like ooh Rondo got penalized for missing games due to injuries. No, NBA fans are not crazy, they vote for guys who can make a jumper in addition to passing and getting to the ream for an occasional lay up. Guys our point guard can either pass to a hall of famer, gamble for steals and that is just about it. Rose can ball hog and shoot his team to a victory. Wall made Rondo look lame that other time in DC if you remember that embarrassing loss in DC.
Pass, gamble for a steal, pass, gamble for a steal, pass, hope Ray makes the basket so he makes the assist, gamble for a steal .. rinse lather repeat.

well too bad Rose was underwhelming in All Star Game. he cant play with better scorers than him. thats why I wouldnt want him on this team.

but back on topic...yeah I bad game...bad last coupla games. hopefully this game wakes RR up with this one since we lost...b4 he was getting away with those bad games. RR...wake up man. I don't believe its the Perk thing either.

[FatjohnReturns]

We see eye2eye on this one.

Rondo came to the NBA as a playmaker. That was a given. 5 years later, He hasn't added a single skill to his game to reach the next level. Big3 make Rondo than vice versa. Rondo can be the best PG in the NBA if he Ray Allen Work Ethic, KG's intensity, and Pierce's killer Gene. But unfortuntanly Rondo doesn't. He is wasting his youth years by not improving. The great thing about this season, Celtics have other alternative @ PG (Delonte/Arroyo). Doc can yank him when he starts going through the motion.

Yes but will Doc yank him if he is playing badly?

[BudweiserCeltic]

The problem against the Clippers wasn't Rondo's playmaking, though he had trouble through a stretch there in the 4th. If KG had made the 15 or so jumpers Rondo set him up with, we'd be talking about Rondo a bit differently on this aspect.

[YouGotRondo d]

[barefacedmonk]

Internet is overrated.

[dasani]

We see eye2eye on this one.

Rondo came to the NBA as a playmaker. That was a given. 5 years later, He hasn't added a single skill to his game to reach the next level. Big3 make Rondo than vice versa. Rondo can be the best PG in the NBA if he Ray Allen Work Ethic, KG's intensity, and Pierce's killer Gene. But unfortuntanly Rondo doesn't. He is wasting his youth years by not improving. The great thing about this season, Celtics have other alternative @ PG (Delonte/Arroyo). Doc can yank him when he starts going through the motion.

Yes but will Doc yank him if he is playing badly?

thats the scary thing...he doesn't. thats why I put a little of this on Doc too. He doesn't seem to check Rondo.

[Change]

We see eye2eye on this one.

Rondo came to the NBA as a playmaker. That was a given. 5 years later, He hasn't added a single skill to his game to reach the next level. Big3 make Rondo than vice versa. Rondo can be the best PG in the NBA if he Ray Allen Work Ethic, KG's intensity, and Pierce's killer Gene. But unfortuntanly Rondo doesn't. He is wasting his youth years by not improving. The great thing about this season, Celtics have other alternative @ PG (Delonte/Arroyo). Doc can yank him when he starts going through the motion.

Yes but will Doc yank him if he is playing badly?

Doc deferred to Delonte game couple of times down the stretch. The Space with Delonte on the floor instead of Rondo was a sight to see. Sadly Delonte has been hurt all year.  

[Rtpas11]

Anyhoo - Rondo still had 12 pts, 9 assists (only 2 TO's), 7 boards, and 3 steals tonight... If this is his production on a bad night, I'll happily take the bad with the good.

I guess in fairness it's hard to tell much about Rondo's game tonight from the box score.  He did look bad on defense, and he held the ball way too long and didn't initiate the offense.  He was very poor tonight, and if he played like this tonight, we wouldn't win nearly as much as we do.

That said, yeah, the kid is still one of the best PGs in the game.  He hasn't looked quite right lately, but he's still been pretty good (and excellent on the season as a whole).

Men lie Women lie & #'s do too... Rondo defensively played poorly thus the reason the C's lost. Mo lit him up and if Mo wasn't scoring he was driving by Rondo and dishing (most of the time getting the hockey assist). Rondo also can't shoot, and also has a reluctance to penetrate when supposed and actually try to score. Instead he likes passing way too much. Anyhow its a regular season game so hopefully in the playoffs he's more aggressive @ both ends. I was hoping Doc would play Arroyo with the starters 2nite and sit Rondo (He did pretty well during his time).

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

We see eye2eye on this one.

Rondo came to the NBA as a playmaker. That was a given. 5 years later, He hasn't added a single skill to his game to reach the next level. Big3 make Rondo than vice versa. Rondo can be the best PG in the NBA if he Ray Allen Work Ethic, KG's intensity, and Pierce's killer Gene. But unfortuntanly Rondo doesn't. He is wasting his youth years by not improving. The great thing about this season, Celtics have other alternative @ PG (Delonte/Arroyo). Doc can yank him when he starts going through the motion.

Yes but will Doc yank him if he is playing badly?

thats the scary thing...he doesn't. thats why I put a little of this on Doc too. He doesn't seem to check Rondo.

That's why you have little faith in doc? cus he doesn't yank rondo? who is he supposed to replace him with these past years? A washed up Marbury? Eddie cant dribble House? Tony Allen? An injured Delonte West? Please, this team hasn't had an adequate backup at point guard dont put that on Doc

[Eja117]

True.  Many Celtics fans think he's the best point guard in the NBA, when really he's only in the top five.

Agree I do

[chicagogreen]

we really need delonte back, not because I think this post is correct but because rondo needs to be agressive the whole time he is on the floor, he can't rest or cruise because his crazy athleticism is so important.  Plus, delonte gives quality minutes, so much so that rondo gets more rest than he wants and he gets mad, pushed for minutes.  thats how we want him at all times.  get well delonte. 

[AlexC45]

Anyhoo - Rondo still had 12 pts, 9 assists (only 2 TO's), 7 boards, and 3 steals tonight... If this is his production on a bad night, I'll happily take the bad with the good.

I guess in fairness it's hard to tell much about Rondo's game tonight from the box score.  He did look bad on defense, and he held the ball way too long and didn't initiate the offense.  He was very poor tonight, and if he played like this tonight, we wouldn't win nearly as much as we do.

That said, yeah, the kid is still one of the best PGs in the game.  He hasn't looked quite right lately, but he's still been pretty good (and excellent on the season as a whole).

Men lie Women lie & #'s do too... Rondo defensively played poorly thus the reason the C's lost. Mo lit him up and if Mo wasn't scoring he was driving by Rondo and dishing (most of the time getting the hockey assist). Rondo also can't shoot, and also has a reluctance to penetrate when supposed and actually try to score. Instead he likes passing way too much. Anyhow its a regular season game so hopefully in the playoffs he's more aggressive @ both ends. I was hoping Doc would play Arroyo with the starters 2nite and sit Rondo (He did pretty well during his time).

I think that for next game arroyo will play some minutes with the starters i expected more from arroyo today but he did decent so far , lets see what happens friday.