Rondo's Decision Making Lately is TERRIBLE!

[EJPLAYA]

What on earth is this guy thinking lately?! That horrible floater in the middle that wasn't even open down by one with Ray wide open on the wing?! Then giving it to BBD for the three at the end with Ray curling open to his right?! Way to undo PP's great play there to give us a chance to win it.

It isn't even just that. Lately he has been throwing terrible passes out there which are getting deflected, sailing out of bounds, or just plain intercepted. He is driving into three guys losing the basketball and has to try and pick the ball up on the baseline and try and get it out of there. We look absolutely terrible out there offensively and his decision making with the basketball this past month has been a major factor. To top it all off he's playing awful gambling defense. If you are too hurt with your little pinky to play right then sit down. If you are fine, then stop acting like these games are the All Star Game and start playing smarter. You're killing us out there and it is going to cost us home court...

[PosImpos]

Edited Title:

Rondo Lately is [Mostly] Terrible

[Roy H.]

Rondo's decision making is spectacular compared to BBD's.

Those two plays were hero ball at its worst.  I guess in some ways it's a good thing that Rondo was willing to be aggressive there, but that was a horrible decision.  The ball should have been in Paul's hands.

[Bankshot]

I hate to pile on, but what killed me is his passing up layups, then taking a floater at the end of the game.  And dribbling out the shot clock then passing it to Davis was terrible.

[ejk3489]

What? I understand bringing this up a few games ago when he was struggling, but the past two games he's been a lot better.

Obviously the last few possessions of this game stand out and he didn't shoot the ball well, but besides that I thought he had a very good game.

I hate to pile on, but what killed me is his passing up layups, then taking a floater at the end of the game.  And dribbling out the shot clock then passing it to Davis was terrible.

I thought Baby taking it was an even worse decision.

[EJPLAYA]

Rondo's decision making is spectacular compared to BBD's.

Those two plays were hero ball at its worst.  I guess in some ways it's a good thing that Rondo was willing to be aggressive there, but that was a horrible decision.  The ball should have been in Paul's hands.

True, but it was Rondo that PUT it in BBD's hands. Ray was open.

When Rondo at 12 shots and BBD at 11 are your leading shooters you deserve to lose. We have gone away from the big 3 and now are paying for it.

[BballTim]

Rondo's decision making is spectacular compared to BBD's.

Those two plays were hero ball at its worst.  I guess in some ways it's a good thing that Rondo was willing to be aggressive there, but that was a horrible decision.  The ball should have been in Paul's hands.

True, but it was Rondo that PUT it in BBD's hands. Ray was open.

When Rondo at 12 shots and BBD at 11 are your leading shooters you deserve to lose. We have gone away from the big 3 and now are paying for it.

  I didn't see Ray open on that play. Their screens were pretty screwed up on the play. And Green should have been in, not Baby. He can hit the three.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Baby missed the screen on purpose so that when he got the ball he could shoot the 3.

But yeah, Rondo's decision making has been quite bad as of late. At least his energy is back, he's hitting his jumpers with better consistency, and is penetrating more.

[Chris]

Rondo's decision making is spectacular compared to BBD's.

Those two plays were hero ball at its worst.  I guess in some ways it's a good thing that Rondo was willing to be aggressive there, but that was a horrible decision.  The ball should have been in Paul's hands.

True, but it was Rondo that PUT it in BBD's hands. Ray was open.

When Rondo at 12 shots and BBD at 11 are your leading shooters you deserve to lose. We have gone away from the big 3 and now are paying for it.

Well, when Pierce is being covered by Sam Young, and Shane Battier, Ray is being covered by Tony Allen, and OJ Mayo, and KG is busy in a wrestling match with Zach Randolph (might not be the best overall defender, but the refs were swallowing their whistles on the fighting in the post, which killed KG's ability to get open down there) or Gasol, then you are going to be stuck with those guys getting a lot of shots.

Yeah, the C's did not execute well down the stretch, and that play did not work out, but it is really hard to score down the stretch in the NBA anyways, and particularly on a last second 3.  We have been spoiled a bit with this team, but plays like that happen all the time at the ends of games, and it just comes with the territory. 

I just think we really missed the Oneals more than ever before in that game (it was the first time everyone played hard, and they still lost because of lack of interior toughness), and Memphis stepped up big time, and outphysicaled the C's in a game where the refs were not going to blow the whistle.

[BudweiserCeltic]

I wish we could see a bit more of Arroyo with the 2nd unit. West hasn't looked good running our 2nd unit. He does well with our starters, but our 2nd unit looks bad often when he's running point. I was quite pleased with what Arroyo was bringing to the 2nd unit by running the offense. Though he's been a bit shaky as of late himself.

[BballTim]

I wish we could see a bit more of Arroyo with the 2nd unit. West hasn't looked good running our 2nd unit. He does well with our starters, but our 2nd unit looks bad often when he's running point. I was quite pleased with what Arroyo was bringing to the 2nd unit by running the offense. Though he's been a bit shaky as of late himself.

  I haven't been thrilled with his defense but he still needs more time to get acclimated.

[Tai]

Baby missed the screen on purpose so that when he got the ball he could shoot the 3.

But yeah, Rondo's decision making has been quite bad as of late. At least his energy is back, he's hitting his jumpers with better consistency, and is penetrating more.

Uh...do you have evidence of that? Let's not make accusations that bold without concrete evidence..

[BudweiserCeltic]

Baby missed the screen on purpose so that when he got the ball he could shoot the 3.

But yeah, Rondo's decision making has been quite bad as of late. At least his energy is back, he's hitting his jumpers with better consistency, and is penetrating more.

Uh...do you have evidence of that? Let's not make accusations that bold without concrete evidence..

It was a joke, but with some truth in it. Baby set a crappy screen which should have opened up Pierce (it was Pierce right?). Plus, he has turned into a bit of a ball-hog. So it fits in a funny way.

[18isGREATERthan72]

Rondo's decision making is spectacular compared to BBD's.

Those two plays were hero ball at its worst.  I guess in some ways it's a good thing that Rondo was willing to be aggressive there, but that was a horrible decision.  The ball should have been in Paul's hands.

True, but it was Rondo that PUT it in BBD's hands. Ray was open.

When Rondo at 12 shots and BBD at 11 are your leading shooters you deserve to lose. We have gone away from the big 3 and now are paying for it.

  I didn't see Ray open on that play. Their screens were pretty screwed up on the play. And Green should have been in, not Baby. He can hit the three.

I think the reason Baby was in the game, instead of Green, is because the play was drawn up for Pierce, and an option for Ray, so they weren't thinking of somebody else shooting a 3, and they probably figured Baby could set a better screen to get Pierce or Ray open than Green could.  Just my theory.

[BudweiserCeltic]

This seems like the play we ran to beat Orlando in which Baby hit the buzzer beater. Screen on Pierce and roll to the basket, but he missed it completely.