Not interested. Rondo's better than Westbrook.
He is??? That's news to me.
Westbrook is far more talented and lit up Rondo like a Christmas tree when the Celts and OKC played early last season.
Just to satisfy my own curiosity I looked up the career head to head numbers between Rondo and Westbrook.
The Celtics are 4 and 2 against the Thunder in those games with the Celtics averaging 97.3 PPG to the Thunders 89.2 PPG.
Rondo: 10.8 PPG, 1.2 ORPG, 3.8 RPG, 9.5 APG, 2.7 SPG, 3.0 TOPG, .653 FG%, 32/49 total FGs,
.000 3%, 0/1 total 3s, .125 FT%, 1/8 total FTs, 33.2 MPG.
Westbrook: 19.8 PPG, 1.8 ORPG, 3.5 RPG, 5.5 APG, 1.3 SPG, 4.3 TOPG, .416 FG%, 42/101 Total FGs, .400 3%, 6/15 total 3s, .829 FT%, 29/35 total FTs, 33.2 MPG.
Interestingly, in only a six game sample those numbers seem to illustrate what each of these guys is as a player. Westbrook's a player who is definitely a scorer. He shoots a lot at a low percentage, gets to the line, and has a terrible assist to turnover ratio. Rondo, on the other hand, is not a high volume shooter or scorer, but shoots a high percentage, is a good set up guy with a good assist to turnover ratio.
Defensively, I like both players and actually think that Westbrook is behind only Rondo as a defensive and 50/50 ball playmaker among elite NBA point guards.
As you know, I prefer Rondo as a player. I admire Westbrook's explosiveness all over the court, but Rondo's basketball intelligence, ball handling ability, creativity, and vision, coupled with his quickness and ability to get to the basketball definitely make him the hands down winner for me in a head to head comparison.
Neither guy is a good outside shooter. Westbrook does hit his free throws which we all know Rondo doesn't. That's the one aspect of his game that still irks me. Hopefully, he can improve that to at least the low to mid 70s. If he can do that, he's the best point guard in the league for the next decade, in my opinion.
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