We're just going to have to deal with these silly "team is better without Rondo" threads until the playoffs arrive. That's when the true test comes, forget regular season games. If we can beat Miami without Rondo, then I will gladly concede that we are better without him. But I have a feeling that a lot of people will finally shut up when they realize what Rondo brings to our team when it matters most.
These threads remind me of last year when idiotic Miami fans and other NBA fans thought that the Heat were better without Bosh since they smoked Indiana and went up 2-0 against the C's without him. This isn't the same situation and of course the makeup of our team is entirely different, but such a claim was just as foolish and unfounded as the statement that "we're better off without Rondo". Why some Celtics fans would rather go into the playoffs without a battle-tested, elite-level point guard who rebounds, gets into the paint, steps up his defense, and improves the play of his teammates, I will never know.