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Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #255 on: March 05, 2014, 07:45:24 PM »

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Given that this whole issue is because Brad/Ainge don't want Doc's policies going forward I wouldn't point to Doc as a great leader while bemoaning this incident.
Doc's policies were designed to cater to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. Last time I checked, they worked pretty great for them.

I guess it should be pretty obvious why the management may suspect the professionalism of the current bunch is not sufficient for these policies to remain in place -- given the fact that the team captain apparently thought it was a good idea to throw a party during a scheduled team trip without notifying management until it was a done deal.

You don't really know any of the details of how things were planned, though or if it was Rondo who did the 'planning' or if his family members, making a bad assumption (that Rondo could take the time off) popped the event on him.   Rondo may have simply felt pressured to accommodate his family and take his punches (the 'consequences') for having to go against management on this.

I'm not claiming that is 'the story'.  But it fits as well as any other.

The rush to character judgement on people we don't know on the most tenuous scraps of evidence continues to baffle me.

NBA Officiating - Corrupt?  Incompetent?  Which is worse?  Does it matter?  It sucks.

Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #256 on: March 05, 2014, 09:51:05 PM »

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I do like Rondo but can we quit the talk that he is the smartest guy in the room???  The fact is that he isn't, he is a good basketball player who seems to run into issues with whoever his coach is ( Tubby Smith, Doc and Stevens )...I love the people that are supporting him on here, he is wrong on this one.  I bet you guys would be killing Lebron, Melo, Paul, Kobe, Howard etc...if they pulled a stunt like this.  Rondo made a mistake, hopefully he learns from and the team can move on...
To be fair I beat up on Sully when he beat up his girlfriend. I didn't beat up on Rondo for this.

I got the smartest guy in the room thing from something Mike Gorman said on the radio (which wasn't exactly that he was the smartest guy in the room, but it was evident that he thinks Rondo is more intelligent than others think of him)

Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #257 on: March 05, 2014, 10:00:44 PM »

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Given that this whole issue is because Brad/Ainge don't want Doc's policies going forward I wouldn't point to Doc as a great leader while bemoaning this incident.
Doc's policies were designed to cater to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. Last time I checked, they worked pretty great for them.

I guess it should be pretty obvious why the management may suspect the professionalism of the current bunch is not sufficient for these policies to remain in place -- given the fact that the team captain apparently thought it was a good idea to throw a party during a scheduled team trip without notifying management until it was a done deal.

  You're basically saying that Rondo following what had been the policy for years is evidence that the policy needs to change, because somehow it's unprofessional for Rondo to engage in the same behavior that players like KG and PP and Doc (and probably Rondo) have in the past.

Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #258 on: March 07, 2014, 03:26:54 AM »

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March 6, 2014, 10:00pm

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/kusnierek-get-my-lawn-rondo


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"I'm sick and tired of people defending him because he chose to stay in L.A. to go to a birthday party," she said. "I don't care that he didn't have to play. I don't care that he's coming back from injury. Guess what? You choose to be an NBA basketball player. You choose to be part of a team and when you choose to be part of a team, you choose to do everything with that team when your healthy."

this issue looks like it will never die.

Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #259 on: March 07, 2014, 03:47:56 AM »

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Danny Ainge just told us that Rondo asked Ainge & Stevens to stay in LA for party,they said they didnt want him to, he stayed in LA anyway.
9:20 AM - 5 Mar 2014


Re: Rondo skips trip to sacramento
« Reply #260 on: March 07, 2014, 03:59:44 AM »

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Toucher and Rich

Danny Ainge just told us that Rondo asked Ainge & Stevens to stay in LA for party,they said they didnt want him to, he stayed in LA anyway.
9:20 AM - 5 Mar 2014


March 6, 2014, 10:00pm

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/kusnierek-get-my-lawn-rondo


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"I'm sick and tired of people defending him because he chose to stay in L.A. to go to a birthday party," she said. "I don't care that he didn't have to play. I don't care that he's coming back from injury. Guess what? You choose to be an NBA basketball player. You choose to be part of a team and when you choose to be part of a team, you choose to do everything with that team when your healthy."

this issue looks like it will never die.

Sorry, but the horse you are looking for has been buried.