Rondo: I talked to Love for 39 seconds..also says he wants to stay in Boston

[sed522002]

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  5m
In a bit of an upset, #Celtics All-Star Rajon Rondo here for workout, to address media.

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  5m
Rondo: "I've been enjoying my time in Boston."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  4m
Rondo: "I talked to Kevin (Love) for about 39 seconds. ... Told him I wished good luck during his time here in Boston."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  4m
Rondo on recruiting: "the only pitch thrown was by Jon Lester, I think."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  2m
Rondo on Love: "I don't need to say how good he is. The world sees that every night." "I think he wants to win now."

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  2m
#Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo: I want to win. I want to win a title. I don't want to get back to playoffs to make first or second round.

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  3m
Rondo reiterates desire to stay in Boston: "yes. I don't really like change."

Marc D'Amico ‏@Marc_DAmico  2m
Rajon Rondo was asked bluntly if Boston is where he wants do be long term. He answered bluntly, too: "Yes." #Celtics

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  1m
#Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said he expects to spend most of summer in Boston for first time in his career.

[Monkhouse]

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  5m
In a bit of an upset, #Celtics All-Star Rajon Rondo here for workout, to address media.

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  5m
Rondo: "I've been enjoying my time in Boston."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  4m
Rondo: "I talked to Kevin (Love) for about 39 seconds. ... Told him I wished good luck during his time here in Boston."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  4m
Rondo on recruiting: "the only pitch thrown was by Jon Lester, I think."

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  2m
Rondo on Love: "I don't need to say how good he is. The world sees that every night." "I think he wants to win now."

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  2m
#Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo: I want to win. I want to win a title. I don't want to get back to playoffs to make first or second round.

Jay King ‏@ByJayKing  3m
Rondo reiterates desire to stay in Boston: "yes. I don't really like change."

Marc D'Amico ‏@Marc_DAmico  2m
Rajon Rondo was asked bluntly if Boston is where he wants do be long term. He answered bluntly, too: "Yes." #Celtics

Scott Souza ‏@scott_souza  1m
#Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said he expects to spend most of summer in Boston for first time in his career.

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

That being said, I need to save some money, so I can make a trip out to BOS

I want to see Rondo play. Hes one of my favorite players to watch, next to Pierce on the C's.

[sed522002]

I also don't think Rondo would tell the media if he was recruiting Love until after he came here.

[hpantazo]

Rondos a smart guy. There is no way he would even imply that he was recruiting Love. That would give the league and other teams a chance to put us in hot water.

Just read between the lines. Rondo said Love wants to win now. Then rondo said he wants to stay in Boston long term. Then Rondo says he wants to win now. Obviously if he stays here wih the current roster, then he's not winning now. Add a guy like Love who also wants to win now, then yings make sense.

[RJ87]

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

I think Rondo understands you need talent to get better and he'll actively recruit to make the team better. Rondo was pretty active in recruiting Courtney Lee here and I didn't get the impression they were good friends already.

Even so, he's not going to admit to recruiting Kevin Love publicly. That's basically asking for tampering charges.

[badshar]

Rondos a smart guy. There is no way he would even imply that he was recruiting Love. That would give the league and other teams a chance to put us in hot water.

Exactly, I doubt Rondo would tell the media, "Oh yeah, I asked Love to join me in Boston."

[hpantazo]

Btw, I wouldn't be surprised if 40 seconds or longer is what would be considered tampering

[Fafnir]

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

I think Rondo understands you need talent to get better and he'll actively recruit to make the team better. Rondo was pretty active in recruiting Courtney Lee here and I didn't get the impression they were good friends already.

Even so, he's not going to admit to recruiting Kevin Love publicly. That's basically asking for tampering charges.

Players can't tamper, a team could make an accusation I suppose but those rules are for the front office staff and GMs.

Still I agree Rondo is smart enough not to give the media something to chew on unnecessarily.

[hpantazo]

He should have just said that he was giving Love some fashion advice.

[Celtics18]

It's always great to hear from Rondo in the off-season.  I'm glad he's going to be hanging around Boston. 

[D.o.s.]

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

I think Rondo understands you need talent to get better and he'll actively recruit to make the team better. Rondo was pretty active in recruiting Courtney Lee here and I didn't get the impression they were good friends already.

Even so, he's not going to admit to recruiting Kevin Love publicly. That's basically asking for tampering charges.

Players can't tamper, a team could make an accusation I suppose but those rules are for the front office staff and GMs.

quoted for emphasis.

[j804]

Lol Rondo and Danny are smart men he HAD to talk to the media and shut down all tampering speculation after this weekend.

[saltlover]

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

I think Rondo understands you need talent to get better and he'll actively recruit to make the team better. Rondo was pretty active in recruiting Courtney Lee here and I didn't get the impression they were good friends already.

Even so, he's not going to admit to recruiting Kevin Love publicly. That's basically asking for tampering charges.

Players can't tamper, a team could make an accusation I suppose but those rules are for the front office staff and GMs.

quoted for emphasis.

From Larry Coon:

108. What is tampering?

Tampering is when a player or team directly or indirectly entices, induces or persuades anybody (player, general manager, etc.) who is under contract with another team in order to negotiate for their services.

After Will Perdue left San Antonio in the 1999 offseason to sign with Chicago, he commented to the press about the possibility of the Bulls signing Tim Duncan and/or Grant Hill in 2000. The league considered this to be tampering, and issued Perdue a warning.

[Fafnir]

The league has outright said that such restrictions on players in unenforceable. Hence wedding toasts about playing together are okay, etc, etc.

Good luck finding another example of players being accused or warned for tampering.

Now if a player says "I AM TAMPERING" which is what the press asked Rondo then they might do a big warning as a gesture, but that's it.

GMs and front office personal have rules about contacting other teams players and how much contact they can have or initiate etc. etc.

That's why all the real tampering is filtered through agents.

[D.o.s.]

Rondo doesn't really seem like the type of person to try to convince anyone unless he personally is their best friend, or knows them extremely well.

Rondo let the city and the people speak for themselves. If Love is adamant about joining BOS, then all he has to do is see the city for himself, and how much tradition and pride we take in following our sports team.

I think Rondo understands you need talent to get better and he'll actively recruit to make the team better. Rondo was pretty active in recruiting Courtney Lee here and I didn't get the impression they were good friends already.

Even so, he's not going to admit to recruiting Kevin Love publicly. That's basically asking for tampering charges.

Players can't tamper, a team could make an accusation I suppose but those rules are for the front office staff and GMs.

quoted for emphasis.

From Larry Coon:

108. What is tampering?

Tampering is when a player or team directly or indirectly entices, induces or persuades anybody (player, general manager, etc.) who is under contract with another team in order to negotiate for their services.

After Will Perdue left San Antonio in the 1999 offseason to sign with Chicago, he commented to the press about the possibility of the Bulls signing Tim Duncan and/or Grant Hill in 2000. The league considered this to be tampering, and issued Perdue a warning.

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From David Stern:

"What we told the owners was that the three players are totally, as our system has evolved, within their rights to talk to each other," Commissioner David Stern said after the meeting, which was held here in conjunction with the N.B.A. summer league.

Players on different teams who discuss the idea of someday playing together "is not tampering or collusion that is prohibited," Stern said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/sports/basketball/13nba.html?_r=1&