Rondo rumor on where fracture actually happened

[cb8883]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

[Boris Badenov]

I commented on this in the other thread, but to believe this you also have to believe that he broke his hand in a public place and either no one witnessed it, or no witness to it mentioned anything about it on social media or anywhere.

It seems like pure crap to me.

It doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad fall. Sometimes you just land awkwardly and it'll cause a break. He probably didn't even know he broke it initially, just felt some discomfort and swelling. I've had 3 boxers fractures and not one time did I think it was actually fractured until I saw the x-rays.

  If you didn't think it was broken, why did you get the x-rays?

Wanted to rule it out.

Yeah I'm with Eddie. It's very possible to break bones without realizing that's what happened until you see the break under an X-Ray.

Same thing happened to me with a boxer's fracture. Took me about 12 hours to figure out I needed to check it out, and even then I was pretty surprised to learn about the breaks.

so.... were you fighting? showering? or trampolining? 

Bare knuckle pushups?

I punched a concrete wall.

In other words, however Rondo hurt his hand he was not as stupid as me.

[GreenFaith1819]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

Don't think this has been proven.

And I'll go a step further - what IF he did it? By playing on a trampoline with his kids - being a father?

So BOS cuts him - just like that? And we begin the Rebuild in earnest - just like that.

We hand over the reigns of the team to Marcus Smart. My hope is that he truly becomes a leader and a Dwyane Wade - like player that I believe he will become.

But Smart isn't there yet.

Rondo is.

But some of us are hoping that we cut him - and get rid of our "Non-shooting non-CP3 like PG".......

Whose won a Championship and been to TWO Finals(More than CP3, Russell)...and probably been our best player since 09-10.

Yeah...let's punish Rondo for his supposed lying.

[LarBrd33]

Rondo is very injury prone.  Stuff like this is inevitable regardless of how it happened.  His brittle body has a tendency to break down in various ways.   He's missed like 100 games over the past two seasons.

[Eddie20]

Rondo is very injury prone.  Stuff like this is inevitable regardless of how it happened.  His brittle body has a tendency to break down in various ways.   He's missed like 100 games over the past two seasons.

I'm starting to think the same thing. He's not the biggest guy around and all the years of hard falls simply might be catching up to him as he ages. In a shade over 3 years, he has now had 3 significant injuries (elbow, knee, and hand).

[Neurotic Guy]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

Good example of how we think in today's world.  Our tendency is to doubt the initial explanation from the source, but to believe the rumor.  In reality, sometimes the initial explanation is actually the truth and sometimes the rumor is the truth.  But... since we don't know the truth, why do we get mad, jump to conclusions, condemn, judge, etc...?  The truth will come out.  Or it won't.  Idle speculation isn't worth it.  The only think I really care is that it was an accident as opposed to being violence that caused it.  I assume the C's have dilligently ruled out a malevolent cause.

[Vermont Green]

The Celtics are not going to cut Rondo even if he broke his hand slapping his wife in a drunken rage in the elevator of a casino or giving his child a whuppin (neither of which are remotely conceivable).  He broke his hand.  It may heal, it may reoccur.  They will want to get him on the court and playing well as soon as possible.

In terms of Rondo being labeled with the dreaded "injury prone" tag, I don't think it will make that much difference in his value at this point.  How he plays when he gets back on the court is a much bigger factor.  If these cumulative injuries prevent him for being "Rondo" on the court, then it is an issue.

I wonder if this will make Rondo reconsider the Celtic's allowable extension which would net him about the same money over the next four seasons as Parker got.  You could even give him an opt out option along the way to make the deal really player friendly.  That would buy some time for him to reestablish his value, give the team some time to see if it is going to be any good any time soon, and give Rondo a chance to attract all those big name FA who want to play with him (who knows, maybe some FA signing or big name trade actually come through).  Or the Celtics have more time and a better contract to trade for something if it doesn't work out.

If Rondo has a bad, injury-riddled season, he is going to lose some serious FA money.  He may be better off doing the extension and having an opt out option after the 2015-16 season and hit the FA market then.  I think that makes sense for both sides.  I really hope Rondo considers this.  Everything is conspiring against him to hit the FA market after this season.

[sed522002]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

An employee that works there already said that that was a lie and all he did was watch his kids, BUT if he did decide to want to play with his kids is that a bad thing? It's funny that people think that these athletes don't have other obligations (ex. family) than the sport that they are playing.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

Can someone help me out here, is this ironic?

[Boris Badenov]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

Exactly. Rondo should have been home on his couch avoiding all physical activity. Although, sitting on a couch might cause muscles to atrophy - which hurts his game.

Maybe he should have bought a trampoline and put it in his backyard. Of course, I'm guessing he also has a pool - what if he fell into the pool while distracted by his kids on the trampoline?

OK then, I guess he could have been at the trampoline place, but made sure to sit still (or perhaps do some light jogging in place) while filming his kids. But doesn't holding a cell phone too close to your head cause brain damage? Bad news for both his playmaking and Connect Four skills.

Ok then, he should have been at the trampoline park, but someone else could have been doing the filming while Rondo was getting stretched by Brian Doo and getting a wheatgrass IV.

But even then he absolutely should not have gone when anyone else was in the place - too much chance he could bump into someone with the mindset of Aaron Hernandez, spill the guy's Pepsi, and end up getting shot.

I guess the only natural conclusion is that absolutely anything Rondo could possibly have done would be a selfish move that put his performance on the Celtics at risk.

[JSD]

Rondo saw how much Bledsoe is now getting and punched a wall.

[BballTim]

Rondo saw how much Bledsoe is now getting and punched a wall.

  That might be true if he'd just signed a new deal. All Bledsoe's deal will do is push up the numbers future players will get.

[Nerf DPOY]

I guess the only natural conclusion is that absolutely anything Rondo could possibly have done would be a selfish move that put his performance on the Celtics at risk.

If you're not coming to the conclusion that in all cases, Rondo is a bad bad guy, then you're not doing it right.

[Nerf DPOY]

Rumors swirling that it happened in Altitude, a trampoline park.

http://dimemag.com/2014/09/rumor-rajon-rondo-trampoline-park-day-broke-hand/

If this is the case they can cut him without any cap penalty correct? Just one more example on how selfish this guy is. He would rather screw around at a trampoline park than actually apply himself to his job. Ridiculous

Good example of how we think in today's world.  Our tendency is to doubt the initial explanation from the source, but to believe the rumor.  In reality, sometimes the initial explanation is actually the truth and sometimes the rumor is the truth.  But... since we don't know the truth, why do we get mad, jump to conclusions, condemn, judge, etc...?  The truth will come out.  Or it won't.  Idle speculation isn't worth it.  The only think I really care is that it was an accident as opposed to being violence that caused it.  I assume the C's have dilligently ruled out a malevolent cause.

Please don't lump that poster in with the rest of us.

Not to sound like a broken record, but there were multiple accounts of Rondo being at the park, yet no accounts of him actually bopping up and down on the trampolines. My assumption is that if he had been, there would have been. It's doubtless once people realized who he was that he was monitored by onlookers for the duration.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Rondo saw how much Bledsoe is now getting and punched a wall.

  That might be true if he'd just signed a new deal. All Bledsoe's deal will do is push up the numbers future players will get.

And didn't Rondo already have a bigger deal on the table?