At 28 is Rondo past his prime?

[White Buffalo]

[brandonmm94]

no

[D.o.s.]

There's arguments to be had either way in terms of the generalities of the question -- are NBA players past their prime at the age of 28 -- but the problem in talking about it as is relates to Rondo is that we don't know because he hasn't played, so it's largely baseless conjecture without even cursory game footage for us to disagree over.

[White Buffalo]

[2short]

some people on here are going to argue that :
rondo IS past his prime
rondo NEVER had a prime
and of course we should trade him 

by the way no he hasn't hit his prime yet, done some amazing things but not yet hit the peak

[Donoghus]

There's arguments to be had either way in terms of the generalities of the question -- are NBA players past their prime at the age of 28 -- but the problem in talking about it as is relates to Rondo is that we don't know because he hasn't played, so it's largely baseless conjecture without even cursory game footage for us to disagree over.

Exactly.  We should probably wait until he's actually playing again and has quite a number of games under his belt before you can really have this talk. 

[LarBrd33]

Yeah.  A few years ago when the Celtics were a pseudo-contender, the team was on the national radar and Rondo was putting up some juicy stats... it resulted in some all-star appearances.   His body didn't hold up, though.  He's an injury prone guard who can still probably help a good team when healthy, but his best days are well behind him.

That doesn't take anything away from what Rondo was able to do from 2009-12.  He was a key part of keeping this team relevant as the star talent faded and our window closed.  In terms of Celtic greats history will remember him on a par with Antoine Walker... maybe slightly higher, because he had an additional all-star appearance and he was a role player on a championship in Boston instead of Miami.

[saltlover]

There's arguments to be had either way in terms of the generalities of the question -- are NBA players past their prime at the age of 28 -- but the problem in talking about it as is relates to Rondo is that we don't know because he hasn't played, so it's largely baseless conjecture without even cursory game footage for us to disagree over.

Get your nuance out of Celticsblog.

[White Buffalo]

[Waew]

A lot of the great point guards in the past adapted their game to their strengths as they aged. Look at Nash he was still relevant at 35. Same with John Stockton. I expect the same with rondo. Nash Stockton and rondo have similar games and these traditional type of point guards with high bbiq seem to have longevity.

[D.o.s.]

A lot of the great point guards in the past adapted their game to their strengths as they aged. Look at Nash he was still relevant at 35. Same with John Stockton. I expect the same with rondo. Nash Stockton and rondo have similar games and these traditional type of point guards with high bbiq seem to have longevity.

IMO, Kidd is a better example if you want to talk about the way their game translated. Nash and Stockton were/are significantly better shooters than Rondo, and shooters will always have that to fall back on.

[D.o.s.]

There's arguments to be had either way in terms of the generalities of the question -- are NBA players past their prime at the age of 28 -- but the problem in talking about it as is relates to Rondo is that we don't know because he hasn't played, so it's largely baseless conjecture without even cursory game footage for us to disagree over.

Get your nuance out of Celticsblog.

...Ok. It's been fun.

[BballTim]

There's arguments to be had either way in terms of the generalities of the question -- are NBA players past their prime at the age of 28 -- but the problem in talking about it as is relates to Rondo is that we don't know because he hasn't played, so it's largely baseless conjecture without even cursory game footage for us to disagree over.

  He has played, probably for 7-8 years. It's apparently too small a sample size, because you see and unending number of posts about Rondo that start out with "we just don't know how he'll do" if there are any changes to the team whatsoever. I think those people will start to get a sense of those things by the time he's in his early 30s but I've been wrong about that before.

[BudweiserCeltic]

No.

[coffee425]

i guess if he's passed his prime then CP3 and Deron Williams should just retire.

this question has always driven me nuts by rondo-critics.