Olynyk is one of the worst defenders in the league .

[Rondo9]

Olynyk will be fine and I'll still take him over future superstar giannis

[greece66]

Olynyk will be fine and I'll still take him over future superstar giannis

I'm happy I'm not alone in thinking KO will be fine.
The comparison with Giannis is really unfair for KO, it was after all Ainge's fault not his...

[Birdman]

He is not a center plain and simple..he is a backup PF

[Tr1boy]

KO's game revolves around him having some time  to make decision with the ball. 

Not always have to pass it to Rondo after a quick pass to setup things in the halfcourt.  His assist #'s have been non existent since hot dog Rondo wont' let others be facilitators   (since he can't do much else on the offensive end).

Watch KO play without Rondo starting, he is making some sweet passes. His man gets worried about this, gets closer to him and he can drive by him/Shoot the ball.

Right now Rondo expects him after one pass to score the ball. Actually KO has not been doing this, maybe his confidence is low or whatever and Rondo has rarely been passing him the ball.  I don't know how many millions of passes he makes to Bass and AB, but not too many for KO and others. 

Ainge and BS have to fix "these" incompatibilities for this team to move fwd.

[rondohondo]

KO's game revolves around him having some time  to make decision with the ball. 

Not always have to pass it to Rondo after a quick pass to setup things in the halfcourt.  His assist #'s have been non existent since hot dog Rondo wont' let others be facilitators   (since he can't do much else on the offensive end).

Watch KO play without Rondo starting, he is making some sweet passes. His man gets worried about this, gets closer to him and he can drive by him/Shoot the ball.

Right now Rondo expects him after one pass to score the ball. Actually KO has not been doing this, maybe his confidence is low or whatever and Rondo has rarely been passing him the ball.  I don't know how many millions of passes he makes to Bass and AB, but not too many for KO and others. 

Ainge and BS have to fix "these" incompatibilities for this team to move fwd.

are you serious?

Rondo set him up for 3 or 4 open 3's today that he passed on

Everything comes back to Rondo though

I don't think Rondo is a superstar and try to be objective about it, but your hate for him is really strange .

[Nerf DPOY]

KO's game revolves around him having some time  to make decision with the ball. 

Not always have to pass it to Rondo after a quick pass to setup things in the halfcourt.  His assist #'s have been non existent since hot dog Rondo wont' let others be facilitators   (since he can't do much else on the offensive end).

Watch KO play without Rondo starting, he is making some sweet passes. His man gets worried about this, gets closer to him and he can drive by him/Shoot the ball.

Right now Rondo expects him after one pass to score the ball. Actually KO has not been doing this, maybe his confidence is low or whatever and Rondo has rarely been passing him the ball.  I don't know how many millions of passes he makes to Bass and AB, but not too many for KO and others. 

Ainge and BS have to fix "these" incompatibilities for this team to move fwd.

[fairweatherfan]

Olynyk wasn't as good as he was playing a couple weeks ago, and he's not as bad as he's playing lately.  Give it time, it's not like we're going much of anywhere this year anyway. 

But he needs to show that he can deal with bad stretches better than this - during his slump he's been practically invisible except for when someone's blowing by him.  Oddly, despite being terrible on D overall today, he had a terrific possession defending Kawhi, and Kawhi was trying his best to get by him.  So we know the potential is there, he's just got to bring that up to a semi-regular occurrence instead of once in a blue moon.

[Chris22]

He is not a center plain and simple..he is a backup PF

Maybe if he cuts his hair....

[2short]

KO's game revolves around him having some time  to make decision with the ball. 

Not always have to pass it to Rondo after a quick pass to setup things in the halfcourt.  His assist #'s have been non existent since hot dog Rondo wont' let others be facilitators   (since he can't do much else on the offensive end).

Watch KO play without Rondo starting, he is making some sweet passes. His man gets worried about this, gets closer to him and he can drive by him/Shoot the ball.

Right now Rondo expects him after one pass to score the ball. Actually KO has not been doing this, maybe his confidence is low or whatever and Rondo has rarely been passing him the ball.  I don't know how many millions of passes he makes to Bass and AB, but not too many for KO and others. 

Ainge and BS have to fix "these" incompatibilities for this team to move fwd.

pick on rondo for other things but he without a doubt gets his teammates in the best spots for scoring, coming off curls, screens, pick and rolls, pick and pops etc etc
rondo makes everyone look better

we all understand that we have two nba starters on our team , correct?
rondo and green
sully is maybe a starter, without a doubt no one else on our team is starter material, patience

[Chris22]

KO's game revolves around him having some time  to make decision with the ball. 

Not always have to pass it to Rondo after a quick pass to setup things in the halfcourt.  His assist #'s have been non existent since hot dog Rondo wont' let others be facilitators   (since he can't do much else on the offensive end).

Watch KO play without Rondo starting, he is making some sweet passes. His man gets worried about this, gets closer to him and he can drive by him/Shoot the ball.

Right now Rondo expects him after one pass to score the ball. Actually KO has not been doing this, maybe his confidence is low or whatever and Rondo has rarely been passing him the ball.  I don't know how many millions of passes he makes to Bass and AB, but not too many for KO and others. 

Ainge and BS have to fix "these" incompatibilities for this team to move fwd.

pick on rondo for other things but he without a doubt gets his teammates in the best spots for scoring, coming off curls, screens, pick and rolls, pick and pops etc etc
rondo makes everyone look better

we all understand that we have two nba starters on our team , correct?
rondo and green
sully is maybe a starter, without a doubt no one else on our team is starter material, patience

Sullinger is the best player on our team.

A sobering thought.

[Beat LA]

Has KO reached the Michael Smith level of defensive ineptitude yet, or do we still have to wait and see over the course of the rest of the season to determine whether or not that is the case?  Ugh.  Maybe guys just automatically think that they can get by him because they think that they're being 'guarded' by a billy goat .

[mr. dee]

I'm amazed how triboy can bring Rondo in every discussion that doesn't involved him. 

[Beat LA]

I'm amazed how triboy can bring Rondo in every discussion that doesn't involved him. 

I think Rondo has turned into the Barack Obama of the Celtics.  Anything and everything that goes wrong is obviously his fault.  There could be a video of kittens on YouTube, and, invariably, someone will leave a comment of 'Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. Obama' .  Ugh.

[Boris Badenov]

I'm amazed how triboy can bring Rondo in every discussion that doesn't involved him. 

The path from "KO's defense is awful" to "it's Rondo's fault" may not be obvious to all. We need to be shown the way.

[hwangjini_1]

I'm amazed how triboy can bring Rondo in every discussion that doesn't involved him. 

The path from "KO's defense is awful" to "it's Rondo's fault" may not be obvious to all. We need to be shown the way.

boris, you officially have a spooky avatar. 

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