knickscity
Benchwarmer
Teams give Rondo a window to shoot because it kills Boston's offensive flow.This brings me to one of my reasons for not caring about his assists totals. I know he finds his teammates open and everything. To me, teams are way too worried about Garnett, Allen, and Pierce, which allows Rondo to get to do a lot more. In the 2008-2009 season I was watching the Nets play them, they literally let him go to the basket with ease. I didn't understand it at all. It wasn't even like another Celtic was on fire.
The same thing happened in the Playoffs with us. The commentating was brutal. They kept saying he was so great around the basket and all, but it was the horrible defense. When Anthony Carter FINALLY got his chance, Rondo couldn't do squat against him.
To me, it is good to not defend Rondo a lot, you also have not give their big three that kind of respect anymore. They're good, but they're not that good now.
He's gets those high percentage shots not because of his great scoring prowess, he gets them because he's wide open. He gets those assist totals because he'd be taken out of the game if he tried much of anything else.
When we did it, we were able to stay in the game with Boston.
When we closed out on Rondo, even though he didn't score, he set up Ray Allen in particular who was shooting over 50& from three.
So pick your poison........
A 50% layup from Rondo or.......
an uncontested jumper most likely a three from Pierce or Ray.
Rondo is a good pg, plain and simple.