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StrengthNHonor wrote:Rondo left the 2010 FIBA championships amid curious circumstances -- the team said he withdrew for personal reasons, but his departure came after he received a DNP-CD during an exhibition game against Spain. Rondo told Fox Sports Florida he left of his own accord because he was "homesick."
RutgersBJJ wrote:Why do you think he was so close to getting traded a year ago? You think teams go out of their way to shop their youngest and best player if he isn't a douche?
smith2373 wrote:RutgersBJJ wrote:Why do you think he was so close to getting traded a year ago? You think teams go out of their way to shop their youngest and best player if he isn't a douche?
Rondo wasn't getting shopped because of his attitude. He was being shopped because Danny Ainge didn't know if he could trust having Rondo as his best player once the Big 3 all left for the years coming. And what do you know, Rondo has the best season of his career and helps lead the team to the ECF, and now Danny Ainge deems Rondo untradeable.
Frank Dux wrote:I liken his personality to that of Kobe's. Both are a little odd, alienate certain teammates, and aren't the best with the media. But you can't say Rondo isn't out there giving it 100% on the court, putting the team on his back, and making everyone on that roster better.
Ray-Ray comes off as the bigger baby of the situation. He's really that butthurt about a younger, better player becoming the "man" on the Celtics that he had to bail out for the superfriends in south beach? loser move IMO. You don't join your rival right after getting ousted by them in the playoffs.
Rondo is just fine, his attitude, like Bryant's is what makes him a great player.
"He feels like he needs to show the league and the people in this country that he is better without Shaq, that he can win without Shaq," Allen said. "That he can still average 30 points and he can still carry the load on this team.
The point production is not so much what people will look at because (Tracy) McGrady did it in Orlando and Allen (Iverson) did it in Philly. But can you win championships? I think that is special. Can he make everybody better?
"He has the talent. But is his attitude going to sometimes allow him to take the backseat and let Lamar Odom shine and let Caron Butler have his nights and bring those big guys (Chris Mihm and Slava Medvedenko) along?"
Allen predicted that the Lakers would not be nearly as successful with their current roster and that that would eventually make Bryant frustrated.
"If Kobe doesn't see that he needs two and a half good players on this team to be a legitimate playoff contender and maybe win a championship, in about a year or two he will be calling out to (Lakers owner) Jerry Buss that we need some help in here, or trade me. We'll all be saying we told you so when he says that."
Allen also took exception to Bryant's trash-talking.
"I think he talks because he feels like he has to talk," Allen said. "He's out there playing, and if he does something good he feels like he needs to pat himself on the back. Because to me it seems like he is isolated out there. As much as it's five-on-five, I don't see much camaraderie going on out there with his teammates."
Allen said at the end of the game, when a Sonics comeback victory was nearly decided, Bryant remained intent upon proving how good he was. When Antonio Daniels told 6-foot-8, 250-pound power forward Reggie Evans to get out on Bryant defensively, Allen said Bryant began to say how he was now 230 pounds and how he could take Evans.
"I was like, 'Well go ahead and take him then,'" Allen said. "He's fighting all these battles that he doesn't need to fight, meanwhile his team is losing the war."
StrengthNHonor wrote:smith2373 wrote:RutgersBJJ wrote:Why do you think he was so close to getting traded a year ago? You think teams go out of their way to shop their youngest and best player if he isn't a douche?
Rondo wasn't getting shopped because of his attitude. He was being shopped because Danny Ainge didn't know if he could trust having Rondo as his best player once the Big 3 all left for the years coming. And what do you know, Rondo has the best season of his career and helps lead the team to the ECF, and now Danny Ainge deems Rondo untradeable.
How do you know it wasn't that Ainge couldn't get what he wanted for Rondo, so he gave up and stopped trying to avoid making him angrier?
bertrob wrote:ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:Im always going to think hes a bitch, so sure, whatevs.
its cause Rose is HIS bitch right?
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narmerguy wrote:Lots of excuses made so willingly for Rondo because he "gives it his all" and has authority problems. Can you imagine if LeBron had reports of alienating teammates or throwing tantrums? The slightest reports about Dwight being cancerous and everyone is up in arms about the dude. Lord help Westbrook if he did such things, despite giving his all on the court.
burgundy wrote:Would Dwight sign with the Celtics if Rondo was on the team?
RutgersBJJ wrote:Why do you think he was so close to getting traded a year ago? You think teams go out of their way to shop their youngest and best player if he isn't a douche?
Pimpwerx wrote:StojkoVrankovic wrote:Pimpwerx wrote:He comes off as a dick on the court. Rude to officials, and scowls too much for someone playing a game. He just doesn't seem like a likable guy. That's also got something to do with his off-court appearances on camera and comments from some local guys about how he treats people off the court. I wouldn't call him a cancer, but he's not one of those positive locker room guys. He can change with time. PEACE.
You just described LeBron James, except Rondo is faithful to his wife. PEACE
When have you seen Lebron being a dick off or on the court? And describe what being a dick is. I consider Rondo disrespecting the refs verbally, chucking the ball at them as disrespectful. Off the court, we've seen him shove and try to intimidate reporters/cameramen before. You've never seen that from Lebron. All reports are he's a nice guy. The hate for Lebron is born from people's personal disdain for the guy, not his actions. People who work with him all love him. Figure that. PEACE.
Shv3d wrote:Frank Mulely wrote:Honestly if this was the 80s
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