Net Sentence wrote:
It's not hard to figure out. He butted heads with the coach and the vets on the team didnt want him rocking the boat. The Mavericks chose not to play a guy who wasnt 100% healthy and couldnt accept a lesser role.
No where did it say Rondo isnt wanted back in Sactown. It was said that they dont want to get into a bidding war to bring him back. This is posturing in the media by the team and agent. It's really nothing. You are trying to make it about that though because of what? Calling a ref a F*G. Big deal. Michael Jordan has been quoted calling his teammates that and much worse. Kobe raped a maid and was just celebrated. Ray Lewis killed someone and is on ESPN.
I dont have to like the person who plays for my team. In fact I wouldnt get along with most of them. I only care about what they do on the court. Jason Kidd beat his wife and it didnt stop me from cheering for him. People do bad sht every day. Bill Cosby was a beacon for everything right for decades. Now we find out that he was a sexual predator. Mike Tyson was a piece of garbage for over a decade as a person but now he seems like a good dude. What I am saying is a bad act doesnt wipe out good ones nor does a good act wipe out bad ones. All people are flawed.
I wouldnt have taken Rondo last season because there was a large chance that he was never going to be the same player after his knee injury. He showed last season that that wasnt the case. The same could be said about Brandon Jennings this season. I wouldnt touch Jennings this offseason but if he goes somewhere else and proves that he is healthy and able to play at a high level then I would welcome him on the team.
He butted heads with coaches and players? He has a history of doing that, why would you expect him to not do that here?
You say that Rondo wouldn't accept a lesser role like that is no big deal. Its the playoffs. The goal is to win the championship. What about him not wanting to take a lesser role is okay?
Dallas didn't want to play a guy who was 100% healthy? They faked that injury.
The Mavs and Rondo made a mutual decision to part ways the next day, sources told ESPNDallas.com, framing the reasoning as a back injury as a favor to try to help the four-time All-Star point guard save face.
The truth was that the Mavs didn’t want Rondo, who was going to be replaced in the starting lineup regardless, pouting and rubbing off on other players, Ellis in particular. Essentially, the Mavs made a drastic move in an attempt to do damage control on a chemistry crisis.]
We're not talking about what MJ called his peers, what Kobe did off the court or what Ray Lewis did in another sport. We're talking about what rondo said, during an NBA game, to an official. He knew if he called them a f*g he would hurt that ref more than anything else and that's what he did. He has no filter. He did that during a game. How do you as a fan root for that guy if he's on your team.
I'm fine with Rondo as a player, I like a PG that's a triple double threat. But I don't want anything that comes with it. I don't want that dude around the locker room because I'm scared of It's effects.
