How many games in the slump has Rondo..

SuigintouEV · Post #1 » by **SuigintouEV** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:06 am

Led the team in negative +/-?

It feels like every time I check a celtics box score, Rondo has a double digit negative

SuigintouEV · Post #2 » by **SuigintouEV** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:27 am

since no one else bothered, I looked it up myself

VS L.A. - Tony Allen with the worst +/- at -11
VS G.S. - Eddie House with the worst +/- at -19
VS Portland - Eddie House and Leon Powe with the worst at -7
VS NYK - Rondo with the worst +/- -25 and KG/Ray weren't much better
VS Charlotte - Rondo with the worst at -18
VS Houston - House with the worst at -9
VS Cleveland - Rondo currently the worst at -18

jfs1000d · Post #3 » by **jfs1000d** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:41 am

Hmmm. FREAKING GUARD PLAY.

Get another gyuard here ASAP. House and Rondo have been terrible. I thought Rondo was through this kind of play, but he is wildly inconsistent again.

JR Hawks · Post #4 » by **JR Hawks** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:44 am

SuigintouEV wrote:since no one else bothered, I looked it up myself

VS L.A. - Tony Allen with the worst +/- at -11
VS G.S. - Eddie House with the worst +/- at -19
VS Portland - Eddie House and Leon Powe with the worst at -7
VS NYK - Rondo with the worst +/- -25 and KG/Ray weren't much better
VS Charlotte - Rondo with the worst at -18
VS Houston - House with the worst at -9
VS Cleveland - Rondo currently the worst at -18

If this doesn't say our backcourt sucks, I don't know what does. Bring in Marbury...and put him in the starting line up.

celtics543 · Post #5 » by **celtics543** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:48 am

Pruitt anyone? He's looked good in the limited minutes in the last few games. I'd like to see him get a real crack at some big minutes.

Hemingway · Post #6 » by **Hemingway** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:03 am

give the kid a break. It is his second year and he is learning.

Joebiscuit · Post #7 » by **Joebiscuit** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:07 am

Hemingway wrote:give the kid a break. It is his second year and he is learning.

3rd year actually.

SuigintouEV · Post #8 » by **SuigintouEV** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:09 am

Hemingway wrote:give the kid a break. It is his second year and he is learning.

He's got the "IQ" aspect down.

It's the "make wide open jumpshots" part he needds to "learn"

ryaningf · Post #9 » by **ryaningf** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:22 am

Rondo is and will be fine. He's going through a lull right now but he needs to remember he's only an All-Star when he's attacking, both on the defensive and offensive ends. He needs to get back to hounding the ball and getting the team in transition.

House, on the other hand, is a disaster. Bad defense, chucks on the offensive end, and if he's not hitting he should be playing. Pruitt deserves his minutes in the near future.

Post #10 » by **Slartibartfast** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:25 am

I thought Rondo played his best game since the streak tonight. I think the fact that whenever he was on the court LeBron was also is largely to blame for his plus minus.

He got into the lane and created, hit the boards and outplayed Mo Williams. He missed a lot of Fts and flip shots, but his % will bear out if he keeps generating the same looks.

Our big problems were Pierce's bad passes, cold shooting from downtown on a night when the Cavs were hot, a dearth of scoring off the bench (we couldn't take advantage of a tepid showing from the Cavs bench) and some ridiculous momentum killers from LeBron. I'm confident that Bron won't be hitting all those shots regularly, and I believe the rest of the problems, minus the bench scoring, will be amended with time.

BadWolf · Post #11 » by **BadWolf** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:23 am

celtics543 wrote:Pruitt anyone? He's looked good in the limited minutes in the last few games. I'd like to see him get a real crack at some big minutes.

his 35% fg and 30% 3pt sure says start me...

BillessuR6 · Post #12 » by **BillessuR6** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:38 am

BadWolf wrote:
celtics543 wrote:Pruitt anyone? He's looked good in the limited minutes in the last few games. I'd like to see him get a real crack at some big minutes.

his 35% fg and 30% 3pt sure says start me...

It is hard to have a good % if you play with House, Scal, Powe, Davis...

Play him with the first unit and his % will be much better...

As for Rondo. He has been horrible. He can`t be in the game when we are behind and we need to score points. He is the worst offensive PG in the league right now...

da_truth34 · Post #13 » by **da_truth34** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:55 pm

Lately rondos been makin terrible plays. Durring the slump it seems like he's been making a lot of dumb plays, like driving into the lane and having an open lay-up then trying to pass it out to someone near the 3 point line. Hopefully losing yesterday is a wake up call for the team.

Post #14 » by **sunshinekids99** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:22 pm

I know it my not be a popular choice, but why not just see what Sam has left in the tank? Perhaps in a regular season game he could help the team out a bit.