I don't believe Rondo has a personal beef against him. But I do wonder if Rondo views other starting point guards as a particular rival. It's like... Okay, Paul is the best... Then I'm going to go all or nothing whenever our teams meet. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having that kind of mentality. Just don't let it drive you to where you play down to your opponent if it isn't a marque match-up. I hope Rondo doesn't possess an inferiority complex. No, not him.
The Celtics center told the media that, according to Rondo, the only reason Chris Paul has so many assists is that “the ball is in his hands all the time.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bask ... ving_mood/
This is a good point...
Now, my first reaction is that…well…so would Rondo. But that’s his point. In the Celtic’s offense, the ball often moves through a number of other hands on the way to a potential assist. The assist leaders like Steve Nash, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Jason Kidd do seem to have the ball more and the offense runs through them more than other players on the team.
http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/11/1/11 ... #storyjump