sully00 wrote:Do you watch this team play games?
I ask because right now what we do is have Rondo go stand in the corner and have either Pierce or Ray initiate the offense and play 4 on 5. Is that good basketball to you?
Have you read my posts before? You know, the ones where I rail on Doc for taking the ball out of Rondo's hands, which needlessly plays into the other team's scheme of rendering Rondo a jump shooter?
sully00 wrote:If we are up 5 or more we can live with it for the advantage of having Rondo's defense and the ability to get in the open court.
But you either don't watch or don't understand the game if you think what is going on with Rondo right now is cool and just non traditional, the kid is shooting 33% from the FT line that is half of his already crappy FT shooting. You can't have your primary ball handler not just be bad but flat out afraid to go to the line. It has got to change.
Didn't say it was cool. My point about him being non-traditional and unconventional was simple--people make a bigger deal out his supposed weaknesses because traditionally his struggles are areas of the game that most PGs don't struggle with...making those struggles *seem* worse than they actually are. In reality they're not so bad, all things considered (you gotta take the good with the bad, and factor in the good when weighing the bad, or you're making pointless evaluations).
At this point in time, complaining about Rondo's free throw shooting is nothing but an over-reaction. I mean, has he even attempted 30 FTs yet? It's way TOO EARLY and the sample size is way TOO SMALL to start blowing your wad over hypothetical disadvantages that haven't even shown themselves to result in Ls. When was the last time Rondo missed FTs down the stretch? Just asking. You'd think it had happened alot based off the big stink you're making over it.
If you ask me, the new routine and the 'cocking' action that he's inserted into that routine (where he squares his hips and locks his elbow right before the release) seem to have made some good results. I think he's trending back towards respectability at the line. I chalk up the bad start at the line (over a measly 26 FTs) as nothing but the normal growing pains associated with any major form re-adjustment. Changing rotations at this point, all because he's had a tough start at the line, would be the definition, the ultimate text book case of panic in the face of adversity. Luckily, Doc knows better.
And, as I said before, he's not even getting late game FTs for the most part. It's funny, people like you like to complain about him not only sucking at the FT line, but also for sucking at getting to the FT line. What you don't realize is that sucking at GETTING to the line actually minimizes the sucking he does AT the FT line. But that's a digression; the point remains the same. Much ado about nothing.
BTW, the tired trope of 'you must not watch the games or understand basketball' is pretty lame, Sully. I think you're better than that. Seriously. We all watch the games.
