Why is Rondo so passive?

TheBigThree · Post #21 » by **TheBigThree** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:13 am

Not to say he hasn't been playing passively, but I hardly blame him for the video in the OP. He took a bad first dribble which would have made making the layup fairly difficult.

Gotta be injuries, though.

BadMojo · Post #22 » by **BadMojo** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:17 am

I don't know what the problem is but passing up layups when you have a step on the guys behind you and you are faster than they are is not a good idea. He slowed down when he got the ball. Stat padding anything (if that's what he was trying to do) never leads to any good. Just make the layup instead of searching for a trailer and if you miss or get fouled then shoot the damn FT's or run back on defense.

Chris435 · Post #23 » by **Chris435** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:20 am

trying to pad his assists. I really hate when players don't take half court shots at the end of quarters or pull stuff like Rondo's doing. It just looks bad.

LHead2 · Post #24 » by **LHead2** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:22 am

I'm thinking he didn't realize Allen had fallen down. Kicking it out to a trailing Ray Allen for an open transition three could have been a better shot than a contested layup against one of the best defenders in the league. Still, bad play there. A point guard has to be aware of risk vs. reward situations like that.

LBJ6GOAT · Post #25 » by **LBJ6GOAT** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:23 am

2-12, that's why.

Game Show · Post #26 » by **Game Show** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:24 am

He just wants to get his teammates involved

Post #27 » by **wetsthebed** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:26 am

I don't think he was padding stats, he thought Tony Allen was closer behind him than he was and was afraid of getting blocked. He probably also expected Ray to be trailing. It was annoying, but that one play isn't what lost us the game.

Post #28 » by **kingkirk** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:42 am

His confidence in his own socring ability is as low as it has been his whole career IMO.

Sure, make your teammates better, your great at that, but you also make them better by looking for your own aswell.

Keeps the D guessing.

bc legends · Post #29 » by **bc legends** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:45 am

nitric0 wrote:
OscarMayer wrote:He needs someone like Christina in front of him....
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09ZBddNa4k[/youtube]

Or grow a pair
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHux-OqW950[/youtube]

In come the Rose fanboys. :roll:

In regards to the OP, it's all confidence for Rondo. He's been avoiding contact in order to not end up at the line. Until what ever has been causing difficulties for him at the line ends, this will be common.

bostonHEATparty · Post #30 » by **bostonHEATparty** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:55 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvrv_Sw9ZEc[/youtube]

Possibly just nightmares...

In all seriousness, he should have went up, Tony Allen was trailing but I think he had more than a couple steps. Maybe just reflecting on his bad shooting of recent, though I'm sure Doc didn't like it.

VanCityRaps · Post #31 » by **VanCityRaps** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:02 am

I hate it when Rondo does that.

Yinwest · Post #32 » by **Yinwest** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:02 am

I like Rondo, but he is becoming even bigger stat whore than LeBron nowadays.

GameOver25 · Post #33 » by **GameOver25** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:11 am

lol @ Rondo passing up a layup.

Mad Guru · Post #34 » by **Mad Guru** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:27 am

Wow, I thought Rondo was going to take center stage this year, instead he is becoming an official role player.

Beith Kogans · Post #35 » by **Beith Kogans** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:34 am

I've seen rondo do this a couple of times to get an assist, but this one looks like he was trying not to get blocked.

96 Til Infiniti · Post #36 » by **96 Til Infiniti** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:35 am

Not the first time I've seen him do that, there's been other cases that were far worse.

Shill · Post #37 » by **Shill** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:45 am

I think he was trying to avoid getting blocked, but you still have to go up with that.

That's still a relatively high percentage shot, even with a defender bearing down.

bruddahmanmatt · Post #38 » by **bruddahmanmatt** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:55 am

Danny Ainge traded his swag to OKC.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #39 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:22 am

I noticed this a long time ago and so have a bunch of other posters. Hes afraid because he cant finish
imo. or was looking for a trailer to get an assist.

EDIT #2: There's no need for that.

basti

bigpimpatl · Post #40 » by **bigpimpatl** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:39 am

I'm not one to blame a single player or play for a loss, but with 2 minutes to go and the final score being 90-87, you can't help but wonder what the f*** Rondo was thinking. YES, Tony Allen is behind you, YES you are a poor free throw shooter, YES you are not a strong finisher. But not going for the layup allowed the grizzlies to get back on defense and completely halt any fast break opportunity you had.