Video: Rajon Rondo Tosses Alley-Oop With His Forehead

Glad to see Rondo’s working on that jumper of his…

Get a jumper!!

Fun.

this is crazy hate. that play was sick!

Who cares about a jumpshot when you can pass like that?

Can’t yall just enjoy the highlight? Yall acting like it said “Rajon Rondo workout video” and it showed him passing off his head. It was a charity game!

Did he just do that????? That was sick

No the perfect PG for Boston would be Steve Nash on offense, and Rajon Rondo on Defense. That would be “perfect” – Basically, Rondo been in the league 6 years, his jumper should be getting better. Actually it should already be better, it should be getting way better.

You guys are right, where is the hour long vid of him taking J’s in the gym. Can’t wait til SLAM posts that clip. So most of the other pg’s should be able to pass as well as Rajon, but can’t now and never will be able to. Save your complaints for the numerous shoot-first pg’s who can’t set-up a teammate properly for the life of them. But what do I know you guys are the experts. Just cause there isn’t a youtube clip of it doesn’t mean he isn’t practicing. Try going to game before tip-off and you’ll see dude out there shooting with Armon(d?) Hill like always. Furthermore it’s laughable how many of you think it is easy to change your shot mechanics over some summers. Lastly thanks to those of you for showing your true colors (purple and gold for some) by going out of your way to slight RR on post like this. (Credibility exits stage left). Nonetheless enjoy being annoyed by an off-the-forehead alley-oops, it sounds like a fun way to go about living life…

AT ALL – you’re already being hyperbolic, we both know that’s false. His elbow is less chicken-winged now, his arc is improved, his FT shooting is much more consistent, his willingness to take the FT line area J is higher and his range (albeit the percentage is less than ideal) is greater. You “just” have to put in hours. It can take years to change muscle memory so that when the body is stressed it doesn’t resort to older mechanics. Even is it was easy to fix a J in a couple summers the player still has to be able to translate that release into shots at varying distances and angles, off-the-dribble or stationary, open or covered, with and without contact. You’re greatly underestimating his ability to shoot by comparing him to other players in the league, but how well do those players do the things that RR excels at? It’s too easy to focus on what players don’t do well, than it is appreciate their uniqueness and respect that despite the skills they may lack they still flourish in the NBA. Look at LBJ, he still struggles with keeping his feet too close together before elevating and leaning back (rather than going straight-up) before release. Do I think he should be better, mos def, but it’s funny how he is just good enough to be criticized for not being good enough. If RR couldn’t pass as well nobody would care about his shooting. It’s only because his defense, knack for finding the ball, ability to rebound, athleticism and passing acumen are so dynamic that people imagine how “great” he’d be if the J was more consistent…

His J is horrible. If he wasn’t so good at all the things you named, he wouldn’t get off the bench. If he would even be in the NBA.

I’m not arguing it’s good or he doesn’t need to improve, but your criticism is over-the-top. You say he hasn’t improved since his rookie year and I vehemently disagree based on the things I brought up. “If he wasn’t so good at ALL the things you named,” but he is so that’s pointless. I’ve seen him in-person several times, had league pass since his rookie year, caught some of him at UK, know about him working on FT’s with Mark Price in the offseasons, working with AHill everyday, observed how his shots used to miss and how they miss now; since you haven’t you can get away with making uninfomed blanket comments like you are. If you have, then I don’t know what to tell ya other than your eyes are lying. It’s all good though this back-and-forth is what SLAM should be about, rather than the lockout research report we’ve been doin lately…

I haven’t? other than the fact that I’ve only seen Rondo in person three times (but once during his rookie year, didn’t tell me much), I have watched his whole (televised) career. You can practice your shooting, free throws, whatever, all you want, that doesn’t mean your making a concentrated effort to actually change your shot. Him working with Mark Price tells me almost nothing other than he is working on shooting. He might not be changing a thing. And based on last season, quote, “This past season, Rondo shot an abominable 31 percent from between 10 and 15 feet from the rim. It was by far the lowest percentage of his career from that range, way down from the more than respectable 47 percent he shot from that distance in 2009-2010″ (bleacherreport), he has only gotten worse. I have worked with many people on their jumpers. And have completely changed aspects of each and every one of their releases, in 1 summer. The difference between them and NBA players, they aren’t NBA players, who don’t get paid to do what they do, and don’t have some “i know everything” concept like a lot of the pros do.

31%, open or covered? Off-the-dribble or after receiving a pass? Stationary or moving? How many at the end of the shot clock? Stats give some of the story, but not all of it. You’re trying to change the argument to whether or not he is a good shooter to avoid addressing your AT ALL comment earlier. “he has only gotten worse,” so he will shoot lower than 31% (10-15ft) next year, and lower than that the year after cause he’s getting worse right? 47% in 09-10′ seems pretty damn adequate to me and 31% seemed right since last year was a down year for him. After coming out the gates on fire he battled injuries, teammate continuity and the burden of carrying a greater offensive load(something he struggled with at times) for the team. Stats can’t relay that he, his teammates and his coaches all have much more confidence in him taking a 3 (but wait that would mean he improved) or mid-range J when counts much more so now than in previous years. Other than assists all his stats were down last year; the previous 3 seasons a more representative of his ability. The stats from those seasons show an obvious improvment from his rookie year and even last year (his worst of the last 4) is better than his rookie year, but my eyes already told me that…

I have been working with people on their shooting since I was in High School, it is the one skill that I know more than anything else in this world. Shooting is an individual skill. What’s happening with his teammates and coaches and injuries and offensive load don’t have anything to do with his porous shooting ability. He is a horrible shooter because he is a horrible shooter. And he hasn’t improved on it in his career. Maybe he has worked on it, well actually he has definitely worked on it, but obviously not in a constructive/positive way.

He went from awful. To absolutely terrible.

That was dope!

No Rondo is a horrible shooter regardless of what a good % shooter puts up. (plus you have to be retarded to compare the quality of shots Rondo gets to the average player. rondo is invited to shoot on every single possession.) Showing you the 31% was to prove he hasn’t improved. Don’t get hung up on the %, he’s a terrible shooter. Plain and simple

You brought up the %’s, not me. He has improved “AT ALL” since his rookie year whether you use stats or eyes. You’re using last year (his worst) as your baseline for his ability, I’m using the 3 previous years which are far more similar to each other. What do you think is a more representative sample size? I also started this by saying that railing on his shooting ability in a comment section for an alley-oop highlight from a charity game he hosted is childishly weak. Look at your comment “I don’t think that pass really is something that needs to be practiced,” like he’s in the gym bouncing the ball on his forehead instead of putting up J’s. Lastly and most importantly even if he shoots as bad as he did last year for the rest of his career (which he won’t since it was an aberration, he’ll more than likely progress back to his mean level – the previous 3 years) Rajon will be a starting pg for the next decade…

sweet pass gotta love it!

Courtesy of probasketballtalk – “The mid-range game is becoming a bit of a lost art in the NBA, and for good reason: according to Hoopdata.com, NBA players make 64% of their shots at the rim and 36.2% of their threes (which translates to an eFG% of 54.3%), but only make 38.4% of their shots from 10-15 feet and 39.7% of their shots from 16-23 feet.” Dirk tied for the league lead at 53% from 10-15ft, and “Dirk is having a historically great year from mid-range,” so I guess historically great is awful in bk’s book. Got Heeeeeeeeem!!!

First off Rondo has a weird form on his jumper Ray Allen gotta help him fix that thing or something, where it starts… second he doesnt have a shooters mentality whatsoever. That hurts his game when teams don’t even bother guarding him 18ft and out. But he is also very efficient when he DOES look to score. So it’s probably never going to be a true threat but he’s still an all-star anyways so whats the beef?

^^^^^^Exactlty what’s the beef? They’re on some let’s take the worst part of his game and pick it apart shht to me. Totally blakos, but it depends on how one wants to argue it. I’d say it’s easier to shoot a higher % when you take more shots beacause of rhythm, repitition and mentally knowing you’re taking the shot before you take it. Whereas it’d be harder with fewer shots because of a lack of those things (making Rajon’s % look a little less pedestrian), but in this case nbk would probably argue the opposite…

You didn’t prove it though, I used your own % stat against you and of course who would want to get caught up in something like extra details. There’s no way extra details ever helped someone make an argument before. If the % is proof then what about those %’s from probballtalk?What are they proof of? Earlier you told me not to get hung up on the %, now the % is proof? Proof of what? Proof he had an off year, okay then you win…

But 47% of wide open 10 footers is a bad % anyway.