Top 50: Rajon Rondo, no. 15

F*CK – That last comment by Allen was me, my bad. Slam this is getting annoying I’ve had Allen’s info like 20 times over the last 2 days.

it dont matter who plays D at the point on Boston squad…with KG leadin the D EVERYBODY gon fall in line …period…where he hurts them is on Offense …period …he F*CKS up the spacin n the clutch so bad that his first 43minutes is damn near worthless

In response to the point that the Celtics fall off when Rondo is out of a quarter/game: Sure Rondo is good, but it’s also worth noting that Rondo is and has been the ONLY point Boston has had since he became a starter. Every other player reserve brought in to relieve him was either subpar or a shooting guard in a point’s point. With that being said, of course the Celtics fall off without Rondo. I don’t think Rondo can carry a team on his own like Paul/Rose and at times Nash, but he certainly is a good point guard in his System.

I respect his game, and think he is the fourth best pg in the game right now.

i had no idea jennings was that good a defender… also this a decent spot for rondo.. a little high but whatever

Yeah Kennedy, he was a good defender in his rookie season. Probably the worst offensive PG in the league for the minutes he played, but defensively he was solid, his numbers look almost exactly like they do now, per minute.

I wonder how Phoenix feels about trading away Rondo for nothing.
Probably the same way they feel about trading away Luol Deng for nothing.

Nah, I was talking about defenders in general, then switched to point guards.

Nate Robinson, and Marcin Gortat (we got him back though) as well.

Co-sign nbk and engimatic on EBled. I remember watching him vs the heat and a couple times dude got up there and blocked a couple of LeBron shots, you don’t see that everyday from a PG. His only problem will be lack of significant playing time because if people think Wall plays too fast, they haven’t seen EBled. The guy plays as if his shorts are on fire.

Off topic, but speaking of former UK Cats who need more burn, you gotta feel bad for Daniel Orton.
Dude went from backing up DeMarcus Cousins in college to backing up Dwight Howard in the NBA, pretty much having little chance to prove himself.
Then again, dude shoulda stayed in school.

True.
But I think dude lacks the maturity to soak in everything he can from learning from and practicing against Howard.
I think he really could’ve benefited from staying at UK at least another year.

Well at least Rondo has decent shooting mechanics; that means he has a good fundamental base to work with. The same cannot be said about Kidd, whose shot has always looked ugly even when on a hot streak. But Rondo is still young and is undoubtedly an elite level distributer. I believe he will solidify his shot. 70-75% is not an unreasonable expectation for FT percentage as he continues to develop. Malone turned his FT shooting around to a much greater extent than that. Westbrook has deficiencies in his game (decision making) that are much harder to correct than a weak jumpshot. I think the two are neck and neck but would probably take Rondo at this point provided my team had a legit scoring option for his to feed the rock. Bledsoe actually reminds me a lot of Rondo but with even more freakish athleticism. I like that he came up in this discussion; I think that as he matures he will help make the Clippers even more spectacular than they already are. Seriously their starting lineup will feature at least four guys with 40+ vertical leaps. Not sure what Aminu’s is but that could make five. Anyways, no argument with Rondo’s ranking here. I think he could even be higher. I think people hate on him especially hard because he plays for Boston and has one very noticeable weakness, but I’m sure once he gets his shot on track his detractors will continue to sing the same song.

yo, ripslam. Who’s hating on your boy? Name a hateful remark that people took with some merit in this thread please. I don’t think anyone is placing him outside the top 5 maybe 6th PG spot in this thread. No hate here. Your that guy that wear the “I LOVE HATERS” shirts aren’t you? It’s not hating to dislike certain aspects of people and things.

solid placing for rondo. could be ranked higher next season when the big 3′s minutes and performance noticeably drop due to age, or rondo could very well just disappear from the rankings coz he wont have anyone to pass to.

You know what, there must be obviously alot of Celtic haters out there,or Rondo haters but I for one am not. But because I live on the other side of world its morning here so I cant get on in any discusion. There’s a reason why he has made the All Defensive 1st team two years in a row, its becuase hes a good defender, you guys keep reffering to payton and stuff who were great defenders….back then and comparing but In these times I would say hes a real good defender, and then you compare him to drue, and yeah he is pretty good as well. Lets not forget that Rondo saves himself, well seems to for the Playoffs where he really shines, he can be a monster in the playoffs, almost averaging a triple double a few years ago. Good for a double double any day off the week and is a pretty good rebounder for his size. He gets ray allen all his shots, Ray Allen said that most of the shots that he has made in Boston have been passed to him by Rondo, he gives KG his post looks and alley opps, how many alley opps did he give to shaq, though he didnt play as many games it seemed to be a few each game almost, he is the one who runs the floor on transition and easily passes it back to a trailing paul pierce who does his slow walk up 3′s, hes the one who gives the bounce passes to a avalanching Big Baby coming through the lanes, he assigns himself to the star players to defend. He is the one who now tells KG when to shut up. And earlier i read he couldnt finish at the rim? I seen him do that, plenty of times, and his lay ups a wonder to watch, not D wade finishes or Manu finihses but still a thing to watch, his touches of the glass are a spectacle. Once the big three are gone i do see him scoring a bit more and proably a lil down on his assists but dude at this point deserves this spot, I would take Rondo over westbrook because westbrook to me seems like a lil bit#h when things don’t go his way while Rondo keeps it cool.

Jesus Christ comments on here?

Somebody’s a little sensitive…

Rondo deserves this spot, if not higher. All this bull about him not playing solid d is crazy. I’ve watched shlenty of Celtics games (thanks NBA league pass) and there are shlenty of instances where Rondo is the best player out there. Shlenty.
And I agree that Rondo is better than Westbrook. Rondo would help KD score 50, no worries. And the Thunder would’ve beaten the Mav’s….
You like that?

How noble of you sup3rstar. And I think this is a good ranking. Lets get some things straight:
1. Rondo is atrocious at shooting. His ceiling for that is mediocre.
2. He can pass the ball incredibly well and can break down opposing point guards with the best of them.
3. He is a terrific TEAM defender in that he gets steals in passing lanes, helps out on the perimeter, etc.
4. His on ball D is slightly overrated. Can he play defense? Sure. Is he lockdown? Far from it.
5. His ceiling is about 15/6/11. He lacks the sheer offensive arsenal to get more ppg than about 15.

Shlenty???

I’ll give rondo top 5!

1.derrick rose
2.chris Paul**
3. deron Williams
4. Russel westbrook
5.^

** indicates best PG in league . Derrick is number one based off how beast he is PG is just the closest position to his stature

I’d personally rather have Rondo at the point than Westbrook, all Rondo needs is a jumper(which is something I don’t really see improving), I forgot why his assists fell down from the 14-15 assists per game that he started the seaason out with, did he get injured?

Rondo dont make no team great even better …if so Boston missin SOME rings he done cost them …Westbrook produces across the board as much or greater than Rose at certain things as the sidekick …n everybody wants to say Rondo is better ..CRAZY AS HELL….smgdh

Funny thing is since KG’s knee cost him some lift Rajon doesn’t really have any atheltic wings to run the court with (fingers crossed on JGreen). Yeah he has a couple knock down shooters to help his assists, but Baby and Perk before him routinely cost him assists by missing/mishandling the ball down low. When Diesel was healthy it wasn’t fair with Rajon throwing him lobs or his “Oops” play to KG (when opposing D just left the key open)they used to run 2 years back. If Boston gets some nice athletic pieces around him after the New3 graduate the their offense has the potential to be wildly entertaining. I’ll put it this way with the current squad Rajon is in cruise control most of the game. Just wait til he gets to run in 5th or 6th gear for 4 quarters…