We've been promised more info from Rondo today at Media Day. I will take this moment for a brief rant. Even with the injuries, there is no doubt that Rajon Rondo is one of the top PG's in the league. Fans from most other teams are chomping at the bit to try to get him on their team. He may be stubborn and doesn't always play nice with the media, but on the court, he is one of the best at what he does.
The guy has high basketball IQ. He makes his teammates better by finding them in the right spots to score. But yet, every little thing that happens sprouts a new wave of trade Rondo talk. He breaks a bone in his hand when he slipped in the shower and suddenly there articles about how it couldn't possibly happen that way.
He was at a trampoline park that day so he had to break it there. Yes, he was at the trampoline park that day for his daughter's birthday party. Several employees as well as the owner of that park have come out and said that Rondo didn't jump and was just there watching his daughter.
Ok then, he must have broken it punching a wall. You can't break that bone in a fall. It had to be his temper then. Again, that is just people spouting things without doing any research, hoping to stir something up. The injury he suffered could very well be from a fall in the shower.
Rondo suffered a metacarpal fracture in his left, non-shooting hand. The metacarpals are situated between the carpal bones of the wrist and the bones of the finger and serve as an anchor site for muscle attachment. Additionally the tops of the metacarpals form the knuckles. This positioning leaves them vulnerable to breaking following a direct blow, an axial load (like a punch), or a fall onto outstretched hand (FOOSH). Two of these classic mechanisms of injury, a FOOSH and an axial load, fall in line with reports that Rondo slipped getting out of the shower and hit his hand.
Every day there is an article out there about how the Celtics need to trade Rondo. There is speculation about how Danny can't wait to get rid of him. There are stories that Brad Stevens, like Doc Rivers, doesn't get along with him. After the news of his hand injury there were several articles about how the injury would damage his value.
In spite of all this, Danny Ainge, Brad Stevens and Wyc Grousbeck have all had nothing but praise for Rondo. All have said that they want to keep him. All have said that he is a big part of what they want to do in Boston. I believe them because if they want to draw in free agents next off season, Rondo is one of their biggest selling points. Most of his teammates, past and present love him. Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce couldn't say enough good things about him.
So, Ray Allen didn't like him. Ray is a bit of an odd guy anyway. I think Ray's problem with Rondo stemmed from Rondo's desire to have Avery Bradley start at the 2 rather than Ray. Doc Rivers, in spite of rumors that they didn't get along, has had nothing but good things to say about him and Rondo said that he and Doc still text each other often.
Danny Ainge is clearly getting tired of the rumors.
The 2014-15 NBA season hasn't even started, and Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge is already tired of the Rajon Rondo trade questions.
“You are seriously asking me that again?” Ainge said with disdain after a reporter inquired about Rondo’s future with the team. “We expect Rajon to be in Boston – for the long term. Does that need to be asked anymore by anybody ever again?”
“I think there’s been a lot of people that just have flat-out made stuff up, and it’s become hot topics. Very credible people have made things up and that even makes it worse,” Ainge said. “So yeah, I think that there’s probably a lot of people out there who still have some sort of belief that there is some truth in the rumors that go on out there. But I can’t say more emphatically, my hope is that we can have a long-term relationship.
“Players like Rondo are hard to find. Here we are trying to make big deals, and it’s hard to make big deals…it’s hard to get free agents without players with some cache. And Rondo is our best player, simply.”
While Danny hasn't always been the pinacle of honesty with the fans and won't tip his hand when he is up to something, he's been very consistent in saying he wants to keep Rondo. And I think he's onto something when he says that a lot of people are making things up to get page views and for their own ends. I'm going to go on the record to say that I love Rondo. I want him to stay in Boston for the long run. A 6-8 week delay in his season for an injury to his off hand isn't going to derail his entire season as some are saying. Now, let's move on to some Celtics' basketball!!!!
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Well said, it is brain numbing nonsense.
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