Rajon has had a lot of pressure on him this year. Here’s a kid who couldn’t legally have a beer with the team until after LAST YEAR’S All Star break… and now he’s running point for a collection of talent that rivals the star power of the greatest Celtics teams.
We have all seen how he responded… and now the rest of the sports world is noticing. The good folks at Empty the Bench put Rondo at the top of their list of most improved players this season.
That dunk against the Pistons opened up a lot of eyes. Everyone loves dunks, and it came in a marquee game. Now people know his name. He’s got more marquee games coming up…. including a matchup against the awesome Deron Williams tonight. If he holds his own (and holds Williams down) then watch his name get vaulted into a lot more conversations.
Before we get to the Celtics links… I want to pass along the most embarrassing moment of this teenager’s life: The video of him being such a pussy, that he buries his head in his girlfriend’s shoulder while she prevents him from looking at the Mavericks dance team. Its bad enough that he let it happen. Now its on YouTube and a-holes like me are posting it everywhere. And on top of it all… the Spanish announce team was making fun of him. I mean… those are the guys who always got their announce table smashed by Mick Foley…. and even THEY are making fun of the kid (and yes, I assume there is only one Spanish announce team and they travel from venue to venue).
Herald: Even Larry’s legend can’t top Russ | C’s D deserves and A | Globe: Its great being Green again | Preaching what they practice: Less is more | Souza: Benefiting from days off | Patriot Ledger: Celtics have had turnaround seasons before | Green thum for C’s as playoffs’ looming top seed | Salt Lake Tribune: Jazz have plenty of motivation vs. Celtics | Williams attains high trust with Sloan | ESPN: Bynum tests knee | Stoudemire scores 36, Suns hang 123 on Warriors | LeBron James & Gisele on Vogue
Was Bassy really on the list!?
haha great video link..thats hilarious
love the mick foley reference too
anyway..tonights definently a big game for rondo
That’s right Bassy’s on there. John must have just ignored that part, but it has been tought to ignore Bassy’s stellar play this year. Good stuff.
That said, as good as Sebastian is, Rondo is much better. He’s just a basketball player. That’s the best compliment I can give him.
Bassy has been alright this year. He still has a lot to prove though…. but his play this year will at least give him a chance to do that.