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Originally Posted by dangnewt  No question about Rondo's toughness.
I can see why fans of other teams may not like him. He can and has driven his own teammates, coaches and GM crazy at times. But he strikes me more as difficult-to-understand or private-bordering-on-aloof rather than a jerk. He is very quiet and really doesn't seem to care much what other people think of him. |
Rondo's a great ball player. I almost bought his shoes
For me, I could only remember two things that actually make me dislike him. Funny, I thought there were more. Go figure
There was a game when they were getting torn up by New Orleans and he was taunting Chris Paul with "You wish you could be me," "Ooh look at me, you're jealous aren't you," jabs. Which just struck me as...I don't know...that's something middle school girls do, not men.
And when they faced the Lakers in the playoffs, Rondo had two or three borderline cheap shot flagrant fouls in one game. Then he got fouled by Kobe (not nearly as bad as the ones he was dishing out) and layed on the floor, writhing in pain as if he were having his fingers and toes removed. Punk, punk move IMO.
Besides that, I guess he's guilty by association in my eyes. Paul Pierce is an idiot (You don't make it to the NBA to throw gang signs up at the opposing fans...you're not in Inglewood anymore :rollno) and KG is a fake tough guy who apparently has liked to bully the little defenseless folks since high school
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