When it comes to the traditional point guard who is still active in the league, Rajon Rondo is definitely a representative that cannot be skipped. Outstanding passing techniques, excellent ball quotient, excellent rebounding ability, shooting ability dragging his legs, twice as the main point guard to win the championship ring, and Paul has a grudge, Rondo's NBA career can be described as a lot of highlights.
Every NBA star has their own but not necessarily well-known anecdotes, and Rondo is no exception. In this article, I will select ten anecdotes about Rondo for fans who are interested in him to get to know him more fully. Of course, if there is any discussion or supplement, the author also welcomes all the officials to leave a message in the comment area to share.
First, about Rondo's family and upbringing
Born into a single-parent family, Rondo's father abandoned him early, along with his brothers and mother, and disappeared. Rajan Rondo grew up with her mother and grandmother, and grew up with three siblings. Rajan Rondo's mother, Amber Rondo, works for a tobacco company, so Rondo follows her mother's surname.
Second, about the origin of Rondo's name
Rajon is Rondo's name, which translates to "Lajian", which is a fairly rare English name, all because it was originally created by Rondo's mother. As for the origin, it goes back to Rondo's childhood, when preparing for the name, her mother envisioned the name roderick, and the suggested name given by Rondo's elder brother was Johnny. So, after being put together, the name that was finally decided became a very unique Rajon.
Third, Rondo is a mathematical wizard
In high school, Rondo basically slept in class, and math was surprisingly good. Because of the large gap between test scores and classroom performance, high school teachers once suspected that Rondo relied on cheating to test mathematics, and once temporarily issued a separate paper to Rondo for verification, and the result was really found that Rondo's learning ability in mathematics was quite outstanding. After entering the NBA, Rondo's mathematical excellence was also recognized, and Rondo basically did not lose in poker games or board games with teammates.
Rondo's number one basketball idol is the smiling assassin Thomas
Every NBA star has their own basketball enlightenment idol, and Rondo is no exception. The number one basketball idol who led Rondo to the top of the ladder is Isaiah Thomas, the boss of the piston bad boy army in the past, who enjoys the name of the "Smile Assassin". It can be said that the two have quite similarities in temperament.
Fifth, when the trade went to Garnett, the Timberwolves had named Rondo to have chips
Back in the 2007 offseason, a blockbuster deal took place, and the Celtics used Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomez, Theo Ratliff, Gerald Green, Sebastian Teiffel, plus two conditional 2009 NBA draft picks and a small amount of cash to successfully exchange wolves Garnett, plus Ray Allen from the supersonics trade and Pierce who had been in the team for a long time, the GAP Big Three turned out, making the Green Army immediately become a league power, and the first year of cooperation was won.
In the "seven-for-one" deal at the time, the Timberwolves had hoped to include point guard Rondo, who had been removed by the Green Army at the No. 21 of the previous year's draft, but the Green Army boss, head coach, and general manager did not agree to put Rondo in the package, because they knew how important it was to have a wise and precocious point guard involved in the allocation of ball rights after the formation of the Big Three, so they changed other chips to compensate for it and finally negotiated.
Rondo was twice the final loser of the Dream Team.
Back at the 2008 Olympics, the American Basketball Association formed the Dream Eight team with the goal of winning the gold medal, with point guards Such as Kidd, Paul, and Delon. Back then, Rondo, who was already the championship point guard, was eliminated in the final stages and tied a bond with Paul.
Later, at the 2010 World Championships, Rondo was the last to be cut from the team, and the team leader at the time, Colangelo, said very decently that it was because Rondo had to go back to deal with family affairs, and the point guards brought by the "Dream Nine" at that time were Billups, Rose, and Curry. It can only be said that Rondo's strength is not enough, and his shooting also makes the team uneasy, so he has never become the national player of the American men's basketball team.
Rondo's greatest hobby is rollerblading
Basketball is Rondo's job and his greatest hobby, in addition to basketball, Rondo's favorite sport is rollerblading, and he is always photographed several times a year in the offseason. In addition to this, like many NBA stars, Rondo is a golf enthusiast.
VIII. The Birth of the Rondo Clause
When it comes to NBA players who use their influence to promote rule changes and thus get the same name in the terms, Rondo may not be easy to be remembered first. In his NBA career, Rondo won the assists title three times in total. Back in the 12/13 season, Rondo averaged 11.1 assists per game, and Paul, who averaged 9.7 assists per game, won the title of league assist king, but Rondo only made 38 appearances that season, which caused controversy and rethinking of the selection mechanism.
Before Rondo won this one assist king, the assist king looked at the average number per game, but the threshold for entry was 70 > appearances or 400 total assists >, while Rondo's total assists that season were 420. After the birth of the Rondo clause, including the scoring king, rebounding king, assist king and other title selection, the players participating in the selection are counted as average data per game, or the original average of more than 58 games is calculated according to the original average, and the total data of the number of participations must be divided by 58 games before participating in the selection.
If you recalculate the ranking of the average number of assists per game in Rondo's assist king season according to Rondo's terms, his participation data is 7.2 times per game, which is only the ninth place in the league. In a sense, Rondo "stole" one of Paul's assist kings, which is a small episode in the past feud between the two.
Outside the Celtic Brothers Gang Rondo's best friend in the NBA is Josh Smith
Rondo's personality is lonely and remote, and there are not many friends in the NBA. In addition to the very iron Garnett, Pierce and other former brothers of the Green Army, Rondo's best friend in the NBA is the former flying fighter Josh Smith, the two met in the days of the famous Oak Hill High School, and Josh Smith is also the first excellent pie eater that Rondo has worked with, and the two are still good friends who talk about everything.
Rondo's high school basketball coach was his math teacher and Mike Bibby's cousin
The most important thing in Rondo's basketball career is doug Bibby, the basketball coach he met at Lewisville East High School. It's worth mentioning that Doug Bibby is Mike Bibi's cousin and math teacher at the school, and yes, the teacher who suspected Rondo of cheating and actually found out that Rondo was actually very smart through a temporary test.
After learning that Rondo's ball business is outstanding, Doug Bibi, in addition to supporting Rondo's students to become the number one core of the team, let Rondo serve as a team assistant coach in high school, and then pass on the concept and experience of basketball tactics and coaching to Rondo, the earliest foreshadowing for Rondo's "Long guidance".
However, due to Doug Bibby's later falling out with the school management, he failed to coach Rondo until graduation and left the school. Dissatisfied with Doug Bibby's expulsion from school, Rondo decided to transfer to Oak Hill College, a basketball school in Virginia, in his senior year of high school, and was definitely a sentient and righteous disciple.