Suddenly, Rondo retires, goodbye, NBA
On the evening of April 2, Beijing time, Rondo publicly stated on Matt Barnes' podcast: "Yes, my NBA career is over. I now spend more time with my kids than I do with basketball. There was no long article on retirement, and there was no "last dance", and Rondo ended his basketball career like this, which is a little regrettable.
Many people are concerned about where Rondo will be next? Will he return to the NBA as an assistant coach? Rondo revealed on another podcast that the reason why he hasn't coached yet is because he is waiting for James to buy an NBA team: "When James buys the team in Las Vegas, I'll go to him as a coach." In addition, I mainly play volleyball with my daughter. ”
Previously, Rondo and James teamed up to coach the AAU team, and the two worked together tacitly. Talking about Rondo's current desire to return to the NBA as an assistant coach, James said: "The reason why Rondo doesn't want to coach now is because he doesn't want to deal with those guys who have money but are self-righteous!" James said, most likely those NBA owners.
Rondo is disgusted by the current style of the NBA, saying, "I'm sad that the NBA has become like this. The league encourages offense, and with 160 points in a game, no one defends, even the stars only attack, not defend! It's a battle between men, and people don't have the value of defending. This passage is estimated to have reached everyone's heart!
Rondo also talked about his old rival Paul: "In the current NBA, there is no pure point guard. The gods of basketball will appreciate the way Paul and I play, we are the brains of the court. Even if the manager is not directing from the sidelines, we know what to play. "Opponents who used to fight with their fists have now become sympathetic.
Rondo was born on February 22, 1986, one year younger than Paul. Throughout his NBA career, Rondo played in a total of 957 regular season games, including 733 starts, and he averaged 9.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.7 turnovers per game, shooting 45.6% from the field, 32.4% from three-point range, and 61.1% from the free throw line.
Rondo played a total of 134 playoff games, 105 of which were starts. He averaged 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 8.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.6 turnovers per game while shooting 44% from the field, 33% from three-point range and 64.9% from the free throw line. It can be seen that Rondo averaged more points, rebounds, assists and steals per game in the playoffs than in the regular season.
Throughout his NBA career, Rondo won two championships (with the Celtics in 2008 and with the Lakers in 2020). He has been named to the NBA All-NBA First Team three times, and has been named to the All-Defensive First Team twice and All-Defensive Second Team twice. In addition, Rondo was named an All-Star 4 times, won the assist king 3 times, and won the steal king 1 time.
In 2008, Rondo helped Celtic win their 17th championship in franchise history. In 2020, he helped the Lakers win the 17th championship in team history. Rondo is only the second player in NBA history to win titles with two big clubs, the first being Clyde LaFollett. But when he won the Lakers' championship, the team was still in Minneapolis.
After the 2021-22 season, Rondo officially left the NBA and returned to the University of Kentucky to continue his classes. Rondo's total career salary is about $114 million, which is not as good as a big contract now, but it was not bad in those days. Another familiar star has retired, so let's finally talk about your memories of Rondo!