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“I love watching those type of guys to see how they attack when given the opportunity,” Thompson told Andscape. “I also like how they can command the floor. I’ve been a LeBron, Westbrook and John Wall fan. And then I started watching Rondo and was like, ‘Yo, this man is nice.’ “I knew he was nice, but I didn’t know he was that nice,” he continued his praise for Rondo, who played in the NBA from 2006 to 2022. “But I started watching a lot of him because of the way he impacts the game while they are letting him shoot, but he still gets to where he wants and distributes and grabs 20 rebounds at 6-foot-2.”
"What’s the difference you see between this era of point guards and your era of point guards? What’s the biggest insight there?" Rajon Rondo: "Besides height? I think it’s the intellect. Now the game, for me, is more robotic. Even when scouting, it’s like everyone is running the same sets. There’s not really any offensive flow. You throw analytics into it—people saying, ‘You want to shoot in the first six seconds,’ or ‘Shot quality, shot profile’—but players today don’t have to think as much. That’s why the game is changing a lot. It evolves every few years, so maybe five or six years from now we’ll see a shift back where point guards are more involved and appreciated again.
BucksRealm: Doc Rivers on Rajon Rondo's impact: "He's been fantastic. I called him this summer and said hey, we need you involved. He watches TONS of film. He's chasing guys down, like, no no no, we're gonna watch film first. Him, Ryan, Cole, Scoot, they just sit and watch film. They hear my voice all the time. It's great for them to hear someone else."
Rose was unaware of his chess-playing peers until his NBA career finished. On Sunday, he had lined them up across the stage, paired with world-renowned grandmasters. Rajon Rondo was once one of his fiercest rivals. Rose and Tony Snell shared a locker room for three seasons. Drew Gooden was one of Chicago’s veterans during Rose’s rookie year; yet they never spoke a word about the game they all secretly loved.
Rose was unaware of his chess-playing peers until his NBA career finished. On Sunday, he had lined them up across the stage, paired with world-renowned grandmasters. Rajon Rondo was once one of his fiercest rivals. Rose and Tony Snell shared a locker room for three seasons. Drew Gooden was one of Chicago’s veterans during Rose’s rookie year; yet they never spoke a word about the game they all secretly loved. His vision was meant to play out at Madison Square Garden a couple years earlier. With patience, Rose’s ambition aligned with the Freestyle Chess Tour and the endeavors of its co-founders, Magnus Carlsen — the top-ranked player in the world — and Jan Henric Buettner.
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Ben Golliver: Former NBA stars Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo are competing in the “Chesstival” tournament in Las Vegas with grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura @chesscom
According to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, the Clippers could be a potential destination for Beal if the Suns decide to copy the Bucks by waiving and stretching the remaining hundreds of millions on the 32-year-old guard's contract. “If Bradley Beal were to be bought out of his contract, perhaps the Clippers would be a player [for him]. The Clippers have always been advantageous about getting stars on the cheap. In the past, they've gotten point guards like John Wall, Rajon Rondo, Russell Westbrook. They could be very advantageous if something like that unforeseen [would happen],” Youngmisuk said on ESPN's NBA Today.
Jorge Sierra: FWIW: Pascal Siakam moved up to No. 100 in playoff scoring in NBA history. Passed George Mikan and Rajon Rondo. Tied Dave Cowens.
Bill Simmons: You have a superstar on your team that you guys have been just trying to trade for the last month apparently by reports. Giannis Antetokounmpo is on eBay now! Does anyone make an offer? Doc Rivers: It's so ridiculous. And I've heard all these reports, you hear all this stuff but you don't like it when you hear it because you know it's not true, Bill. But still, your players hear it and everybody else hears it. And I remember telling you the story when I was in Boston: I'm on a treadmill working out. That's when I could run still on a treadmill. And they announced that the Boston Celtics are about to trade Rajon Rondo I think to the Lakers. And I was like, ‘What?!’ And it was absurd. Like we had never had any conversations, but Rondo heard it, you know? And so that's the only thing I don't like about all this now. I don't know how many more times Giannis has to say he wants to be a Buck and he wants to win a title with the Bucks and it's so cool to me because it's not the way it's done anymore. But with certain guys, I don't think Steph Curry would ever leave Golden State ever and I'm hoping obviously Giannis feels the same way. That's the way he's been so far and it's been great. It's been awesome.
Do you think Rajon Rondo would want to do this job? I know the coaching thing—and obviously, the brain—but would he want this job? DeMarcus Cousins: Absolutely. I think he would be the perfect guy for the job. I mean, if we praise JJ—and this is no knock, I think JJ is a really good coach—but if we praise JJ for his level of IQ and his understanding of the game, Rondo is light-years ahead of him. When it comes to any coaching job, I think his name should be in the hat. He's a winner. He knows the game. He's also a great teacher of the game—he was that when he was a player.
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Jorge Sierra: Jalen Brunson is now a Top 100 scorer in playoffs history. He passed all these players tonight: George Mikan Rajon Rondo Terry Cummings Tom Chambers Alex English Andre Iguodala Sam Cassell
Yahoo Sports: Former NBA All-Star Rajon Rondo graduated from the University of Kentucky today with a BA in Communication 🎓 Rondo starred for the Wildcats from 2004-06.
Jorge Sierra: Jimmy Butler moved ahead of Richard Hamilton in playoff scoring for No. 42 all-time. He also passed all these guys in rebounds for No. 88 in NBA history: Marc Gasol James Worthy Cliff Hagan Rajon Rondo
