Rajon Rondo is officially the missing link in Boston.
Up until the NBA playoffs, I was convinced the Boston Celtics weren't any worse off without Rondo. If anything, they were better. He was a ball-dominator with Rucker Park-stylings who really didn't help the offense as much as he was supposed to. The Ewing Theory had arrived in Beantown.
My hunch wasn't out of any misplaced hate for the point guard. I still consider him to be a tad overrated, I must admit. Far too often he appears disinterested during games, as if the ones not nationally televised aren't worth playing. And at what point do we stop referring to his jump shot as "developing," and call it was it is–crap.
These aren't unfounded accusations either. Per hoopdata.com, Rondo converted just 36.6 percent of his shots outside of nine feet before going down with an ACL injury. That's not good. Or even close to good.
Toss in his penchant for bad decision-making when it comes to matters of the ego (a la Kris Humphries and officials), and he just wasn't worth it.
And the stats supported it. Specifically on offense, where Rondo was supposed ...
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The Rajon Rondo Effect: How Point Guard’s Absence Is Killing the Boston Celtics
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