Rajon Rondo has only played in 68 games combined the past two seasons, and he just announced that he had surgery to repair a broken hand that will keep him sidelined for six to eight weeks, according to The Boston Globe's Baxter Holmes. The Celtics have experience in getting by without Rondo but will be losing their best passer and floor general. In the wake of this injury, rookie point guard Marcus Smart will be called upon to fill the void.
Rondo claimed that he broke the hand after slipping in the shower last Thursday night, though he was spotted at a trampoline park twice during the week. Speculation has run rampant over that bit of information, but Rondo remained adamant during the Celtics' media day saying: "That night, I went home and that's when the incident happened. It didn't happen at all at the trampoline place."
Whatever the cause of Rondo's broken hand, he will be out for up to eight weeks, and the Celtics will be without their leading guard for yet another segment of a season. Since joining the Celtics out of Kentucky in 2006, Rondo has accounted for 30 percent ...
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