For the better part of seven NBA seasons, Rajon Rondo played the part of plucky younger brother to Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.
Carry the ball bag, pick up the dinner tabs, let Austin Rivers ride him around the locker room like a tiny horse: Rondo did it all*, slowly but surely endearing himself to his veteran brothers to eventually become—in their eyes—something of an equal.
(*I don’t think he did any of these things.)
Now, with the Boston Celtics in full-on rebuilding mode and Rondo facing unrestricted free agency in one short year, the 28-year-old All-Star point guard is hoping to have more than a small say in how his team approaches this offseason—everything from who the Celtics draft to potential free-agent pickups.
From a recent interview with The Boston Globe’s Baxter Holmes:
I want to know what’s going on, but Danny [Ainge] communicates with me, talks to me about guys he might possibly bring in during the trade deadline. Obviously, nothing happened [at this season’s deadline], but communication lines we ...
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