Rajon Rondo most overrated offensive player ever?

[ma11l]

Locally and nationally the general consensus is that he is above average defensively and average offensively. 


He's not scoring right now, but I don't think it's being overrated.

[youcanthandlethetruth113]

I think so. He makes good passes but he rarely uses his speed to his advantage. If he's one of the quickest players in the NBA according to Tommy why doesn't he ever dominate. Tommy claims older point guard can't keep up with Rondo but Rondo never does anything. The only time he gets assists is when he penetrates but he doesn't do that enough. He misses more layups than any other player in NBA history. He thinks way too much in the open court. His shooting touch from the outside and floaters are awful. Shaq is a more reliable free throw shooter than Rondo. I know he's a top defensive player in the league but lets stop all this future all-star crap until he atleast stops playing worse than he did last year. His performance in game 6 of the finals was fools gold.

This post is quite foolish IMHO. NOBODY overrates Rondo's offense and I mean nobody. Offense is actually the only unpolished element of his game (asides from FT shooting), and seeing as how he plays alongside PP, KG, and Ray I don't think he needs to be forcing the issue by taking more shots.

[Kwhit10]

Not even close the most overrated ever, not even overrated at all.  I don't think teams are that concerned with Rondo offensively in terms of the scouting report.  This year he is attacking the rim a lot more, his shot isn't the best but it's not the worst.  Rondo's job isn't to be an offensive juggernaut.

This thread just seems absurd.

[Edgar]

most overrated ofensive player ever....
mmmmmmm
big words

how about bargnani  1st pick
Gerald Green        lottery
the kandi man       1st pick
mark blount         oh well contract wise

[celticmaestro]

Most overrated ever? That's a backhanded compliment to Rajon if anything.

[makaveli]

I can't even consider him a good offensive player let alone the most overrated offensive player ever, it suggests you actually have 20-30 PPG.
Rondo has around 10, no jumpshot, can't make a 3 if his life depended on it etc.
I'd say that he is unique and has a lot of space to improve his game. There are couple of things you can't teach and one of them is speed. Rondo has plenty of it. I like him very much and I think that is the next few years he will develop a good perimeter game.
P.S. I noticed that he takes a lot less jumpshots than he did a year ago. If I'm Doc, I would like that number to go up instead of being static or going down, longterm-wise   

[zerophase]

when was he ever seen as a very good offensive player? saying he has all the right tools does not mean he has the offensive skill set.

[Boris Badenov]

I think so. He makes good passes but he rarely uses his speed to his advantage. If he's one of the quickest players in the NBA according to Tommy why doesn't he ever dominate. Tommy claims older point guard can't keep up with Rondo but Rondo never does anything. The only time he gets assists is when he penetrates but he doesn't do that enough. He misses more layups than any other player in NBA history. He thinks way too much in the open court. His shooting touch from the outside and floaters are awful. Shaq is a more reliable free throw shooter than Rondo. I know he's a top defensive player in the league but lets stop all this future all-star crap until he atleast stops playing worse than he did last year. His performance in game 6 of the finals was fools gold.

What would you think if we all agreed with you?

What if everyone in the world agreed with you?

What if no one agreed with you?

There is a point here, which is that the word "overrated" doesn't make sense unless you attach it to a particular person. Who, exactly, has overrated Rondo and why?

And if you mean overrated by Tommy - well then I can think of some other players who were just a teensy bit overrated too. He compared Walter McCarty to Hondo! I am quite sure that Rondo isn't even on Tommy's top 10 most overrated list.

[illantari]

Someone once rated Rajon Rondo an offensive player? Really?  When?

[housecall]

Dont usually when you get overrated most of the time you have to be compared to something or someone better or greater.I never heard of Rondo being compared to anyone good,bad or indifferent?

[BigAlTheFuture]

Overrated? He has never been considered a good offensive player. I don't know what you are talking about.

Most overrated EVER? You've got to be kidding me.

[crownsy]

Offensively? Probably yes, but only on CelticsBlog.

I don't see how that's remotely close to accurate, since most of us quite quickly acknowledge his offense shortcomings.

I've seen people say he's ok on offense, but i'll tell you what, if you want some TP's. I'll give you a TP for every thread you can link that has any type of a regular poster saying anything along the lines of

"rajon is an offensive force!" which is what this thread implies. I'm actually quite sure one or two exist, but for this to be accurate, you'd have to find more than one or two screwball posts. posts that say "could, might, has the tools" and all that potential stuff don't count. This thread is supposedly how he's overated Right now

Hoping for improvement is not overrating, and these threads are also pointless in general.

[Truck Lewis]

and he is already a championship ring holding starting PG that got his ring under the age of 23. As far as I know there are only two others, Magic and Tony Parker.

Any one know if thats the complete list?  TP's for this info.

By the way, I completely agree wit u Nickagneta..tp

[ACF]

"Most overrated" thread are pointless.

"Trade Idea: Ray Allen for X & Y" pointless?
 

[Truck Lewis]

and he is already a championship ring holding starting PG that got his ring under the age of 23. As far as I know there are only two others, Magic and Tony Parker.

Any one know if thats the complete list?  TP's for this info.

By the way, I completely agree wit u Nickagneta..tp

checked as far back as DJ in 79 and theres none other than magic, parker, and rondo

thats pretty impressive