There are many fans that believe Rondo is so good that he will lob the ball to mediocre players who will then slam down dunks all night. I am not one of those who buy this. I think Rondo is going to have a much tougher time on a weaker team. His MO is actually to dribble around a lot because once he is off the ball, his man sags and Rondo just stands in the corner on near the basketball.
I don't think Rondo is going to play all that much better than what Crawford played though the 4 wins (I don't think Crawford will keep that up either). Rondo will be an upgrade, no doubt and will allow either Crawford or Bradley to come off the bench, improving our depth considerably (meaning Rondo's minutes replace Pressey minutes). I just really don't see Rondo carrying the team to another level.
I agree with some of the pts made. Though rondo unlike jcraw has the ability to drive past his defender at will and either score a layup or make the pass. IF teams are smart and watch videos they will just lay off rondo and dare him to shoot. And if that doesnt fall we are in trouble(assuming everyone else is guarded tightly) plus we dont have a pp or ray allen.
We will be a better team now when rondo comesback but he prob cant us to another level. If this means we should trade him or get more help soon im just as clueless as the next fan
Small sample size, but assuming you're flexible enough to add his Westbrook-esque close range pullup to his layups, Crawford's been doing that all season.
Not that Rondo isn't an upgrade at the point, of course.
Rondo can make the shot that teams will give him, i.e. the midrange. It's the free-throw shooting that he's awful at. He doesn't need to take threes to be effective at PG (see Parker, Tony).
That's true, but how fun would it be if he magically started shooting, say, 40% from deep off-the-dribble?