The truth is maybe he won't be ever the same again. His knee surgery/recovery has turned him into a 35 year old like player.
The "jump" is missing. I bet he can't even dunk anymore. But he has to stop playing the way he used to play D (gamble), bc he can't recover like he did in the past and focus on preventing his man getting by him. I can live with him getting beat by the jump shot. Just not getting beat by the dribble and making it hard for everyone else
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NrmCZTgs8I
ok , well thats good to see. Why doesn't he do it in halfcourt?
Dumb teams are running around everywhere watching their man and also Rondo. A good team is instructed to dare Rondo shoot and just focus on their man. In this case, Rondo has to explode to the basket and make teams like this pay. He used to drive past his man for a layup, acrobatic finish or dish it to the open jumper in the past
Now all we have seen him do is stand out on the perimeter, twist his body whatever way he can to make some interesting passes. It works vs dumb teams like the 76ers and maybe for a few quarters against others. But if a team plays playoff calibre defense, nothing happens except for the clock winding down. Rondo needs to play with more desperation in these kind of situations