There was a comment that Rondo had made significant contributions, eclipsing Antoine Walker's time in Boston. I disagree.
Unlike 'Toine, Rondo was surrounded by three HoFers (as well as solid role players); during Antoine's time in Boston, he only had Pierce and some scrubs. And then, in many games, Walker was the 2nd powder keg, who'd kept the C's around, by pure hard work. 'Toine's greatest problem was his poor shot selection and the fact that he couldn't do much, besides hustle plays, however, he was a decent passer given his other limitations.
In contrast, Rondo dribbled around, waiting for Pierce, Allen, or KG, to come off a screen. Sorry, that's being an *assists* collector, not a team ball handler. At least Antoine would have given it off to anyone open, to keep the ball moving in the game, as a "point" forward. In addition, even though his shot selection was poor, 'Toine still managed a ~40 FG% and was never afraid to take a shot. In itself, it kept opponent's defenses working because you never knew when he'd heat up. In contrast, defenses had left Rondo wide open, but tried to limit his drives to the basket. It was a highly effective maneuver, if others weren't coming off a screen. Antoine's unpredictability, in contrast, was actually useful, as a way to get Pierce and others open looks.
So do the substitution, change the KG era backcourt into a mix of R Allen/House/T Allen/Robinson, sometimes Pierce, etc but have a frontline of KG/Pierce/23 year old 'Toine/BBD/Perks, etc, with the PG's job, only to hand off the ball to someone else, not too different from Derek Fisher, who wasn't much of a pass first PG. The main facilitators here will be KG and 'Toine, up front, since defenses will have to take both of them seriously. I think in this situation, the Celtics also do pretty well because now, 'Toine is option 4 or 5, and that's where I think he'd have excelled. The problem was that prior to Pierce's coming out party in '01, Antoine was suppose to be the franchise player and that was never really his destiny.