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Originally Posted by Turn Prophet
Please everyone tell me again how overrated Rondo is, how he is utter crap without the Big 3, how the Celtics are done when Pierce and Garnett retire. Please remind me of how deluded I am in calling Rondo a top 5 PG. I want to lol.
The celtics won't be good without pierce/Garnett, the big 3 masks all of rondos flaws and highlights all of his strength. No player in the nba is in a more perfect situation or has been for 4 years or w/e.
he played an amazing game but do you really believe that changes those above statements? He boxed some open jumpers, is he all of a sudden a good shooter? He will be much less effective with teammates who don't know the system/gel like this current team. Teammates who aren't as effective as pierce/Garnett are and Jesus was. I mean he's a 6'1 pg and teams would prefer he shot open 3s/jumpers than pierce/Garnett creating for themselves. That says two things about rondo
1) exceptional passer
2) terrible shooter
His passing becomes much less valuable with worse teammates, this is why players who can create for themselves at a good rate are and will usually be more valuable.
Not a top 5 pg IMO. Paul/Rose/Williams/Parker/Westbrook are all certainly better, cud prob make a case for some others too. Would obv rather have Kyrie going forward.