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Great article about Rondo and what goes on in his head
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:35 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:35 am
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Provide him with bad information? “Your credibility is shot,” Rondo says. And if he doesn’t buy the narrative, even off the floor, he’ll bail, he’ll disengage, as he does on movies whose storylines stray from logic, even for a moment. His last theater walkout: The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington. “I didn’t understand how he got the cop’s number,” Rondo says, referencing a certain scene. “It was just too much.” He recently watched the movie again to see if he could stomach it. He couldn’t.
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Rondo is adept at poker -- computing probabilities, counting cards -- emptying teammates' pockets. He's a whiz at bourré, the famously contentious card game that's fractured many an NBA locker room. Bryan Doo, the Celtics' strength and conditioning coach, calls Rondo the best spades player he's ever played. "And I've played a lot," Doo says.
ESPN Article
ETA: I also enjoyed this older GQ article about him when he had an internship at the magazine.
LINK
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Before Rondo's first playoff series against Atlanta in 2008, the Celtics distributed a 100-page book full of the Hawks' plays and statistics. Rondo took it home, then challenged assistant Darren Erman the next morning: "Quiz me on anything." Rondo nailed every question, until Erman tossed a curveball -- a question about something that wasn't in the book. "frick you," Rondo said. "That's not in there." Once, when Erman was with the Warriors, his team ran a side out-of-bounds play, called C, that he says they'd run maybe 15 times all season. They called the play. Rondo immediately shouted, "C! Rip screen, rip screen!" Erman and then-Warriors assistant Brian Scalabrine looked at each other, stunned: How in the hell did he know that?
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 9:58 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:39 am to RedRifle
He sounds like a crazy person
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:43 am to RedRifle
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Rondo is adept at poker -- computing probabilities, counting cards -- emptying teammates' pockets. He's a whiz at bourré, the famously contentious card game that's fractured many an NBA locker room. Bryan Doo, the Celtics' strength and conditioning coach, calls Rondo the best spades player he's ever played. "And I've played a lot," Doo says.
This reminds me of Rainman
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 9:44 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:43 am to RedRifle
That story about him walking out of the movie has me laughing IRL
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:17 am to RedRifle
I told y'all. If he thinks he's smarter than you, he won't listen to you.
Personally, I love the guy.
Personally, I love the guy.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:32 am to RedRifle
So Rondo is a genius? The Rain Man of the NBA?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:15 am to RedRifle
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"He got all excited afterward. I told him to learn how to make a shot." -- Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, describing his response after losing to Rondo in Connect Four
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:58 am to RedRifle
Just read the whole thing. Thanks for posting. I love stuff like this.
Thoughts after the read: Rondo is a dick. A smart, talented dick. That is all.
Thoughts after the read: Rondo is a dick. A smart, talented dick. That is all.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:32 pm to RedRifle
All I know is he drove Tubby Smith to start Brandon Stockton over him.
If you have to ask who, it's just furthering my point.
If you have to ask who, it's just furthering my point.
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