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Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by bobheckler Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:32 pm
By ESPNBoston.com
As part of his tour through Asia while promoting Red Bull's King of the Rock tournament, Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been offering entertaining interviews to the local media. One with the South China Morning Post today was a particularly entertaining read as Rondo addresses his NBA development, Boston's championship drought, and a childhood desire to be an NFL quarterback:
"I didn't watch a lot of NBA games growing up," he says. "I watched the Green Bay Packers. I always had dreams of being an NFL player. I was a high school quarterback and I really think that has helped me become a leader on the basketball court. They are pretty much the same position.
"The quarterback is the guy who calls all the plays and gets all the attention and the same with the point guard in basketball. You have to hit the open man."
Basketball became a natural progression during high school as his skills - and his reputation - developed.
"I played all three sports growing up - basketball, football and baseball - but I narrowed it down after my first year of high school and realised then I had a chance of making the NBA," says Rondo. "I was starting to dominate and I don't want it to sound like I've got a big head but the competition around me was easy. At Oak Hill Academy, Josh Smith went straight to the NBA out of high school so I knew then that if I worked on my game I could make the NBA myself."
Maybe not surprisingly, a common topic on his trek has been Jeremy Lin. Rondo isn't bashful with his opinions after Lin's breakout stretch last season.
"It's a different season," says Rondo. "He's going to be in all the scouting reports. I'm sure he's up for the challenge as well. He's played against the best so he knows.
"I hope he has success with the Rockets, except against the Celtics. We plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year and hopefully I have something to do with it. But he is going to compete and I wish him well."
You'll remember, of course, that Rondo produced one of his more memorable triple-doubles of the 2011-12 season as part of an 18-point, 20-assists, and 17-rebound effort in an overtime win over Lin and the Knicks in a national TV game in March.
bob
My Note: This article pretty much defines the difference between Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook. Rondo thinks like a quarterback while Westbrook thinks like a running back who can throw the pass on an option play. If Rondo has had a weakness, and it is one which he has been steadily improving, is the difference between point guard and quarterback. The quarterback isn't expected to run for yards himself. If he does that's a bonus, or evidence of salvaging a broken play, but it is not what a football coach wants to see. A point guard must contribute to the offense as well as orchestrate it for the rest of his teammates. This article mentions the triple-double against NY, and we saw the 44 point monster in the playoffs. We need to see more of that from him without sacrificing his assists to add those points.
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As part of his tour through Asia while promoting Red Bull's King of the Rock tournament, Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been offering entertaining interviews to the local media. One with the South China Morning Post today was a particularly entertaining read as Rondo addresses his NBA development, Boston's championship drought, and a childhood desire to be an NFL quarterback:
"I didn't watch a lot of NBA games growing up," he says. "I watched the Green Bay Packers. I always had dreams of being an NFL player. I was a high school quarterback and I really think that has helped me become a leader on the basketball court. They are pretty much the same position.
"The quarterback is the guy who calls all the plays and gets all the attention and the same with the point guard in basketball. You have to hit the open man."
Basketball became a natural progression during high school as his skills - and his reputation - developed.
"I played all three sports growing up - basketball, football and baseball - but I narrowed it down after my first year of high school and realised then I had a chance of making the NBA," says Rondo. "I was starting to dominate and I don't want it to sound like I've got a big head but the competition around me was easy. At Oak Hill Academy, Josh Smith went straight to the NBA out of high school so I knew then that if I worked on my game I could make the NBA myself."
Maybe not surprisingly, a common topic on his trek has been Jeremy Lin. Rondo isn't bashful with his opinions after Lin's breakout stretch last season.
"It's a different season," says Rondo. "He's going to be in all the scouting reports. I'm sure he's up for the challenge as well. He's played against the best so he knows.
"I hope he has success with the Rockets, except against the Celtics. We plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year and hopefully I have something to do with it. But he is going to compete and I wish him well."
You'll remember, of course, that Rondo produced one of his more memorable triple-doubles of the 2011-12 season as part of an 18-point, 20-assists, and 17-rebound effort in an overtime win over Lin and the Knicks in a national TV game in March.
bob
My Note: This article pretty much defines the difference between Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook. Rondo thinks like a quarterback while Westbrook thinks like a running back who can throw the pass on an option play. If Rondo has had a weakness, and it is one which he has been steadily improving, is the difference between point guard and quarterback. The quarterback isn't expected to run for yards himself. If he does that's a bonus, or evidence of salvaging a broken play, but it is not what a football coach wants to see. A point guard must contribute to the offense as well as orchestrate it for the rest of his teammates. This article mentions the triple-double against NY, and we saw the 44 point monster in the playoffs. We need to see more of that from him without sacrificing his assists to add those points.
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by mulcogiseng Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:32 pm
Will this be the year of his first quadruple double?
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by Sam Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:59 pm
Bob,
This interview is an example of the ways in which someone can exude self-confidence without appearing to be a braggart. He seemed to be careful in qualifying his statements to that effect.
I did get a kick out of what I would call a "careless gratuitous statement: "We plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year." I have visions of a team meeting in a Viennese coffee house shortly after summer league.
Doc says, "I've called this meeting because I've been worrying about how to handle those Rockets." The team discusses all of the specially designed plays designed to waylay the Rockets' "juggernaut," and they finally sum it up with the mantra of the year: "Let's plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year."
What does a careless statement like that gain versus what it could potentially cost in blackboard material?
Sam
This interview is an example of the ways in which someone can exude self-confidence without appearing to be a braggart. He seemed to be careful in qualifying his statements to that effect.
I did get a kick out of what I would call a "careless gratuitous statement: "We plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year." I have visions of a team meeting in a Viennese coffee house shortly after summer league.
Doc says, "I've called this meeting because I've been worrying about how to handle those Rockets." The team discusses all of the specially designed plays designed to waylay the Rockets' "juggernaut," and they finally sum it up with the mantra of the year: "Let's plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year."
What does a careless statement like that gain versus what it could potentially cost in blackboard material?
Sam
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by bobheckler Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:11 pm
sam wrote:Bob,
This interview is an example of the ways in which someone can exude self-confidence without appearing to be a braggart. He seemed to be careful in qualifying his statements to that effect.
I did get a kick out of what I would call a "careless gratuitous statement: "We plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year." I have visions of a team meeting in a Viennese coffee house shortly after summer league.
Doc says, "I've called this meeting because I've been worrying about how to handle those Rockets." The team discusses all of the specially designed plays designed to waylay the Rockets' "juggernaut," and they finally sum it up with the mantra of the year: "Let's plan on beating the Rockets pretty bad this year."
What does a careless statement like that gain versus what it could potentially cost in blackboard material?
Sam
sam,
The good news is that the players are probably paying even less attention during this off-season than many of us are.
Well, we already knew that Rondo's brain is both his best part as well as his worst. This is just more sauce for the goose.
bob
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by Sam Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:27 pm
Bob,
It's not the specific implications of a single statement in August that bothers me. It's what kind of pattern it could translate to in the regular season/playoffs.
Sam
It's not the specific implications of a single statement in August that bothers me. It's what kind of pattern it could translate to in the regular season/playoffs.
Sam
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by bobheckler Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:27 pm
sam wrote:Bob,
It's not the specific implications of a single statement in August that bothers me. It's what kind of pattern it could translate to in the regular season/playoffs.
Sam
Sam,
Yeah, well, I don't think it's much of a secret around here that, if you must brag, I prefer bragging after you win the game and not before you lace'em up.
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by mrkleen09 Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:06 pm
Again...much ado about nothing.
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Re: Rondo: PG and QB are same position
by Sam Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:32 pm
Bob,
I agree. When opting for the brag, it's always nice to have accomplished something. In Celtics land, that usually means having won the championship.
I made a comment on the quarterback comparison in the Bleacher Report with Rondo thread.
Sam
I agree. When opting for the brag, it's always nice to have accomplished something. In Celtics land, that usually means having won the championship.
I made a comment on the quarterback comparison in the Bleacher Report with Rondo thread.
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