What was the reason Rondo was left off the Olympic team?

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No....it's NOT the same.

Rondo has to overcome his deficiency as a shooter in order to become great. .

honestly if you dont think Rondo is a great PG we are watching two different sports.
 

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Ewing Mourning Sabonis Hakeem Robinson Duncan etc were all much better shooters than Shaq but who would u rather have ?


Those were anamolies at center and Shaq STILL had a better FG % than ALL of them.

The closer you are the basket, the easier it is to score. IF those centers could get as close to the basket as often as Shaq, Moses, Wilt and others, they wouldn't have had to rely on jumpers.

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Those were anamolies at center and Shaq STILL had a better FG % than ALL of them.

The closer you are the basket, the easier it is to score. IF those centers could get as close to the basket as often as Shaq, Moses, Wilt and others, they wouldn't have had to rely on jumpers.

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So u saying those dudes didnt have the size or power to get close to the rim?
 

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So u saying those dudes didnt have the size or power to get close to the rim?


NO!!

I'm saying "those dudes didn't have the power to get to the rim as FREQUENTLY as Moses, Wilt and Shaq" who were bullies.

MY words.
 

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:comeon: so u telling me in 2015 rondo gonna be putting up triple double numbes when his big 3 are

a bradley, j green & b bass :laff: nikka iz u crazy

Nobody knows what that roster's gonna look like in 2015. That's my point. For all you know, Jared Sullinger might turn out to be pretty good by then playing off Rondo. Perhaps some other players go there and play well off Rondo. shyt, who's to say Bradley doesn't develop some sort of offensive game in 3 years? You have no idea what's gonna happen in 3 years, but people keep pretending like Rondo's gonna be playing 1 on 5 in 3 years.
 

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Nobody knows what that roster's gonna look like in 2015. That's my point. For all you know, Jared Sullinger might turn out to be pretty good by then playing off Rondo. Perhaps some other players go there and play well off Rondo. shyt, who's to say Bradley doesn't develop some sort of offensive game in 3 years? You have no idea what's gonna happen in 3 years, but people keep pretending like Rondo's gonna be playing 1 on 5 in 3 years.

the celtics have a respectable future in my opinion they have a lot of underrated talent, im assuming rondo will be the cause of their developments :rudy:
 

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NO!!

I'm saying "those dudes didn't have the power to get to the rim as FREQUENTLY as Moses, Wilt and Shaq" who were bullies.

MY words.

Oh ok thats why they developed jumpers cuz they realized that they were too puzzy goin up against Dudley and them other bums:childplease:
 

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If you think D-Will can guard an opposing player like Rondo u trippin

Not to mention grab boards block shots etc

you don't even watch the same games rondo defense is not as good as you guys make it out to be, he is constantly out of position gambling...thats not sound defense.
 

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the celtics have a respectable future in my opinion they have a lot of underrated talent, im assuming rondo will be the cause of them :rudy:

so if they have underrated talent, and we assume to whatever degree that they'll pan out, subsequently, Rondo's not gonna look so bad going forward, right? :why:
 

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Oh ok thats why they developed jumpers cuz they realized that they were too puzzy goin up against Dudley and them other bums:childplease:

What the hell?

If YOU had a choice to shoot five feet from the basket or ten feet, what would you choose?


When you answer that honestly, you'll see why I say Wilt, Shaq and Moses made that their choice more than the centers you mentioned because they were stronger in the low blocks to get that close shot than all the centers you mentioned.
 

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Nobody knows what that roster's gonna look like in 2015. That's my point. For all you know, Jared Sullinger might turn out to be pretty good by then playing off Rondo. Perhaps some other players go there and play well off Rondo. shyt, who's to say Bradley doesn't develop some sort of offensive game in 3 years? You have no idea what's gonna happen in 3 years, but people keep pretending like Rondo's gonna be playing 1 on 5 in 3 years.

regardless... if u wanna put j sullinger & f melo as ur big men -it still ain't NO pierce / garnett
 
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