OT: Rondo withdraws from Team USA

I guess we'll have to wait for Rondo vs. Rubio...

(And I thought he didn't play in the Spain friendly for tactical reasons...)

 

Sounds to me like he was pissed that he was on the bubble. So he said FU, I have better things to do. Quit before getting cut. Maybe he did have family matters to attend to, but I bet that his ego was a factor too.

 

wasn't he starting for them?

 

No way Rondo was gonna get cut, it would have been Gordon or Curry.

 

"Seemingly pegged a starter in a deep backcourt, Rondo's time with Team USA went sour quickly. He was benched after a sluggish start against Lithuania Saturday, then didn't leave his warm-ups Sunday against Spain."

" I think I'm on the bubble," Rondo told ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan. "Just looking at the obvious -- I got a DNP last game. That pretty much speaks for itself"

But I agree, cutting him would have been a mistake.

 

So he started one game, DNP the next. That's pretty funny.

 

I think this is a power play from Coach K. Rondo is clearly the best PG they had, but not really suited for Coach K-ball. This makes me hope even more that the US loses.

 

Clearly, you were not viewing a scenario where Derek Rose was on the court.

 

Why would you being rooting against Team USA? Like seriously?

 

Why do you find that inconceivable?

 

Rose is a PG like Dwyane Wade is a PG. Rose is very valuable for them (no player in the world can slow him down one-on-one) and he could certainly start next to Chauncey (so he wouldn't have to be the main PG), but the idea that Westbrook deserves to be on the team over Rondo? Silly. (Unless it was to keep Durant happy.) Basically two things worked against Rondo: Tyson Chandler can't score, and Coach K. was obviously scared to have Rondo be a bench player, and figured if he wasn't the #1 PG he had to go

A. Sherrod Blakely:

I don't buy the "you can't have a non-shooting PG" - Spain seems to do okay with Rubio. The chip on Rondo's shoulder just got even bigger.

 

As a Celtics fan, I would rather have him shooting jumpers all day in a gym than playing on this team. So I'm happy this happened.

 

Wade isn't a PG, but Rose is. He just makes bad decisions and horribly times his passes. Watch a Bulls game, you'll know exactly what i'm talking about. He's not exactly shoot-first.

 

rose is better.

 

...at committing turnovers and allowing the other team to score at will.

 

and playing basketball.

 

I just find it rather odd.

 

Try using your imagination instead of labeling people as odd. That's how wars start.

 

oh and rondo turns the ball over at what i think is probably a significantly higher rate.