Rajon Rondo believes he can still be an asset to an NBA team. He’s settled into a reserve role for the Chicago Bulls since losing his starting point guard job in December, and continues to be praised by coach Fred Hoiberg and his teammates for his professionalism dealing with the benching. But in a recent interview he expressed his frustration about the Bulls not following through on how they planned to use Rajon when they recruited him last summer.
When asked why he feels his role with the Bulls isn’t working out as both sides hoped, Rondo suggested it could be a personnel issue.
“It’s just, maybe, the personnel in this situation. I mean, last year – I hate to keep talking about last year – but you couldn’t name three people on my team, the Sacramento Kings, and I led the league in assists. You know? I don’t know. I believe [I still have value] given the right personnel and the flow of the game.” – Rajon Rondo
Talk about throwing your former teammates under the bus. Rondo isn’t entirely wrong in insinuating that the Kings lacked household names last season. Other than DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay and Rondo, the average NBA fan would struggle to rattle off the names on that roster.
Seth Curry, Rondo’s former teammate in Sacramento, saw this comment and felt like a retort was necessary. The brother of Warriors superstar Steph Curry now plays for the Dallas Mavericks, but he couldn’t resist defending his old Kings teammates on Twitter. Earlier today, Seth posted a poll using the website Sporcle.com.
— Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) January 17, 2017
I love how Curry doesn’t call out Rondo in the tweet. He just posts the quiz with an emoji that looks like it’s thinking really hard. Such a subtle dig. So far, no sign of Rondo taking this quiz. But it’s making its way around the Twitterverse, and people are having a lot of fun trying to fill out the complete Kings roster from last season. I scored a 14/15, forgetting only NBA journeyman James Anderson. I am a huge NBA nerd though. The average score as of right now on the Sporcle quiz is just 53%.
Can you prove Rondo wrong by naming three players besides Rondo, Cousins and Gay? Take the quiz!
