Because Rondo was shooting all of his shots close to the basket or at the most a 10-15ft jumper. If Rajon had tried to shoot 3's like Rafer he would have been run out of Boston.
Rafer should fake a behind the back pass and continue to the basket. Then he should take less 3's, and they would be the same player. Both play decent d Rafer may have better handles Both suck at the 3 point shot
One thing, Boston lost a good shooter in Posey, and the Rockets gained a good shooter in Barry (also a terrific leader and passer). Also, if the celtics ever go in a 3pt drought, they will remain in a 3pt drought. If I remember, the finals last year Posey came up big with the 3s, whiles the rest of the team was missing 3s after 3s after 3s. It was Posey that gave the celtics the extra boost. Now that Posey is gone, they have 2 good shooters in Allen and Pierce. Pierce can be solved by Artest, but Allen is probably our biggest problem. When Allen gets hot, he gets hot. When Allen goes on a shooting slump, then he is cancer to the team if he keeps shooting, yet easier to deal with if he decides to drive in. The Celtics aren't a team that will bring Yao out the post like Jazz. Garnett may prove to be another problem, but seeing as to how well we did against Garnett with Yao and without McGrady, I'm pretty sure we'll do fine against him. We always have Chuck Hayes, and if Hayes can hold a fired up Nowitzki to 0 points (not including the T) in the fourth, I have confidence that he can replicate the same results with Garnett. The speed and rebounding of Garnett will probably be our biggest concern in his game.
last season's first vs Boston,Yao without T-Mac we only lost in the end,now we got Artest,who can do better then wells(now is away) ,and T-Mac is back ,still he is still not 100%.And I think next game limit Garnett's rebound is most important,so Scola and Landry should do better,especially former,he is out of status.Yao in the centre give much help,if so we win Boston isn't incredible
Boston was also lucky on the injury front last season, let's not forget about that. Which means, if we're lucky with health, we should have our hopes up for a championship run, not just a 1st round exit.
In the when you throw the ball at the basket you want it in more often than not regardless of where you shot. Overall Rondo was 49% successful and Rafer was sub-40%.
Yes, Rondo is more a consistent scorer when he sticks to the inside. But unless you're a big man, your lack of outside shooting makes you a liability on the offense in many situations. Why do you think even though he's shooting 49% he's not taking more shots than pierce and allen who are 43-44% shooters? It's because his offensive game is limited. He has some big games when he can consistently attack the middle, but he also has many games where he scores in single digits with a low percentage. Why do you think that is? Yes, I'm definitely not arguing his effectiveness when he can play his game, but you'd be really disappointed if you wanted to him shooting 3's compared to Rafer.
He does, but Rafer is asked to shoot the open three so he does. I just don't want people to be blinded to Rajon's faults because he's the starting pg for the Celtics. He is still learning and because of that he isn't "miles" better than Rafer.
No way. We don't have, actually I think duo of Alston/Brooks with possible Francis is better than Rajon Rondo, Eddie House or Tony Allen. And we also have Shane Battier, one extra player who writer forgot to mention. On the paper we're better team, but we have to prove it.
True! But if we plug in Brooks on Rondo, it could be a good match up!. I got a feeling that Brooks will have longer minutes tonight's game.
Eh..... If first quarter has been any indication, I would not even blink at trading Rafer for Rondo. Rafer = Ultra-Limiting Reagent.
this is one weird reply. Dont know what to say. A PG does not have to shoot 3s. Rondo is ok to shoot his high percentage shots. Any NBA player needs to finish under the basket. Rafer sucks because he can not finish.
