Rajon Rondo ‘would probably be playing’ if it were playoffs, says Danny Ainge
Even if Danny Ainge said I am a Celtics blogger, I would not trust him. If he told me I am a 24-year old male (which I am), I would not trust him. And if he described a Boston Celtics injury, I would take his words, delete them from my memory, chuckle that he expected anyone might believe them, and shake my head while remembering Shaq, who was said to return “next week” for approximately 3,487 weeks, then returned and promptly injured himself while jogging down court.
Yet just because Ainge is still the Celtics general manager and he discussed Rajon Rondo’s status, I will report the news anywho, just in case he’s actually being honest. (Boston Herald)
“It’s not torn, and it doesn’t need surgery,” he said. “But we need to be careful. This isn’t a perfect science. But there is no structural damage there.”
“It takes a long time to get back to 100 percent with something like this,” he said. “Rondo would probably be playing if these were the playoffs. He’s played with a lot worse than this in terms of injuries. We’re just being cautious.”
“Just being cautious.” — the famous last words of a general manager who looks at an amputated leg and calls it a bone bruise. Rondo has said he might be out until the All-Star break (Feb. 26), and he’s the type of player who doesn’t even sit when his arm dangles from his side like one of those noodles little kids use to help themselves swim. Maybe there actually is no structural damage, but Rondo is really, really hurting.
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | January 31, 2012
Jay, why don’t you trust danny-boy?
I do believe him 100%.
what the heck, as you mentioned rondo played without 1 arm in the last playoffs, and JO with a broken wrist.
so I’m perfectly comfortable believing that rondo would be playing if it were playoffs time.
reassured? hell no!
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I’m sure Rondo would play if it were the playoffs. My comment was just alluding to all the times Ainge has led us wrong in the past.
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I know, I was just playing the part.
anyway, I still want to believe (sic) that the trade made sense, and ainge believed that shaq would have been able to contribute. if I remember correctly, it all started with daniels’ injury, that left the Cs with no backup at small forward.
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Why do you want to believe in Danny so much that you choose to lie to yourself? You know very well that trading your starting center in order to have a BACKUP small forward is utter, raving folly!
And what i really don’t get is why everyone is soooooooooooo determined to believe that Danny is a saint, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO RUN EVERYONE ELSE DOWN!! They are willing to tell themselves that Perkins is a scrub who didn’t matter to us; that Rondo is stupid, immature jerk that we would be better off without; that Shaq was lying when he said that he told Danny not to count on him; that we never had the athleticism to play with Miami anyway; and on and on.
And for God’s sake, Danny himself admitted that he probably wouldn’t have traded Perkins were it not for the contract situation; but trading a guy because you think you might not be able to resign him, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DO ON THE VERGE OF THE PLAYOFFS? Of course not.
Danny made a move that he knew at the time was a bad basketball move, a move made for other reasons than basketball, and he’s been lying about it ever since.
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paul…in case you missed my post about Perk last night getting posterized by Griffin, with what you believe is stellar defense (hands up and no attempt to actually stop him from getting to the rim. Russell, Cowens Parish et al would not have ever had that kind of dunk on them and ergo another reason I am glad the mediocre Perk is gone.
My post from last night:
For all those (paul & company) that want Perk back…here’s how bad his ‘stellar’ defense is (and check his recent game stats…he’s scored 12 pts in last 6 games with 5 rebs, 9 TOs and 14 PFs while averaging about 25 mins per game)…
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/31/video-dunk-of-the-year-blake-griffin-destroys-perkins/related/
Thank God he is no longer a Celtic. Go Cs…I’m a DA defender extraordinaire!!!
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let’s settle on just one thing: that danny believed (hoped?) that the o’neal twins would make it in the playoffs. the perkins-less Cs dominated the first half of the regular season, and the sudden injury of daniels left the team with no backup to pierce. perk wanted more money than the danny wanted to pay him (and his numbers in okc tell that maybe danny was right about that). I can’t blame danny for pulling the trigger. was it the wrong move? afterwards, absolutely. was it risky? yep, maybe too much. was it bad? no, it made sense.
IF (biggest if ever, I agree) both shaq and jermaine had been healty in the playoffs maybe now we’d be discussing how brilliant danny is
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This situation with Rondo has become very disturbing. As usual the team, including Rondo, is being very deceptive about his status. On one hand, I’m glad they are not rushing him back, and I believe it that the injury is by no means a trivial one, but what is really going on here?
And, perhaps more importantly, what is the team doing about the fact that officials and the league are allowing opponents to pretty much out and out mug Rondo? Dwayne Wade was clearly NOT making a play, nor was that guy who knocked Rondo down the other night. Why do the Celtics seem unconcerned about this? I find that shocking, actually. It’s one thing to be a guard attacking the lane and having to be tough as you get knocked about; it’s quite another thing to have people literally teeing off on you. Why aren’t the Celtics defending their best player? How can he possibly expect to even survive as a player, much less thrive, if this kind of thing continues, with no consequences for the muggers?
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paul…will you please make up your mind re RR? Either you say he’s our “best player” or you want him traded (said several days ago). So what’s it going to be? Keep or trade? I’m glad too he is resting his injury, as it is helping Bradley get quality time which will help greatly come the playoffs. As I said the other day it would be fun to see both on the court at the same time giving a full court press. The harass and pressure defense strategy is always a good one as it disrupts teams getting into their sets and burns precious seconds off the 24-second clock thereby forcing teams out of their comfort zone. Go Cs…and P.S. D Wade did not intentionally try and hurt RR. He did intentionally foul him but his intent was not to get him out of the game or series as others have suggested.
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