The fact that Rajon Rondo can’t shoot is common knowledge. He has admirably raised his 3PT% from a putrid 20.7% his rookie year to 26.3% last season to 31.8% thus far in 08-09 through 35 games, (not that he shoots many threes to begin with), but his accuracy even from mid-range remains historically inconsistent.
Essentially, let’s credit him for getting better — but let’s realize that we’re basically crediting a dog for his newfound ability to merely piss on the rug instead of shit.
And while every scout, coach and waterboy in the League knows that, I’m not sure why Ray Allen is saying things like this after the Celtics loss on Sunday night to the Knicks in MSG. (via CelticsBlog)
It also hurt that the Knicks got mileage out of putting 6-foot-11 forward Jared Jeffries on Rajon Rondo who had just three points after scoring 26 against New York on Dec. 21.
“That’s now the blueprint on how to beat us, so we just have to counter that,” Allen said. “Put a big guy on [Rondo] and just force him to shoot.”
Adds Doc:
“There’ll be nights when Rondo is not making shots”
Great PR campaign you guys have going here.
On the other hand, maybe it’s not such a big deal to publicly tell people how to beat you when it’s this easy to decipher how to do so via simple game-film analysis — something Seven Seconds or Mess provides oh so astutely in the video below. (via FanHouse)
Regardless, you can bet Phil Jackson and Mike Brown are taking notes.
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