BOS G Rajon Rondo’s surgery is expected to be on Feb 12 or 13 and will be a procedure using either his ligaments or a cadaver,source told Y! — Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) February 8, 2013 After a brief burst of “maybe Rondo will return quicker than we think” stuff last night, it’s now obvious [...]
February 8, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Rajon Rondo As a Celtics fan, I hate Kobe Bryant for a lot of reasons. But today, I really despise him…. because he said a lot of things that I really agree with. In an interview with Jackie MacMullan, Kobe talked about the Celtics, the rivalry, and Rajon Rondo. First, the topic du jour around Boston, the [...]
February 7, 2013 John - Red's Army Rajon Rondo Everyone who’s been following this team for the past few years knows Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo developed a very close friendship over their first few years with the team. Rondo’s post-Perk trade funk has widely been blamed on him sulking over the team sending away his best buddy. But a change in uniform doesn’t [...]
The Nike Hyperdisruptor has been worn by Rajon Rondo, Jeff Green & Leandro Barbosa this season. They first dropped about 1 month ago in limited colorways. Well thanks to Eastbay, you can now choose from 12 different colorways of the Nike basketball shoe. One of them is this pine green & poison green edition that [...]
Until the Celtics lose a game, the chatter about whether they’re better off without Rajon Rondo is only going to get louder. I find it laughable and so does Courtney Lee: “I wouldn’t say that all,” said Courtney Lee, who replaced Rondo in the C’s starting lineup. “Rondo’s an All-Star. Any time you can add an [...]
February 4, 2013 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News, Courtney Lee, Rajon Rondo Via WEEI: The Celtics are now 2-0 since losing Rajon Rondo for the season with an ACL tear in his right knee. A vocal minority have speculated that perhaps this team might be better off without the services of the All-Star point guard, a notion the coach dismissed quickly on Thursday. “That’s silly,” Rivers said. “The bottom [...]
January 31, 2013 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News, Doc Rivers, Rajon Rondo Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted this just after midnight yesterday: For now, Celtics content to go w/ the four guards on roster and see how it plays out, [...]
January 29, 2013 KWAPT Avery Bradley, Celtics News, Courtney Lee, Danny Ainge, Injuries, Jason Terry, Jeff Green, Leandro Barbosa, Rajon Rondo, Rumors, The Morning Dump, The Team I had the pleasure of attending’s yesterday’s double OT thriller against Miami. Jeff Green’s thunderous dunk on Chris Bosh in the 4th quarter blew the roof off that building. After the game, while I was reading Ben’s recap, I was reminded by reader “KY Celts fan” that this was far from the first time a [...]
The moment we got news about Rajon Rondo’s torn ACL, all the armchair doctors on the planet offered up time-tables for his return. I heard anywhere from 8 to 16 months. Here’s what Danny Ainge told the Herald’s Mark Murphy: Though the recovery from reconstructive knee surgery can vary, depending on the player, Ainge said [...]
January 28, 2013 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News, Rajon Rondo By now, I’m sure your Twitter account has near exploded with the countless updates on today’s damning news that Rajon Rondo will in fact miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season with a torn ACL. So after googling how to tie a strong knot or the closest bridge to you, assuredly it has crossed your [...]
January 27, 2013 Nick Sannicandro Injuries, Rajon Rondo