taking stock

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:      Defense:      Overall: He did a great job of being aggressive.  He’s obviously not Rondo, but he’s just about as fast and any time you can push the tempo and force the defense to react, [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:      Defense:      Overall: Early on, Rondo’s contribution was strictly scoring.  Once again, he shot 50% from 16-23 feet.  He did only shoot 3 of 9 for the game, but a couple of those shots were [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:  20 points on a very efficient 10-16 shooting.  He hit 5 of 6 shots at the rim, and 5 of 8 from everywhere else inside the 3-point line.  A few of his turnovers were sloppy, but a [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters  It’s really little shock that games flow as Rondo’s performance does.  And that’s not to say he alone is personally responsible for everything that goes right or wrong, but he does set the tone.  There was a general [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo:  Rack up another double-double for Rondo.  Among the really positives:  Rondo shot 3-4 from the line with the game hanging in the balance.  That’s a monumental step.  Also, his clutch baskets came in the form of [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo:  Better effort in this one, which shows the Milwaukee was a cruise-control, front-end of a back-to-back game.  I’m still not a big fan of Rondo’s half court defense, which I feel could be better if he [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo:  One play in particular sticks out in my mind.  At 5:00 in the first quarter, after a Jeff Green miss from the corner, the Bucks rebounded and got it to Monta Ellis.  He whipped a pass [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters  Rajon Rondo:  The 20 points, 13 assists and 7 rebounds make for a spectacular line.  The aggressive moves to the rim to get easy (or relatively easy for him) were great.  He still had 4 turnovers and stretches [...]