If you have even seen one Celtics game in the last two years you have seen this happen. Inbound to Rondo who casually walks it up the court. 18 seconds on shot clock. Rondo walks to top of the key and starts directing traffic but no one gets open. 10 second on shot clock. Rondo waves at whatever big man is closest to him to run up and do a pick and roll. 6 seconds on shot clock. Rondo runs around the pick, his defender runs under the pick. 3 second on shot clock. Rondo takes a 20 foot jump shot that doesn't come close to going in. Other team rebounds the ball and end of possession. Considering Rondo has shot 32% from 16-23 foot range in the last two months this has to be one of the worst and most inefficient ways of running an offense the Cs can think of. Every time this sequence starts to happen you can always expect to see Doc Rivers on the side line screaming at the players (Rondo) to speed it up, so it has to make you wonder. Why is Rondo not listening and why does this happen so frequently? Whether it is injury, fatigue, or just laziness, it has to stop if C's expect to get banner 18.
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