Posts Tagged ‘ Rajon Rondo ’

Lakers, Celtics talking Howard-Rondo trade?

The walls of my Houston hotel room are shaking…and it’s not a Texas twister. It really wouldn’t be NBA All-Star Weekend without Rajon Rondo and/or Dwight Howard rumors. The Los Angeles Lakers have engaged in preliminary discussions with the Boston Celtics on a trade centering on Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo, according to sources....
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Spoelstra to coach East, start Bosh?

By virtue of beating the new-look Toronto Raptors on Sunday, the Miami Heat have have assured that their head coach will be working on All-Star Sunday. Erik Spoelstra will coach the Eastern Conference squad, one which featured three of his own players. While Lebron James and Dwyane Wade have been selected to start, there’s still the...
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Sullinger to undergo back surgery

It hasn’t been a good week for the Boston Celtics. First Rajon Rondo goes out for the year, now their impressive rookie is out for the season. Jared Sullinger‘s back condition has followed him from Ohio State. Afterall, it’s the reason he even slipped to Boston in the draft last year. Today he has elected...
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Brook Lopez replaces Rondo

Josh Smith & his fans will have to wait another year. The Commish, David Stern, has succomb to the media buzz & selected Nets center Brook Lopez to replace Rajon Rondo on the All-Star team. The Celtics PG tore his ACL last week. The East team now has 3 centers…..on their bench (Chandler, Noah,...
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Rondo has torn ACL, out for season

Rajon Rondo appeared to injury his right knee on a late drive at Atlanta Friday night, a game in which Boston had blown a huge lead. He continued to play on it en route to a Celtics loss in overtime. It’s a game that Boston fans will remember for quite some time. Rondo’s knee...
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Rondo has hyperextended knee

The Boston Celtics PR staff has duped us for a couple of days now. Prior to Boston’s game vs Miami Sunday, the news was finally announced. Rajon Rondo hyperextended his right knee Friday night at Atlanta. While an MRI is still pending, the pain is too much to play on. Courtney Lee started in...
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All-Star Starters Announced

EASTERN CONFERENCE: Rajon Rondo 924,180 making his 4th All-Star game Dwyane Wade 1,052,310 turned 31 on Monday Lebron James 1,583,646 leads Eastern Conference in votes Carmelo Anthony 1,460,950 still doesn’t like Kevin Garnett Kevin Garnett 553,222 will be promoting Honey Nut Cheerios in Houston WESTERN CONFERENCE: Chris Paul 929,155 thankfully beat out Jeremy Lin...
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Players ejected at Nets-Celtics

As the Nets finished off a dominating first half at Boston, all hell broke loose. In the end…Rajon Rondo, Kris Humphries, and Gerald Wallace were all ejected. Kevin Garnett landed hard after a foul by Humphries, which resulted in Rondo going ‘rabid dog’ on the Nets big man. As the melee grew and...
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Preseason Report: Same names, New games

The NBA offseason is all about adding something to your game. For a lot of guys it’s just lip service at media day but, for others, it’s the absolute truth. Less than a week into the preseason a few guys are showing some brand new stuff in their games. The days of Rajon Rondo standing alone at the top...
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Translating the Talk: Rondo vs Lin

Thank you Rajon Rondo for spicing up the NBA summer just a little bit. While BlogNBAsketball.com never runs out of fresh content, a little trash talk always supersedes season predictions and offseason reports. It’s refreshing…..in an era where guys are all good friends and hugging it out before, after, and during games. I like it...
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