Rajon Rondo: Winning with Celtics and Lakers, The LeBron Game

Rajon Rondo didn’t just win two NBA championships during his NBA career. He did so while playing on both sides of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers rivalry. Rondo explores the differences in those two experiences, and how each came to be, throughout this episode.

 

Rondo also gives his perspective both of being the guy who helped to end LeBron James’ first run in Cleveland, to playing against LeBron during the Miami years, to being LeBron’s teammate in Los Angeles. Rondo specifically remembers the moments of wanting to play LeBron and the Cavs during the 2010 Playoffs and then beating them, as well as LeBron’s career-altering performance during Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals.

 

Much more is covered in the episode, as Rondo recalls nearly being traded for Kevin Garnett, the epic 2009 playoff series against the Chicago Bulls, and what separates Boston from other sports cities. He also tells the story of playing on a torn ACL and how he eventually found out it was torn, as well as playing with a dislocated elbow following his dust-up with Dwyane Wade during the 2011 Playoffs.

 

0:30 – Rondo’s observations of today’s NBA game

 

4:45 – Boston’s guards and Jrue Holiday being one of his favorite teammates

 

7:00 – Nearly being traded by Boston and experience of playing for multiple teams

 

15:15 – Playing on a torn ACL and learning about the injury from a radio broadcast

 

20:45 – Reliving biggest moments of his Boston career

 

30:30 – Facing Brad Stevens and the Celtics in 2017 Playoffs as a member of the Bulls

 

40:30 – Learning about Rondo’s basketball IQ

 

43:45 – Winning another championship

 

WATCH on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD8UAk92Gn8

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