Former Sonics great Gary Payton had some ridiculous comments on a recent appearance on NBA-TV. Payton essentially asserts that Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo did not deserve a ring last season for Boston's run to a record 17th NBA title.
I don't know if "The Glove" is jealous that Rondo won a championship in just his second NBA season, or any other pre-existing feud between the two, but these comments are wrong and just plain stupid. Rondo started 77 games last season, scoring 10.6 points and dishing out 5.1 assists per game. Defensively, Rondo was stellar all year long. He was 10th in the NBA with 129 steals, and sixth in the league with 4.8 defensive win shares per game, and had a total defensive rating of 98.4, good for eighth in the NBA.
Payton, of course, is one of the greatest NBA point guards of all time. Other than his defensive abilities, he is perhaps best known for leading the Sonics to one NBA finals appearance, a loss in six games to MJ and the Bulls, and then bouncing around the NBA in search of a ring. GP finally did win the big one, as a backup with the 2006-07 Miami Heat. Ironically, Payton was not the starter for that Heat club (that was White Chocolate himself- Jason Williams), so when they finally did close the book on Dallas, he was probably on the bench, waving a towel.
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