Did Obama ruin Rondo's shooting?

[Inferno]

Excerpt from one of Shaq's books...

"In early March some of the guys went to the Museum of Fine Arts for a fund-raiser and got to hang with President Barack Obama. Everyone was a little bit in awe. The president turns to Ray, points at Rondo, and says, “Hey Ray, why don’t you teach this kid how to shoot?” Everyone starts laughing, and Ray says, “Nah, that’s why he’s got to give the ball to me. I’ll take care of the shooting.”KG told me he saw the look on Rondo’s face and the kid was devastated, embarrassed. Dissed by the president, even though I’m sure Obama didn’t mean any harm. Rondo smiled and went along with all of it, but KG told me he could see it in his eyes. It bothered Rondo. It killed him.The next day Rondo shot the ball horribly. He stopped taking shots after that. He’s so sensitive. I think it was a real jolt to hear the outside perception of a basketball fan who happens to be the president of the United States. It messed with his mind. I’m sure of it."

 

[BigE214]

Ruin means he had to be on and then fall off. Niggga never could shoot

 

[Majestic Pape]

He didn't ruin his shot, obviously, because he wouldn't have talked shyt about it if it wasn't already ruined.

He probably destroyed Rondo's confidence though. And even though he's a professional athlete at the elite level and it's reasonable to expect for him to be unaffected by outside criticism like this, with the emphasis so many people put on Obama, I'm not surprised that him shytting on him would ruin his confidence. That's gotta be like meeting your idol (even though I don't know who would ever have Obama as their idol, but that's a whole nother thread) and the first thing he does is diss you.

 

[DaddyTime]

Rondo became the Kwame Brown to Obama's Jordan

 

[Ohene]

Obama is lame

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Ruin means he had to be on and then fall off. Niggga never could shoot

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

No more excuses for Rondo next season.

 

[IGSaint12]

A whole lot of assumptions based on nothing. Sports Journalism in a nutshell.

 

[Ritzy Sharon]

Shaq's ghostwriter is reaching on this one.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Obama been hanging out with

 

[Kenny West]

 

[MikelArteta]

 

[fact]

No more excuses for Rondo next season.

We'll see when he leads the league in assists, what excuses you are gonna make.
"It's not the 1's job to get his teammates the ball"
"Point guards are supposed to lead the league in scoring, assists mean nothing to the game"

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Odd, he was such a great shooter in college and as a rookie... Maybe it was Obama

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Rondonumba9 >>>>> Rajon Rondo at shooting.