What was the reason Rondo was left off the Olympic team?

[Trip]

Moses Malone "couldn't shoot."

Wilt "couldn't shoot"

Willis Reed "couldn't shoot."

Centers aren't required to shoot as much as PG.

You WYLIN!!

Magic's jumper wasnt exactly pure either

 

[heisenburrr]

rondo both overrated and underrated in this thread

 

[NYC Rebel]

Magic's jumper wasnt exactly pure either

But he developed one the further along he moved into his career.

Still doesn't change the fact that he could bully someone to the rim and that using center's inability to shoot isn't making a case for a PG that can't.

 

[bigesco]

Moses Malone "couldn't shoot."

Wilt "couldn't shoot"

Willis Reed "couldn't shoot."

Centers aren't required to shoot as much as PG.

You WYLIN!!

Man I aint comparing the C and PG positions , Im just saying Shaq was really horrible wit his shot but still found other ways to score and dominate. Same as Rondo.

There are C's that can shoot lights out i.e Bargnani but it dont mean they can dominate cuz they lack other necessary skills. To say that Rondo doesnt compare to the other Pgs cuz he cant shoot is ridiculous cuz he does a lot of other things MUCH better than all the other Pgs

 

[Roadie pipeher]

Yea u did

Shaq couldnt shoot, at all. FTs or jump shots. His hands were so big he could barely get a good grip on the ball. But, he still found a way to dominate. Same with Rondo. Cant really shoot but he dominates the game in so many other ways that it dont really affect his overall performance.

Leave..

 

[NYC Rebel]

Man I aint comparing the C and PG positions , Im just saying Shaq was really horrible wit his shot but still found other ways to score and dominate.

He didn't NEED to shoot like most dominant centers!!!



Acting as if he overcame a deficiency in his game along the lines of Rondo is retarded when most HOF centers weren't asked to shoot jumpers in the first place.

Niqqas watch too much Hakeem and think all centers are supposed to play that way.

 

[Loose]

this is true. but still, u gotta watch games of this dude playin. yea, he was gettin assists, but what about points n boards? his drives to the hoop are ill, hes talented as fukk

he often steals boards from the bigs a lot of pgs arent even allowed to constantly go after boards. since the celtics are so damn he has full ok to do whatever.

 

[Trip]

He didn't NEED to shoot like most dominant centers!!!

And Rondo doesnt need to either like other PG's. Jason Kidd was a dominant PG and couldnt shoot.

 

[bigesco]

He didn't NEED to shoot like most dominant centers!!!

Exactly

Same wit Rondo

He doesnt need to shoot a high % cuz he does so much else on the floor

 

[NYC Rebel]

And Rondo doesnt need to either like other PG's. Jason Kidd was a dominant PG and couldnt shoot.

Both JKidd and Magic had size advantages over the opposing PG's which Rondo doesn't

 

[holidayinn21]

*takes shaq out of my top-10 due to his inability to hit the pull-up jumper.*

 

[Trip]

Both JKidd and Magic had size advantages over the opposing PG's which Rondo doesn't

yet Rondo still gets layups in the half court with ease

 

[Loose]

Exactly

Same wit Rondo

He doesnt need to shoot a high % cuz he does so much else on the floor

he doesn't need to cause his team is full of great finishers, even the future players he have down the pipe line will be respectable

 

[NYC Rebel]

Exactly

Same wit Rondo

No....it's NOT the same.

Rondo has to overcome his deficiency as a shooter in order to become great. Centers don't have to in order to become great.

 

[bigesco]

He didn't NEED to shoot like most dominant centers!!!



Acting as if he overcame a deficiency in his game along the lines of Rondo is retarded when most HOF centers weren't asked to shoot jumpers in the first place.

Niqqas watch too much Hakeem and think all centers are supposed to play that way.

Ewing Mourning Sabonis Hakeem Robinson Duncan etc were all much better shooters than Shaq but who would u rather have ?