Kevin Garnett Explains Why Rajon Rondo Was Built Different

Kevin Garnett Explains Why Rajon Rondo Was Built Different

M when I when I was coming over to the uh for from the trade, I had like a little say so on who was going to be in the trade, you know what I’m saying? Or just just the leverage of so I they had everybody in there and then I I thought the [ __ ] was African. I didn’t I didn’t know, you know what I’m saying? The [ __ ] said the [ __ ] name was Ray Jean. I was like and I had seen this one clip of him in the garden. Y’all seen the clip where he steal it, lay it up, steal it again, and and and then get filed and then he flip over some [ __ ] like it’s it’s a famous clip. Yeah. It’s like some You know what I’m saying? So I see that clip. I’m like, “Hey, look, um Danny, like I I want to come over here, but you know, if I come over here, y’all got to keep the little African [ __ ] Y’all got to keep the little the little you know, the little African regime.” He was like, “You talking about Rajan?” I was like, “Yeah, Rondo.” He’s like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to keep him. So the I got to see him in practice with all the behind the backs and the ghost and the and he just [ __ ] around quiet don’t really say nothing but then we get out here he he he picking up he picking up 94 he zigzag he just I’m like hey young you know I actually get up and double the guard like this at 90. Oh yeah. Okay. Well, and we messed right away even though he was quiet. And then they were so used to Paul doing stuff and P coming in here acting like Torren Walking, the whole Torren Walker flavor. You know what I’m saying? So, I came in here doing a whole another move. You know, I would talk to the youngans and I would get one-on-one and the rookies didn’t have [ __ ] I get them suits and show them [ __ ] and we all go places. And so, Pete had to change what he was doing a little bit to fit all what we was doing. And then Rondo was just so smart that his development just being around better players just took off. But he was also hard-headed as [ __ ] He was also a little goon. He was also in his head. He was also one of us. And one of the things we all had to take serious was that his development was coming to the point where yeah, he he going to be an allstar. I didn’t understand that, but he he can damn near he going to be he going to be it. He can run this. He can he start getting his little Jay, you know, for the stuff they they said he couldn’t do. He start knocking that down, man. We went to um Miami one time. He punched that [ __ ] on Chris Bosch came through. I didn’t know he had that. Like I was And then you just start seeing the growth of Rondo. And I was like, man, this this [ __ ] is a is is just a genius. He’s a genius. If a lot of people don’t know, Rondo actually want to be a quarterback. A lot of people don’t know that he was really into football. He’s tough as nails. But I always knew I never worried about Rondo when it was somebody that had like a big name. You ready for that? What? Y’all remember when Jeremy Lynn had that? Yeah. When Jeremy Lynn killed the league seven, eight games went crazy, man. Do was every day you know come in, man. Y’all see Jeremy Lynn? Jeremy Lee. Goddamn. We used to have a little saying in the locker room. Oh man, suck him off, [ __ ] [ __ ] you talking. Suck him off. Like like that [ __ ] trash. I’m like damn L trash though. That [ __ ] ain’t [ __ ] Wait till I see this [ __ ] Like you know I don’t know. You know I’m riding with you now. I’m 95 all day. You all right man? That [ __ ] ain’t [ __ ] Wait till I see this [ __ ] N be. Damn. What? Well we we played New York. It wasn’t even close. Yo, he wasn’t talking. He was in the zone and he he he ate. Dude, he ate. He ate Jeremy and he stopped that little seven game whatever. Well, he stopped it and then dude went into like a little slide after that man thing. But man, do is one of them, man. He kept it in check and then was talking crazy. So, I used to love to watch Rondo and Dererick

Kevin Garnett shares how he instantly saw Rajon Rondo’s potential and demanded the Celtics keep him out of the trade. KG dives into Rondo’s quiet intensity, his genius-level IQ, his hard-nosed game, and how he evolved into a star by going toe-to-toe with big names like Jeremy Lin, Dwyane Wade, and more.
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