Top 10 possible Rajon Rondo traits to succeed as future coach
The top 10 possible Rajon Rondo traits he can use to succeed as a future coach grew further on Thursday.
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TOP 10 POSSIBLE RONDO TRAITS FOR HIM TO THRIVE AS FUTURE COACH
The top 10 possible Rondo traits for him to thrive as a future coach grew on Thursday.
Furthermore, the 38-year-old retired player was seen at the Milwaukee Bucks’ training camp.
Moreover, Bucks coach Doc Rivers tapped Rondo as a guest coach at UC Irvine.
Rivers and several basketball observers are convinced that the two-time NBA champion will succeed on the bench soon.
Let’s count down those 10 possible Rondo traits, shall we?
1. COURT SMARTS
Moreover, Rondo is considered one of the smartest players coached by Rivers, who handled him with the Boston Celtics.
“He (Rondo) knows when to and when not to say stuff. He’s a great team builder,” Rivers said of his former player.
2. VISIONS FROM OTHER COACHES
Furthermore, it’s not just Rivers who envisions Rondo’s future as a coach.
Moreover his high school coach, Steve Smith, once told ESPN that he sees Rondo one day as a coach.
In college, University of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith, Rivers, and his successor as Boston coach – Brad Stevens – also said the same way.
3. PATIENCE WITH PLAYERS’ EXPECTATIONS
Moreover, Rivers was initially apprehensive about Rondo’s patience with other players due to his high expectations.
However, Rondo, being a father of three, might have mellowed him down.
“Kids create patience, and then as you continue to live life, you develop patience as well,” he said.
4. ADAPTABILITY TO ALL TYPES OF PLAYERS
Furthermore, Rondo’s experience playing on nine teams in his 16-year NBA career also put him in great stead.
Moreover, the four-time NBA All-Star has adapted to playing with different star players throughout the years.
“It’s about being able to understand how everyone can get coached differently,” he said.
5. RONDO’S PENCHANT TO BE A ‘TEACHER’
With patience and adaptability, Rondo is a natural “teacher” to younger players he wants to show how it’s done.
“You get that itch. Like, let me show you how it’s done,” he said.
6. EX-PLAYER’S MENTALITY
Great teachers are usually effective with those who have seen and done it before.
Rondo’s checkered NBA career, highlighted by four All-Defensive Team nods and assists and steals titles, shows that.
One of the rare players to become a champion with the Boston Celtics (2007-08) and rival Los Angeles Lakers (2019-20) also helps, too.
7. SOMEONE WHO VALUES EDUCATION
Moreover, Rondo values education, as he vows to finish his bachelor’s degree in human communications at the University of Kentucky.
He is expected to split his time finishing his online courses while attending the Bucks’ camp with Rivers to finish his degree.
8. GOOD READ FOR THE GAME
Rivers says Rondo is one of the few players who instantly understands a head coach’s different play sets on the fly.
“He’s the only one I coached – and I’ve coached some really smart players – but Rondo’s understanding of sets, his job, what this guy should be doing, is unbelievable,” Rivers said.
9. POINT GUARDS TEND TO BECOME GOOD COACHES
Rivers knows to see a future coach when he sees one in Rondo from one point guard to another.
Moreover, the current Bucks coach acknowledges also learning from his former player himself.
“It’s the only time I would finish games where I would say he called a great game because that was him from my play sheet, like a catcher,” Rivers said.
10. ALWAYS A WINNER
As if winning NBA rings from the Celtics and Lakers weren’t enough, Rondo has been a winner throughout his career in so many ways.
He finished his NBA career with averages of 9.8 points, 7.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in 957 career games.
Those might not be the most stellar numbers, but Rondo has more than proven himself to be a future Hall-of-Famer, let alone a deserving future head coach.
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