Wasn't Rondo that NY playground phenom who jumped to the NBA out of high school and looked like a real disappointment early on? From what little I saw of him this year, he's turned into a very level-headed team player.
I'm wondering what you think of an idea I heard on some sports show or site recently, Zen: that Pierce's turnaround, as well as the improved play of the other pre-trade Celts, can be credited to the Garnett Effect. The idea is that Garnett is a warrior whose on-court example tends to bring out the best in his teammates, i.e. a whiner looks bad enough on his own, but next to KG, he starts to look so bad that he can't even stand to be around himself.
|