I'm a big fan but not everyone is. Here's a TrueHoop author that isn't sold on him. Rajon, the overrated? There is a platonic ideal for the point guard position, and that is to be an unselfish distributor. Rajon Rondo passes that test, no pun intended. The man is second in assists this year, and he notched a whopping For this reason, Rondo is considered a "pure point guard," the way other role-fitting stars might be considered "pure scorers.
That he embodies an archetype might help explain how Rondo received a No. But Rondo does not fit my platonic ideal for a point guard, because Boston's offense, to put it mildly, stinks.
Last offseason, the Mavericks nearly lured away Jordan with vague promises that he would be nurtured as a franchise center and team cornerstone. Backing out of the offer may have unwittingly acknowledged that he was not quite up to the challenge. What a difference winning makes. At one point in time, Carmelo Anthony and James were actually thought to be 1A and 1B rivals, as schoolboy legends. Melo, of course, spent one year at Syracuse, where he carried the Orangemen to a title, after averaging up 27 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists per game through the Final Four, as a freshman.
This type of across the board dominance was eerily similar to the title run of Danny and the Miracles. The direct comparisons ended shortly thereafter. James has made six consecutive trips to the NBA Finals, winning three. Last June, King James was the first man to ever lead both Finals teams in points 30 , rebounds 11 , assists 9 , steals 3 , and blocks 2 , in completing his epic quest to bring a title back home to the hard-luck city of Cleveland, after 52 long years.
Melo, on the other hand, has never made it out of the Conference Finals. To his many critics, Anthony is a selfish gunner, who fails to make his teammates better. Like Bernard King, Melo is a pure scorer who often brings little else to the table. Much of the hype surrounding Anthony, of course, has to do with the fact that he punches the clock as Employee No. Certainly, the talking heads will play up a LeBron James versus Carmelo Anthony showdown , if these two were to ever meet again in the playoffs.
For his part, Anthony has retired from international play as the most decorated Olympian of all time. Basketball purists, however, have balked at the idea that winning a gold medal on a stacked All-Star team is anywhere near comparable to an NBA title. That summer, Harden led a like-able group of Houston Rockets deep into the postseason, where they ultimately lost to Curry and the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. For — 16, however, the wheels inexplicably fell off in Houston.
The Rockets got off to a surprisingly slow start, with Harden going through the motions and apparently quitting on his head coach. Kevin McHale was gone by mid November and the Rockets stood at a lowly Is it to run an efficient offense? Inject the question of whether defense is really 'half the game' for an offense-oriented position, and you have perhaps the NBA's hardest player to gauge.
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