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Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum was very candid in his Tuesday Reddit AMA. The 21-year-old answered fan questions about his 2018 playoff performance, his offseason work with Kobe Bryant and more. In a fun hypothetical, Tatum was also asked about which former Celtic he would most like to play with. His response included a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been ravaged by injuries in LeBron James’ first season with the club, which is definitely part of the reason why the Lakers will not be going to the playoffs. Lakers guard Rajon Rondo, who has missed considerable time himself this season, said that the amount of injuries Los Angeles has […]

After spending the first nine years of his NBA career with the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo has been a one-year journeyman. The Boston Celtics traded Rondo to the Dallas Mavericks in 2014. The Mavs were hoping Rondo could stay in Dallas for the long-haul, but the four-time All-Star didn’t […]

In the soap opera that has been the 2018-19 Los Angeles Lakers, perhaps no member of the organization has had as frustrating a season as Rajon Rondo. Although he has put up numbers that are mostly on par with his last three seasons in the league, Rondo was in the spotlight of a brawl against […]

The Los Angeles Lakers season certainly isn’t one to remember. A campaign that had more downs than ups led to the team’s demise as it missed its goal of returning to the playoffs. With their season all but over at this point, the Purple and Gold are looking forward to next season. Simultaneously, they can […]

LOS ANGELES – The 2018-19 NBA season is more or less over for the Los Angeles Lakers. The team has been eliminated from playoff contention while some of their best young players like Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Josh Hart have all been shut down for the season due to injuries. However, the team has […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the New Orleans Pelicans on Feb. 23, veteran point guard Rajon Rondo reportedly led a players-only meeting to find “a better understanding of one another,” according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. The trade deadline had already passed. The Lakers didn’t acquire Pelicans star Anthony Davis and the players […]

Los Angeles Lakers’ Rajon Rondo continues his climb in the all-time list of players with the most assists, passing Guy Rodgers for the 19th spot during the team’s 115-100 loss against the Utah Jazz. Congrats to @rajonrondo of the @Lakers for moving up to 19th on the #NBA all-time ASSISTS list! pic.twitter.com/SvfNTLovui — NBA (@NBA) […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came out victorious against the Washington Wizards last night, and one of the highlights of their 124-106 victory was Lance Stephenson’s crossover that saw Jeff Green stumble. The Lakers bench celebrated like crazy when Stephenson hit the jumper to complete the play, and there was someone who might have rejoiced too […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo shared some valuable insight on how he views the game of basketball now that he has been around the league for over a decade. According to Rondo, respect for the game is one of the most important attributes any player can have, and in his mind, this […]

With the result of this season now a foregone conclusion for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, veteran point guard Rajon Rondo has recently shared his thoughts on his team’s inability to meet pre-season expectations. According to the 32-year-old, their problems connecting from distance played a pivotal part in the team’s downfall. LAL has shot 34.8% […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday, dropping them to 31-37 on the year, 7.5 games behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the final playoff spot. Things continue to look bleaker for their playoff odds as the days go by, but point guard Rajon Rondo isn’t here to criticize how the […]

Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics has become the first player in franchise history since Rajon Rondo to record a 30-plus point triple-double. In their 126-120 win over the Sacramento Kings, Irving logged in 31 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds. Per Celtics Stats, he’s the first player to achieve a 30-plus point triple-double since […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are all but officially out of the playoffs, but that’s not an excuse for them to play lethargic against the Boston Celtics. In fact, LeBron James and Rajon Rondo are trying to go ShowTime mode early. Here’s the duo getting back-to-back highlight plays during the first quarter. Rondo finds LeBron down […]

Adding fuel to the fire for a possible Tinseltown reunion for former teammates LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, a recent piece by Joe Vardon of The Athletic sheds some light on Irving’s thoughts on the recent Lakers slump as well as how he feels about what James has been going through this season. “I feel […]

For the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, the 2018-19 season has been something to be forgotten. While the Celtics are currently in line for the 5th seed in the Eastern Conference, many believed Boston to be the single biggest threat to the Golden State Warriors heading into the season. Instead, the C’s have underwhelmed. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night was full of multiple different storylines. Primarily, it marked the fourth straight loss for the Lakers and pushed them to 30-35 on the season. Also wrapped up in that was a giant night for LeBron James, who passed Michael Jordan on the […]

Despite all signs pointing toward the Los Angeles Lakers missing the playoffs, veteran point guard Rajon Rondo says the team isn’t going to fold and will continue to play the right way. After losing to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, the Lakers fell to 11th place in the Western Conference standings, 6.5 games behind the […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo won’t be fined for sitting away from his teammates during the closing moments of Wednesday’s home loss to the Denver Nuggets, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Rondo met with Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka on Thursday. Johnson and Pelinka […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost their fourth straight game Wednesday when they took a 115-99 beatdown at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, but with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, fans witnessed a worrying act from veteran point guard Rajon Rondo. Down by double digits, Rondo was seen sitting with the […]

It sure looks like Rajon Rondo is fed up with all the losing happening to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers dropped to 30-35 on the season after bowing down to the Denver Nuggets, 115-99, for their fourth straight loss. In the closing seconds of the game, however, Rondo was noticeably sitting far away from […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo tagged LeBron James’ scoring milestone as ‘unbelievable’ given that the four-time MVP isn’t even deemed as a scorer. Rondo shared his thoughts prior to James’ milestone of surpassing Michael Jordan and becoming the fourth all-time leading scorer in league history. Rondo is in awe that James is in […]

The Los Angeles Lakers signed veteran guard Rajon Rondo last summer, hoping that he would be able to contribute to the team’s success because of his leadership and playoff excellence. However, the Lakers are most likely going to miss the postseason for the sixth straight year, despite the fact that they also brought in four-time […]

The Los Angeles Lakers held star small forward LeBron James and point guard Rajon Rondo out of practice on Tuesday. The Lakers are coming off a 113-105 loss to the Clippers on Monday. The Purple and Gold’s next game is on Wednesday at home against the Denver Nuggets: Luke Walton said they only had eight […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo had arguably his best game of the season on Monday, but his team suffered a disheartening defeat at the hands of their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, 113-105. Rondo had it going all night long, and his 24-point, 10-rebound, 12-assist triple-double allowed him to achieve a […]

Rajon Rondo is having another impressive game for the Los Angeles Lakers. Late in the third quarter of their game against the LA Clippers, the veteran point guard already had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. One of Rondo’s assists came in the first half, when he was able to give the ball to […]

When a team has one of the league’s best passers, a highlight play is always guaranteed. In this play, Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo found LeBron James for a sick alley-oop in transition. Rondo with the lob, Bron with the slam (via @Lakers)pic.twitter.com/Ll4oOerHd7 — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) March 3, 2019 By the way, this assist […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo now ranks 20th on the NBA’s all-time assists leaders list. With that alley-oop to LeBron, Rajon Rondo passed Deron Williams for 20th on the NBA’s all-time assist list (6,820). LeBron is No. 10 on that chart. — Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 3, 2019 This accomplishment by Rondo […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo is jacking up a lot of threes against the Milwaukee Bucks for some reason. Rajon Rondo has the green light from deep apparently (or at least in his mind)… He's 3-for-10 from 3-point range. 3 more attempts than he's ever had in a game and it's not even halftime. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made some changes in the starting line-up ahead of their game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday. Veteran guard Rajon Rondo was re-inserted into the starting line-up, and it worked wonders for the team. After the game, Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James praised Rondo, saying he was instrumental in helping […]

Rajon Rondo and the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff hopes suffered a major blow after the team lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 128-115. After earning an impressive win against the Houston Rockets back in Thursday, the Lakers looked to take advantage of an Anthony Davis-less Pelicans. However, they struggled all game, allowing the New Orleans […]

Just like that, the All-Star break has come and gone. Now, about 70% of the NBA will be gearing up for the playoff race that’s expected to heat up as soon as the calendar flips to March. The L.A. Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Sacramento Kings are in a dogfight for the eighth seed in […]

Earlier in the season, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo got into a scuffle in the middle of a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in which the two point guards came to blows. Not only that, but Paul said that Rondo spat on him, which Rondo later […]

For the first time since their fight at Staples Center on the second game of the season, Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul will face Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo on Thursday night. Rajon Rondo allegedly spit in Chris Paul’s face, and then an all-out brawl ensued with both point guards landing punches. Paul […]

BetOnline.ag has odds on who the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers will be next season. LaVar Ball currently sits at +50000 as an extremely outside chance. Jason Kidd +300 Tyronn Lue +350 Luke Walton +425 Mark Jackson +500 Brian Shaw +600 Magic Johnson +3300 Phil Jackson +3300 LeBron James +5000 Lavar Ball +50000 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers missed a huge opportunity to head into the All-Star break with their heads held high after a 117-113 loss on the road to the Atlanta Hawks. The purple and gold have now lost two in a row, four out of their last five and seven of their last 10 games, as […]

Rajon Rondo hit a game-winner at the buzzer against his old team, the Boston Celtics, as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, so naturally, Kevin Garnett had mixed feelings about it. Rondo and Garnett won the 2009 NBA championship with the Celtics, ironically against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. KG says he was happy […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 129-128, their president of basketball operations Magic Johnson went to Twitter to praise his team. He especially had praise for his backup point guard Rajon Rondo, who hit the game-winning shot. Any time we beat the Celtics is a great win for Laker Nation! […]

When the ball swished the net as the regulation clock expired, Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo knew that he had made history. He admitted that he had fantasies of beating the Boston Celtics, his former team. But he couldn’t believe that it came by way of a game-winner. In a post-game interview with Kristen Ledlow […]