Rajon Rondo responded to claims of him attempting to trip Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder as he ran back on defense during the Chicago Bulls 104-87 Game 3 loss on Friday night.
Rajon Rondo tried to trip Jae Crowder😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qBKOPrVArN
— NBA Gods (@SportsLeakers) April 22, 2017
Rondo had been ruled out indefinitely Friday morning with a fractured right thumb, which will keep him out for at least a couple of weeks. The Bulls started Jerian Grant at point guard in his absence.
The injured guard used the only excuse available in his book to justify a rather silly action.
“When you tear an ACL, your leg gets stiff on you once in a while,” Rondo told Steve Aschburner of NBA.com during a post-game press conference. “I stretched my leg out. I always do that throughout the game. I guess he was so deep into our bench, you know, it might look like whatever may have happened.”
Bulls' Rajon Rondo denies trying to trip Celtics' Jae Crowder from the bench: "When you tear an ACL, your leg gets stiff on you." pic.twitter.com/OAjkWXYLTK
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) April 22, 2017
The league will surely take a look at this, even though Crowder wasn't actually tripped. Intention counts and it might be a lesson he will have to learn through his pocket.
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