Malik Monk and Wayne Ellington likely will carry larger loads. Rondo was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected from Monday's game against the Hornets, Jovan Buha of The Athletic reports. He finished with eight assists, one rebound, one steal and one block in 12 minutes.
Rondo was handed a flagrant 2 for a hit to the head of Terry Rozier, ending his evening. He set a season high with the eight assists prior to his exit, but he continues to offer almost nothing in the scoring department, having collected just two points in his last three contests. Rondo is questionable for Wednesday's tilt against the Heat due to a strained left hamstring, Jovan Buha of The Athletic reports. Rondo has seen an increased role with LeBron James abdomen sidelined.
Rondo was expected to play Friday but never saw the court, so it's unclear if that was related to his ankle injury or a rotation decision. It's a situation worth monitoring Sunday. Rondo is listed as questionable for Friday's matchup with the Cavaliers, but he is expected to be available.
The veteran point guard is averaging 6. Rondo is questionable for Friday's matchup against the Cavaliers due to right ankle soreness, Ryan Ward of Lakers Nation.
In four appearances this season, Rondo has averaged 6. Over the weekend, news surfaced suggesting Rondo and the Grizzlies had agreed to a buyout, and the veteran guard is set to become a free agent later Monday. Once that happens, he'll return to the Lakers, a team he helped to the NBA title in the Orlando bubble in the season. Rondo began last season in Atlanta before being dealt to the Clippers at the trade deadline. Earlier in August, he was sent to Memphis as part of the deal that brought Eric Bledsoe to the Clippers.
Rondo, who will turn 36 in February, appeared in only 45 total games last season, averaging career lows in points 5. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. See our ethics statement. This was something he and the team surely sorted out, but was mostly an unknown on the outside. But could Rondo actually end up on the outside looking in at the rotation on most nights? Because context is important here. As any Lakers fan knows, Dudley was a locker room leader, but he hardly suited up. Rather than go through the ups and downs of the Kyle Kuzma experience, the Lakers are opting for proven commodities to provide sparks behind their superstar trio of Russell Westbrook , LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Even though the Lakers signed guard Kendrick Nunn to presumably backup Westbrook, Rondo gives the team extra insurance in case someone goes down. The Lakers lacked playmaking at the point guard position last season with Dennis Schroder 5.
Westbrook and Rondo provide the Lakers with two elite passers that can help take the playmaking pressure off of LeBron James and allow him to dominate games as a scorer as well. Rondo has played 94 games with the Lakers in his career, and the team is a whopping in those contests.
Over that stretch, Rondo has averaged more assists per game than Schroder did last season 6. He also shot a better percentage from beyond the arc in those 94 games In addition to that, the veteran presence and playoff experience Rondo possesses cannot go unnoticed.
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