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But there's much, much more to Rondo than meets the fans' eyes. Like a hermit crab that outgrows its shell and needs to find a new one, Rondo has outgrown his role in Boston. In 2008, he was pretty perfect for the Celtics. He was too young to demand too many finishing touches and his running mates were still too good to be denied the ball. They could run, somewhat, with their young gazelle and Rondo could use his superior passing skills to pick targets out at will and watch them finish.
As time has gone on, though, the rest of the team has slowed down. And Rondo has been forced to slow down with them. Kevin Garnett can't beat anyone down the floor, or bait teams into these kinds of alley oops anymore. Paul Pierce was never flying down the lane on a break, but he's been even slower t...
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