Yardbarker: RajonRondo

Old School Video! Me To Josh Smith...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:35:13 -0500

Rajon Rondo: 'I just got back from China'

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:37:12 -0500

Nihao. I just got back home from Beijing, China. I went over there for Nike's All Asia Camp. Me and Aaron Brooks made the trip over there for Nike, and I have to admit that I was a little nervous about going because of the 13 hour flight. I don't like to fly at all, so when I found out that the flight was 13 hours, I was a little hesitant. I'm really glad that I made the trip though-it turned out to be one of the best trips that I've ever taken. I got the chance to interact with the campers-I did drills, played some games, and coached the Asia Pacific team in the All-Star game (my team won). I also got to experience some of the city. I went shopping a couple of places, climbed the Great Wall, had an in store Nike appearance, and caught up with Yao for dinner one night.

While I was over there, I wanted to make sure that I experienced as much of the culture as I could. Every morning I ate Chinese food, I learned some of the language, and I tried to interact with as many Chinese people as I could. I was actually pretty good at communicating because a lot of people told me that my Chinese was very good. I'm even thinking about learning more Chinese so that whenever I go back , I will be able to communicate better. Overall, it was a great trip and one of my most memorable experiences. I want to thank all of my fans over there for making me feel welcome. I look forward to going back. Xie xie.

Arriving to the Playoffs in Style

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:27:47 -0500

Check out this video of me arriving to the Garden in the Red Bull racing car. The car had no doors! Thanks Red Bull for the lift.

Red Bull

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:15:15 -0500

Game Time

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:15:33 -0500

What's good! We are in Chicago right now...I'm about to get dressed for the game. I wanted to drop yall a few lines first. I want to get this win tonight. I know yall have been watching, and these past two games have been close. I'm really hoping we go out and get this one tonight. Some of yall may have seen me jump out of the Red Bull car before game 1. That car was crazy! I am officially the first NBA player to sign with them, so I'm pretty excited about it. I've been drinking it a lot since I signed, and I will have to say that it does give you wiings! Well...I have to get dressed now. Just wanted to stop by for a minute. I'm going to put up some photos from a Red Bull shoot I had, so check them out. I'll holla!

I'm baaaaacccckkkk

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:55:49 -0500

It has been a long time...and I do apologize for it. I've been away from the yard for a while-not purposely, of course. It's just that the past couple of months have been very busy for me. We were on the road for almost all of February, and we have been on the road a lot this month too. It seems like all I've done for the past two months is travel, and when I wasn't traveling I was either doing appearances or trying to spend time with my family. My little girl is getting soo big, and she has to be the smartest baby in the world (yes, I'm partial). She is saying and doing everything-her favorite thing to do is to play ring around the rosey (she knows all the words).

I know yall want to know what's been going on, and I'm sorry to say that the only thing that we've been focusing on is finishing out the regular season strong and trying to get everyone healthy. It seemed like injuries were contagious on our team for a while. First it was TA, then Scal, then KG, then me, then Baby, and then Leon. I just pray that the injuries are over, and everyone gets back healthy soon. We only have a few more regular season games, and we need everyone for the playoffs. As far as my ankles, they are better. Just to be cautious, I still get treatment on them every day. I get taped real good before the games, so I'm pretty coo. I would have to say that I'm ready for the playoffs-it seems like the season went by fast this year.

I know a lot of you have been tuning into the NCAA tournament. I haven't been able to watch many of the games because of my schedule, but I do know that a lot of people's brackets are messed up because of surprise wins and losses. I think Louisville's loss shocked a lot of people. Even though I am a UK boy, I still like to see any home team do well. I was hoping that they made it, but it didn't work out that way. Speaking of UK, I was surprised to hear that they let Billy G go. What are your thoughts about the tournament?

Let me know what you think about what has been going on in the sports world, and I promise I will be back to the yard soon. I'll holla!

Fighting Back

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:47:30 -0500

What's good?! ?I just read all of the comments from my last post. ?Thanks everyone for being soo supportive. ?It feels really good to know that my fans love me no matter what. ?I'm glad to say that we have won the last two games (knock on wood). ?I don't want to jinx anything, but these past two wins have felt great. ?It is extremely tough to beat the same team back to back, but I'm glad that we did. ?Our defense was better and we were able to make shots-two things that we needed. ?We have another game tomorrow. ?Hopefully, we will be able to get the W. ?

As for today, I didn't do much. ?I went to the dentist, took my car to get the tire fixed, and went to eat. ?I'm chilling right now with my family. ?We will probably go to dinner a little later. ?We've been traveling soo much and I haven't spent a lot of time with my family recently. ?Every time I come home, it seems like my daughter has gotten bigger and smarter! ?

Well, that's all I have for now. ?Hopefully, I will be back soon to talk about more wins. ?I'll holla!???

Happy New Year!

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:15:26 -0500

I thought I would start the new year off right and drop yall a few lines. ?I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. ?I didn't do much last night myself. ?We got back from the west coast early yesterday morning, so I slept all day. ?When I woke up, it was snowing outside, so I didn't feel like going anywhere. ?I called Perk, TA, and Pat, and they ended up coming over. ?We all celebrated the new year together with our families. ?It was coo.

I know yall want to know about our west coast trip. ?It really isn't much to say about it. ?We went out there wanting to win all four games, and only ended up winning one. ?Sometimes, it just goes like that. We're back home now, so hopefully we will get back to where we were before we went out west. ?

I'm sooo tired right now. ?I'm still on west coast time, and ?I'm having trouble getting back adjusted. ?We had practice earlier, and now I'm ready to take a nap. ?But if I nap now, I will be up all night. ?I think I'm about to just call it a night and go to sleep. ?I'm going to the gym early in the morning, so I better just lay it down now. ?I'll holla!?

Shut Down

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:10:51 -0500

What's Goooood?! ?I'm at home right now...just chillin. ?I thought I would drop yall a few lines. ?It is snowing like crazy in Boston right now. ?We had a snow storm hit us yesterday, and it hasn't stopped snowing yet. ?Actually, I had to go downtown early yesterday and stay in a hotel before the game because of the snow. ?I wanted to make sure I was able to make it to the game on time, so I went downtown before it started snowing-most of the team did the same. ?I've been in the house most of the day. ?I went to practice this morning, and after, a few of the guys came over. ?We just sat around and watched games. ?The snow was too bad to really go anywhere. ?Because of the way it was snowing yesterday, I thought the city was going to shut down, but I forgot this is Boston. ?Everyone is used to it here.

Yesterday's win was great. ?I liked the pace of the game. ?We all played great team ball-40 assists! ?I didn't think that anyone was going to come out to the game, but I was wrong. ?I think there were like 14,000 people that came out. ?That just goes to show you that we have the best fans. ?Thanks yall.

Earlier this week, I spent time with an organization that I work with here in Boston-The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, MSPCC. ?I really love working with this organization. ?Yall know that I love kids, and these kids are the best. ?I like to spend time with them whenever I can, and I had some free time this week so I went to see them. ?

We play New York tomorrow. ?I'm about to lay it down now. ?Hopefully this snow will stop soon so that we can all do our normal pre-game rituals tomorrow. ?I'll holla at yall soon!

Spirit of Giving

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:56:13 -0500

Yall know that I am a giver. Last night I did it on the court with 17 assists, and today and earlier in the week I did it off the court with Shaw's. I have teamed up with Shaw's and the New England food banks, for their ninth annual Spirit of Giving food drive. We are trying to urge everyone to donate to their local food banks. Right now, food banks are suffering-they have more food going out than coming in. Because the economy is soo bad, more and more families are in need of help. Many of these families can't even afford to feed their children. That's why I have made a commitment to helping pool as much food as possible for as many families as possible. You can find a cut out of me in all of the Shaw's and Star Market groceries stores in the New England area. To help, go over to my display where you can pick up a $5-$15 dollar bag of food that will be delivered to your local food bank. Times are tough, 1 in 8 Americans do not know where they are going to get their next meal from. But, with your help we can fight hunger this season.

A Great Night

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:51 -0500

Man...tonight was a great night! We got the W, played great team ball, and I got my first triple-double. I'm not the type of player that focuses on my own stats, so I didn't even know what I had until I sat down in the 4th. I was really focused on being aggressive tonight. Ray had a great night tonight, so I just kept feeding him the ball. I really just wanted to make plays and get people the ball-the stats just came. Overall, I felt good out there. My lip got busted up a little, but I'm fine. I'm tired now though, so I'm going to lay it down now. I just wanted to drop yall a few lines. I'll holla!

Thanksgiving

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:10:05 -0500

I hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Today was a great day for me! I got to spend the day with my family. We didn't have practice or anything, so I just chilled all day with the people I love the most. We ate good, slept, and ate again. I watched some games and really got a chance to relax. I love these type of days, but it is one thing that bothers me a little about holidays-text messages. On every big holiday, I get a million text messages. I feel bad if I don't respond, so I end up spending a lot of time texting. I guess I should be thankful that people take the time to text me, but sometimes it gets really annoying. Well, I'm about to lay it down. I have a game tomorrow, so I need to get some rest. I'll holla!

Got My Game Back

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:21:33 -0500

As most of you know, I had a few off games where I just wasn't getting it done. I didn't know what was wrong, but my game just wasn't there. I know that every game isn't going to be perfect (I am going to have some off nights), but this just felt a little different. However, I am happy to announce that my game is back, and I'm very excited about it. These past few games, I have been taking care of business and contributing to the team. In an effort to get out of my slump, I developed a new pre-game ritual. I think it gets me more focused for games than my old one. Instead of napping soo long and getting to the game three hours early, now I take a shorter nap and arrive at the arena a little later-I really think it works! Last night's game felt great-got the W. I felt like my old self, which gave me a lot of confidence to play my game. My agent was there. He came in town to meet with me about some business and stayed for the game. Duff is a good dude-always working hard for me. After the game, we flew to Minnesota. We didn't have shoot around this morning, so I got to sleep in. I just got finished getting a massage. I have a meeting in a little while, then my nap. Hopefully we will get this win tonight...as for now, I'll holla! O...make sure yall vote for the All-Star game. I'm trying to be there this year!

OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT!

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:21:08 -0500

I just got back in the locker room. We just got the W in Houston, and I had to blog. OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT! I can't even explain how I feel right now. All I have to say is that we have to repeat, because we have to go back to the White House to meet Obama. I'm glad to see that everyone got out and voted today. I made sure I voted last week before we left for this road trip because I knew how important this election was going to be. Every vote counted! Thanks to everyone that got out and voted today. God Bless America. We did it.

GQ Ball

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:47:09 -0500

What's good? I'm in New York right now...getting ready for the game. We play NJ tonight, so I just chilled in my hotel room and watched a lil film. The preseason has been good so far...the new guys are coo. We've all been chillin together-building our team chemistry. I can't wait till the first game now...waiting on that RING! It's crazy how much things have changed in the past couple of months. I've gone to so many different places, and experienced so many different things-the ESPYs and the White House are two that stand out. Last night, I went to another event that I have to add to my list-the GQ Gentleman's Ball. I had a really good time, met a lot of different people, did a lot of networking, and of course I was fly, so that made it even better. Yall know I think I'm the best dressed on the team. I'm just glad to be able to experience all these things just by doing what I love to do-playing ball. Sooo...now Im bout o go over to the arena. I just wanted to drop yall a few lines before I went to the game. I'll be back to the yard soon. I'll holla!