I am guilty of expecting KG to be KG immediately. After a major injury, it should take some time. It is wrong for me to expect too much too soon. He may even have to tinker & change his game around some. He looked like he was playing hard. He made some fantastic blocks & steals. He even struck back when Dwight tried to bully him. I love the fight in him. Thanks KG.

I would prefer for Rondo to be the nut cracker, to be the riddle solver, to figure out the weaknesses in the other teams defense & exploit it. One of his greatest qualities is his IQ. That makes him dangerous. Thankfully, sometimes he does use his dribble to probe around to look for a crack in the D forcing the D to react & get out of position. I never thought I’d say this, but he was late on some passes. I saw Sheed seal off his man in the post. He just needed a quick lob pass, but Rajon kept dribbling & allowed Gortat to rotate down to help. Later, in that same possession, Sheed came back out & took yet another 3. We all love it when Rondo passes or dribbles & dishes the ball inside to the bigs with them getting a dunk or ez basket. You can see all the bigs get energized & play better on both ends when this happens. I’d much rather see Rondo get an assist than hit a jumper.

Rondo may get a jump shot over time, but we know he is lethal quick & readily makes shots on drives (I think he misses some golden opportunities early in the possession before the other team’s defense is set). I love him taking it to the basket & his passing because the majority of what I see from the rest of the Cs is jump shots, and how is that working for them? You cannot have everybody shooting non stop jumpers & expect great things. Barkley says it every yr, & I agree, “ain’t no jump shooting team gonna win it all.” There has to be some posting & driving. I’ve been very impressed with Ray Ray quietly driving the ball, posting up smaller guards, & even dunking. I feel terrible that his very own teammates do not recognize or reward him when he is shooting well.

Sheed looks so good in the post. He looks like he can get a high percentage shot at any time. He also plays some pretty good interior D. You can see the savvy. I wish he would get a conscience at the 3 pt line. Sometimes he has the range, but he has to have an epiphany or there needs to be a Doc mercy rule–if you miss three 3 pointers in a row & you don’t go inside or pass then I will become your conscience & say you gotta sit. We are not gonna let missed 3s destroy our offense & lose the game for us. From his quote, it seems unthinkable, but Sheed doesn’t seem to understand just how much he is hurting the team by taking every open 3. Maybe he will read about here, & it will eventually sink in.