Here's the deal.....Jason Kidd figured out how to work with Rick Carlisle and his stringent coaching style during his second stint in Dallas. Does Rick micro-manage? Yeah, that's a given. It's a style that has worked for him and the teams he's coached for years and that's how he rolls. There are only 30 head coaches in the NBA and, bottom line, Rondo had to know that going in. If he didn't; shame on him.
Kidd and Carlisle argued bcd about how things should be run ALL the time but he never, never ever took that attitude out onto court....nor did he QUIT on Cuban, Donnie, Carlisle, and most of all....his team mates. And because of his willingness to put his massive ego on the shelf....be the coach-on-the-court (and play second banana to Dirk, who was unstoppable during the playoffs)....Kidd was the steadying hand that was needed on that 2011 Championship.
Flash forward:
Rondo wanted off the court Game Two because in his heart he knew he was / is a shell of the player he once was and he was getting embarrassed on national TV.
Harden was eating him alive. Rondo literally fell on his ass twice just trying to defend (him)....and he wanted nothing to do with it anymore. He wanted out. Injured back, my ass!
The trade with Boston (1/3 the way into the 2014-15 season), while a respectable attempt (to shore up the Mavs defense) was a failure the moment it happened (and Rondo knew it). The NBA's best scoring team immediately bogged down to a snail's pace once he was inserted into the line up.....and he couldn't do anything about it because of his diminished skills. He knew from day one he was a bad fit on this Mavs team and was basically biding time & waiting for this contract to run out.
Rondo will get signed by someone going into next season.....but ya gotta ask yourself WHO needs / wants a point guard who can't shoot from the field....can't shoot free thrws.....and now has incriminating tape that he threw in the towel, quit on his team....during the playoffs???
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Originally Posted by Hottentot Venus
"According to NBA sources, Rondo soured on Carlisle quickly, frustrated by the coach’s insistence on calling plays. Rondo viewed that as a lack of trust. If anything, Rondo felt he deserved more control of the offense and on-court decision-making."
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