If Rajon Rondo wants to become a head coach in the NBA someday, he’ll likely have at least one major endorsement waiting to go.
Doc Rivers, who coached Rondo for seven seasons in Boston, thinks his former point guard has a promising future in the world of coaching. Rondo, 38, is currently serving as in an unofficial capacity with the Bucks (coached by Rivers) as a “guest coach.”
“He definitely is the smartest player I’ve ever coached,” said Rivers, per MassLive’s Brian Robb. “It’s been a two-year thing of me trying to get him to do it.