EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The morning after breaking his right hand, Rajon Rondo was at the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility barking out insights and instructions to his teammates.
As usual.
"He was talking. Surprise, surprise," Lakers coach Luke Walton said with a smile. "He was talking a lot."
With his hand swelling through its splint, Rondo directed Brandon Ingram and players on the second-unit through sets in preparation for their next game at the Orlando Magic.
Rondo lobbied Walton again to be a part of the team's upcoming three-game road trip and then he was gone, off to Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute to have Dr.