I want to first say that Rajon Rondo and I have had a rocky relationship, to say the least. When the Los Angeles Lakers first signed the future Hall of Fame point guard, it left many bewildered at the choice of pairing LeBron James with a non-shooting PG.
So many felt that matching Rondo with LeBron was asking to shrink the court for LeBron to operate from. Then the regular season happened and Rondo was a liability on the court on both ends.
Laker fans around the world could not fathom that Luke Walton would start Rondo over Lonzo Ball when the latter needed developmental minutes on the court.