Los Angeles Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo has played in 14 of the team’s 37 games so far, and that disparity is only going to get more vast now that Rondo is set to miss a month after surgery on his sprained finger.
Rondo’s injuries and suspensions have forced him to find other ways to contribute to the Lakers, coaching up his younger teammates to give the team the sort of veteran presence they were hoping for from him.
The sight of Rondo on the sidelines, toting a clipboard and wearing a suit make it easy enough to envision a coaching future for the always-cerebral floor general, but that might be getting ahead of things.