Perhaps a sign of the veteran Lakers going soft in old age, the team’s lone rookie in Austin Reaves hasn’t been the subject of much in the way of hazing. There are the daily rookie duties that come standard with basically every franchise across the league, but that has served as effectively his lone responsibilities as the newcomer.
At least since Rajon Rondo was traded.
No one has ever accused Rondo of going soft and there are few personalities as singular in the league as Rondo’s. No rookie on his team was going to get away without being hazed, but it was going to be done in a uniquely Rondo way.