Rajon Rondo Admits Being Hard To Coach, Doc Rivers Return Still Uncertain

As Coach Doc Rivers contemplates whether or not he wants to return to the sidelines in Boston next season, star guard Rajon Rondo is admitting he’s not the easiest guy in the world to coach.

According to ProBasketballTalk.com, Rondo readily admits that in that respect he hasn’t changed much since he came into the league as a brash, outspoken rookie.

“It’s not that I’m hard to coach, it’s just that I may challenge what you say,” he told the web site. “I know the game myself, I’m out there playing the game. So I may have saw something different versus what you saw from the sideline. I’m going to be respectable. I’m going to let the coach talk.”

The struggles between Rondo and Rivers are legendary around Boston. So much so, the team once seriously considered and came close to dealing him as far away as humanly possible. Cooler heads ultimately prevailed and since then Rondo has become the team’s unquestioned leader.

But that doesn’t mean all the battles have ended. And not just in Boston. In 2010, Rondo withdrew from Team USA a week before FIBA play was set to begin amid rumors he and Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t always see eye-to-eye.

Rivers told the Boston Globe this week he still needs time to “detox” before deciding if he will return next season.

 

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