Shaquille O'Neal: "Chris Paul Is Not Better Than Rajon Rondo"

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One thing Rondo does that Chirs Paul doesn't is play defense.

Rondo was unstoppable in playoff series and he's the better 1 on 1 defender

I still don't understand why they would give Rondo up?

He was all NBA defense 1st team prior to his torn meniscus. Amazing how kids have such short memories. Everything's about WTF have you done for me lately.

[brisbaneman]

He's right. Paul is overrated as hell.

[I.R.Beast]

One thing Rondo does that Chirs Paul doesn't is play defense.

Rondo was unstoppable in playoff series and he's the better 1 on 1 defender

I still don't understand why they would give Rondo up?

Rondo is vastly overrated, but it's not hard to be a better defender than chris paul since the guy does nothing but reach and gamble for steals.


However i'd rather have paul than Rondo any day of the week.

[I.R.Beast]

He's right. Paul is overrated as hell.

Paul is overrated but still easily better than rondo

[brisbaneman]

Paul is overrated but still easily better than rondo

It depends what you need/want. If you have an established star then Rondo is who you want. If you have to build a team from scratch, then Paul. But history has proven that PG is the most overrated position and you rarely if ever win with a ball dominant PG. So that's why I'd rather have Rondo. He doesn't need 50 screens a possession like Paul in order to succeed and he distributes just as well as Paul.

[AznTacoLover]

Shaq be trolling us

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Purely as a basketball fan, there's something really different about watching Rondo when he's hot, compared to CP3. Definitely more exciting to watch, imo.

ummm maybe cause he's surrounded by Hall of Famers?

[Reverend Hoops]

The better the player, the worser the analyst.

[kenny817]

I still don't understand why they would give Rondo up?

Because CP3 is vastly superior in every category except defense

[kenny817]

ummm maybe cause he's surrounded by Hall of Famers?

I really hate your avi...but you speak truth here^

[kenny817]

Paul and Rondo are basically the same player

[I.R.Beast]

It depends what you need/want. If you have an established star then Rondo is who you want. If you have to build a team from scratch, then Paul. But history has proven that PG is the most overrated position and you rarely if ever win with a ball dominant PG. So that's why I'd rather have Rondo. He doesn't need 50 screens a possession like Paul in order to succeed and he distributes just as well as Paul.

Aint it the truth. History clearly shows that a team is better served with a play making by committe approach where as the offense facilitates itself via ball movement extra passes etc. Spurs, Lakers, Celtics in 08, Heat in 06.... all teams without a PG racking up assists and dominating the ball.

[Legends66NBA7]

Going over the comments, you can see why taking every single quote from NBA greats as a citation to help out an argument of justify a stance is futile as it is inaccurate most of the time and completely biased.

I mean yes, it's Shaq. I'm not all surprised when looking back at his previous ridiculous quotes like this one about the 2009 MVP race:

So some brave soul raised the possibility that the guy across the hall in TD Banknorth Garden — Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett -- might be in the discussion as well. O’Neal shook his head. No way.

"I’m going to have to go with my guy before him," he said, motioning to teammate Amare Stoudemire’s locker. "All day, every day. Garnett doesn't play defense".

I mean the gap on defense between Rondo and Paul isn't even that big. They play defense completely different too. Rondo is better on the ball defender, more versatile. Paul plays the passing lanes, gambles more.

If we’re going to take All-Defense teams at full face value, Rondo was on the 1st team; Paul was on the 2nd team.

Let's hope Shaq can tone it down and at least try to be funny when TNT starts. I think that's why they hired him anyways...

[9512]

Chris Paul Is Not Better Than Rajon Rondo

He is senile already at age 39?

[Bigsmoke]

Lol. Rondo? Really Shaq?