Prior to the NBA bubble, the numbers did not paint the picture of Rajon Rondo being someone who helped the Lakers on the court this year.
Rondo had the third-worst net rating (+1.4) of any Laker, and the worst of any consistent members of the rotation this season (with apologies to Troy Daniels and Markieff Morris). The Lakers were also 8 points per 100 possessions better without Rondo (+9.4) than they were without any other Laker (other than Morris, who only played 118 minutes before the shutdown).