The Los Angeles Lakers are 7-1 and they’ve done this without Rajon Rondo, who head coach Frank Vogel and company believe is a key piece of their rotation.
Rondo did not have any injury listed until the final 2019 NBA preseason game when he was considered out for rest. As it turns out, Rondo had a mild calf strain that had now kept him out of eight straight games to begin the 2019-20 NBA season.
The Lakers view Rondo as someone who could play 25-30 minutes per game if all goes well, so they have to feel pretty good about where they are without him.