At this point, the injury bug practically feels like a mundane right-of-passage for anyone that joins the Pels’ roster. What ultimately feels like a punch in the gut for fans with Rondo’s news is that he was already making his presence known as a voical leader on the floor. New Orleans has not seen a commanding floor general since Chris Paul, the last franchise cornerstone, was shipped off to the Los Angeles Clippers.
In the small sample size we were able to observe in preseason, we did see a version of Rondo was was in presumably good shape, an offensive rebounder and a distributor that could push the pace and prevent stretches of bad iso play.