Quote:KillerLeft@"Mavs2019" It's very true, by my definition. Since being traded away from Boston in 2014, the dude has had one stint that was slightly above average: his Sacramento year, right after Dallas (when he had reason to rehab his image a bit, incidentally).Yeah, and it is still not true.
Chciago reached the play-offs in 2016/2017, won the first two games of the Boston series in an upset with Rondo putting up 11.5/10.0/8.5 with 3.5 stls. Without him they lost the next four.
Next year AD and Cousins had the most successful years of their careers (up until this year) with Rondo running the show. Another rock-solid play-off performance with 10.3/12.2/7.6 with 1.5 stls, swept the Blazers, lost to Warriors.
There is a reason, they call him Play-off Rondo.
The Mavs simply were a poor fit with Carlisle personally and the team not build to play to his strengths. You can blame Rondo for that or just accept that it was just one of many failed attempts to build a competitive post championship roster: The Lost Decade.