Rajon Rondo Says He Deserved Finals MVP If Celtics Won Championship In 2010

 

 

The Boston Celtics’ Big 3 doesn’t get enough credit, mostly because they were only able to win one championship.

But Doc Rivers’ team was pretty close to winning another one.

Recently, J.J. Redick talked with Rajon Rondo about that epic series vs.

the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010 and how close they were to getting another ring.

Kendrick Perkins suffered a major injury in Game 6, Rasheed Wallace played his heart out despite being way past his prime, and a questionable traveling no-call on Pau Gasol in Game 7 may have sealed the deal in favor of the Lakers.

However, Rondo believes he was en route to winning Finals MVP if things had gone the other way, stating that he played the best basketball of his career in that season.

It’s hard to argue with both statements.

Rondo was one of the best floor generals in the league that year, making his presence felt on both ends of the floor.

He averaged 13.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 7.6 assists, and 1.6 steals per game on 45% from the floor during that series, and while Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen were also quite solid, he was the most impactful player for Boston in that Finals.

That series went back and forth and was one of the most epic in modern NBA history.

It gave Kobe Bryant back-to-back championships for the second time in his career, and it also allowed him to get back at the very same team that had beaten him on the biggest stage two years before.