Hat tip to SBNation.com. Rajon Rondo, the Celtics' starting point guard who was voted in as a starter to this year's All-Star Game, suffered a torn ACL on Jan. 27 and has since watched his team play its best basketball of the year. In this week's SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, senior writer Lee Jenkins (@SI_LeeJenkins) takes a look at Boston's floor general both on and off the court, and how the Celtics stellar play with Rondo injured will inspire him to work even harder to come back stronger.
Prior to being lost for the season, Rondo was averaging 13.7 points and a league high 11.1 assists per game. Jenkins finds that Rondo's ability to think a few steps ahead on the court is due large in part to the fact that grew up playing Connect Four on his front porch with anyone who dared to challenge him. Back then and now, Rondo is the first to let his opponents know how well he is doing.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.