Speaking this morning on WEEI's "Dennis and Callahan" program, Ainge said Rondo needed to take more of a leadership role and revealed the 23-year-old was fined for showing up late to a game. "We expect him to play by the rules and be a leader as a point guard. We need him to be more of a leader," Ainge said. "There were just a couple situations where he was late this year, I don't know if he was sitting in his car, but showed up late and the rest of the team was there. We have team rules and you have to be on time. He was fined for being late, he said he was stuck in traffic, and it's just unacceptable." Ainge was also critical of Rondo's play during the Celtics' second-round loss to the Magic. "As we saw in the Orlando series, they left him wide open," Ainge said. "His presence hurt us in winning right now because his man went and doubled onto Ray [Allen] and Paul [Pierce] and made it difficult for us." "He's got to grow up in some cases, and I think he is, too," Ainge said. "Slowly but surely Rondo is maturing. He's getting a little bit more control over his emotions and he's responding in a more positive way as he gets older and more mature in the league."
This has been a long time coming. I like Rondo to a certain extent. You don't fall totally in love with him like you could with Manny because he's not consistent enough. At least you could always rely on Manny to hit the fuck out of the ball even when he's being an asshole in the clubhouse. But who does Rondo think he is? The bottom line is at the end of the day this is just a stubborn kid with no jump shot who got the keys to the city way too early in his career and now it's time to knock his ego down a couple levels. I actually wouldn't mind seeing him get traded in the right deal. I absolutely despise asshole point guards. I mean any guy who has the balls to tattoo a giant "R" on his back must be on the same plane as someone like Stephon Marbury. And we all know how his career panned out.
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