Rajon Rondo says media is blowing up the whole Ray Allen situation – NBA News
The 2012 off-season saw one of the most unexpected signings when Ray Allen decided to take a pay cut and join the Miami Heat for the next season.
Ever since the thing got out, many sides of the story have been told, including one that Allen was not getting along with the team’s point guard Rajon Rondo. Although it is now known to everyone that Rondo and Allen were in fact,
not on the same page and had some personality clashes, the extent of their clash was recently downplayed by the Celtics new team leader.
Rondo recently had an interview with Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports, and talked about a variety of issues. Among the topics of discussion was Allen’s departure and Rondo’s relationship with him. And Rondo says that the whole thing
is being blown out of proportion by the media.
“People act like because me and Ray didn’t get along or they think me and Ray didn’t get along that I’m a bad person or he’s a bad person. No. It’s just life. If you look at your job, everyone doesn’t always get along with every
co-worker they work with. It’s just part of life. People are blowing the Ray thing out of proportion. We had some words, but other than that it was no big deal. There were so many rumours like I was looking Ray off. Why would I look Ray off? That doesn’t make
sense. He’s the best shooter, so why would I look him off?,” said Rondo.
This is certainly not the end of the Rondo/Allen drama as the Celtics will open their upcoming season against the Miami Heat, with Allen wearing the Heat uniform. The Heat and Celtics rivalry is considered the biggest in the Eastern
Conference, and the addition of Allen to the Heat roster has just added more spice to it.
We might never know what the motivation was for Allen to bring his relationship with the Celtics to an end, and move to a team that he considered his enemy for the past few years. However, whatever way Rondo puts it, their fall
off was one of the reasons for Allen to make the decision he made.
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