BOSTON CELTICS POINT guard Rajon Rondo struggled a little bit with his shooting towards the end of last season, but it seems that there might be a very simple explanation for the problem.
Like most things in America, it’s President Obama’s fault — at least, that’s what Shaquille O’Neal thinks.
CSNNE have published an excerpt from Shaq’s forthcoming book, Shaq Uncut, in which the four-time NBA Champion recounts a meeting between Rondo and the president at a fundraiser last March.
As the Celtics players and Obama chatted, the president sarcastically quipped that Rondo might want to start offering shooting classes.
As Shaq says:
KG [Celtics player Kevin Garnett] told me he saw the look on Rondo’s face and the kid was devastated, embarrassed. Dissed by the President, even though I’m sure Obama didn’t mean any harm [...] It bothered Rondo. It killed him.
And apparently, from that point on, Rondo’s shooting went downhill.
I wonder who he’ll be voting for in next year’s presidential election.
