In the off-season before they won the championship, the Boston Celtics invited their 2008 championship team member, Rajon Rondo, to inspire their roster. Clearly, it worked. A year later, Rondo is lending a hand in the Eastern Conference again – this time, with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Doc Rivers, who coached Rondo and the Celtics during their 2008 championship season, has been the head honcho in Milwaukee since January of this year. He wanted his former point guard at the Bucks’ training camp and decided to invite him at the first chance he got. It seems that chance came in Italy when Rajon Rondo was tying the knot with fashion designer LaToia Fitzgerald.
On June 8th, former teammates of Rondo’s including James Harden, Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, were in Lake Como, Italy, to celebrate the happy couple. Doc Rivers was among the attendees too, but he might have flown in with a personal agenda. There, at the scenic wedding, Rivers was talking basketball with the groom.
He reportedly told Rondo, “ Get your ass to camp .” Since taking over from Adrian Griffin in January, Rivers has faced an uphill battle with the Milwaukee Bucks. His job is to create a sustainable system around Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard while competing for the NBA championship as soon as possible.
Doc clearly sees value in having someone of Rondo’s intelligence by his side as he prepares for an important campaign. “ He’s the smartest player I’ve ever coached — and not j.