Rajon Rondo Motivated By Tony Parker

Boston Celtics‘ point guard Rajon Rondo is looking to San Antonio Spurs‘ point guard Tony Parker to motivate him to become a better NBA player

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Boston Celtics’ point guard Rajon Rondo is trying to think of any way he can to improve upon what has already been an excellent career and he’s looking to a future Hall-of-Famer to do so.

Rajon Rondo has been watching San Antonio Spurs’ point guard Tony Parker.

“He’s a guy that usually dominates the ball like myself, but in the Finals he got off the ball a lot and he never stopped moving,” Rondo said of Parker via Jessica Camerato of Basketball Insiders. “A guy at that age, not that he’s old, but I think he’s 31 (Ed. Note: Parker is 32), to be able to move with the young guys says a lot.”

Rajon Rondo is particularly impressed with the way Tony Parker moves without the ball.

“I just love the way he moves without the ball,” Rondo said. “I don’t like to watch a lot of basketball, but seeing him, he’s a great pick-and-roll player, he can dominate the ball. But in the Finals, in particular, he passed and he cut through and he got the ball on the weak side … he knocked down his corner threes. I’ve got a lot of respect for a guy like Tony Parker.”

Obviously, Rajon Rondo will never be the shooter Tony Parker is but that is certainly a good person to emulate.

In Rajon Rondo’s season debut Wednesday, a 121-105 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, he scored 13 points on six-of-nine shooting, dished out 12 assists and grabbed seven rebounds. Tony Parker’s Spurs took down the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night. He had 23 points on nine-of-15 shooting, three rebounds and three assists.

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